So for my last three blogs I decided to use YouTube videos for help and advice because I still am unsure of what I am doing.
What I liked about this one was that she went over tips that worked for her such as:
- You can use Crayola markers!
- No textured paper
- Practice doing wavy lines to help with your up and down strokes
- I also learned what the four different lines on practice paper are for
After doing this I am realizing how HARD it is to do modern calligraphy, my hands are not used to having to switch back and forth between writing soft on upstrokes and hard on the down strokes. I never noticed that I wrote so hard until I started teaching myself this skill.
Once I completed this video I also noticed that the supplies I decided to use were probably not the best and required me to do more work than I really needed to do. Although they are for modern calligraphy they are for the advanced writers not the beginners like myself.
Another thing that I am still struggling with is accepting that I not good at this yet and will not be good if I do not practice this almost everyday. It is very frustrating that I still can't get the hang of the movement and structure of calligraphy.But the biggest thing that I took away from this is:
a) I think that starting with faux calligraphy would have been a better start for me rather than jumping into modern calligraphy
b) Practice. Practice. Practice.
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