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A Complete Beginners' Guide to Calligraphy

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Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument.

Learn the art of writing beautifully in 47 videos.

Syllabus

Calligraphy 1 Beautiful Writing.
Calligraphy 2 First Exercises.
Calligraphy 3 Letter Weight.
Calligraphy 4 Pen Angle.
Calligraphy 5 Ruling Up.
Calligraphy 6 Inks.
Calligraphy 7 Papers.
Calligraphy 8 Setting up a Board.
Calligraphy 9 Posture.
Calligraphy 10 Pens.
Calligraphy 11 Preparing a Metal Pen.
Calligraphy 12 My Pen Won't Work!.
Calligraphy 13 Correcting Errors.
Calligraphy 14 Left Handed Calligraphy.
Calligraphy 15 Colour.
Calligraphy 16 Foundational Hand: lower case i,l,j.
Calligraphy 17 Foundational Hand Lower Case: o, c, e.
Calligraphy 18 Foundational Hand Lower Case: d, b, p, q.
Calligraphy 19 Foundational Hand Lower Case: n, h, m, r, u, a.
Calligraphy 20 Foundational Hand Lower Case: v, w, x, y, z.
Calligraphy 21 Foundational Hand Lower Case: t, f, k, s.
Calligraphy 22 Foundational Hand Lower Case: g.
Calligraphy 23 Skeleton Capitals.
Calligraphy 24 Foundational Hand Capitals: C, I, H, J, K, O, Q.
Calligraphy 25 Foundational Hand Capitals S, U, K, J.
Calligraphy 26 Foundational Hand Capitals V, W, X, Y, Z.
Calligraphy 27 Foundational Hand Capitals E, F, L, T, G.
Calligraphy 28 Foundational Hand Capitals P, B, D, R.
Calligraphy 29 Foundational Hand: Capitals - A, N, M.
Calligraphy 30 Numbers.
Calligraphy 31 Letters.
Calligraphy 32 Italic i,l,j.
Calligraphy 33 Italic o,c,e.
Calligraphy 34 Italic a,d,g.
Calligraphy 35 Italic b,p,q.
Calligraphy 36 Italic n,m,h,r,u.
Calligraphy 37 Italic v,w,x,y,z.
Calligraphy 38 Italic s,f,k.
Calligraphy 39 Italic Capitals I, J, T,.
Calligraphy 40 Italic Capitals H, L, F, E.
Calligraphy 41 Italic Capitals O, Q, C, G.
Calligraphy 42 Italic Capitals D, B, P, R.
Calligraphy 43 Italic Capitals M, N, A.
Calligraphy 44 Italic Capitals U, S, K.
Calligraphy 45 Italic Capitals V, W, X, Y, Z.
Calligraphy 46 Italic Numbers.
Calligraphy 47 William Blake Quotation.
Calligraphy 4 Pen Angle.
Calligraphy 5 Ruling Up.
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Taught by

David Nicholls

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    Alyce Sheets
    This is a great beginners calligraphy course . Love his teaching skills and techniques. This helped me alot in learning calligraphy.
  • Aanchal Pathania
    The program covers details from conceptualizing, calligraphy, digitizing calligraphy and illustrations, foundations of Photoshop and Illustrator for designing invitations, from preparing files to print, printing options and paper sourcing, to assembly and delivery. It’s perfect for hobbyist calligraphers who are thinking of designing their own invitations, or if you would like to take your calligraphy skills to the next level. Well explained videos. Really helpful for beginnersI have no experience with this skill. The instructor was systematic, thorough and welcoming.

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