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How to do Hand Lettering Free Printable Worksheets

How to do Hand Lettering with Free Printable Worksheets! Have you wanted to learn how to do hand lettering? Have you tried it already? Do you love it? Let me teach you how to do hand lettering! It's a gorgeous style of writing that does not need any skill in penmanship, handwriting or even cursive. It's an art form, where you shape and style the letters in a fluid and playful way. It takes practice, but is fun and rewarding to do your own lettering. This trend of hand-lettered pieces is not going anywhere soon, so learn how to do it today! It might be the creative escape you need, it might blossom into a business! Use my free lettering worksheets (link at the end of the post) to practice the basic drills, learn letter shapes and begin to develop your own style.  Use this full tutorial to become one of the new hand letterers this year! Follow me on Instagram for the right place for nearly daily hand lettering inspiration! HAND LETTERING BACKGROUND: I started working on my modern...

DIY: Make a Calligraphy Oblique Holder!

 DIY: Make a Calligraphy Oblique Holder!  Learn how to make an oblique calligraphy pen holder. This is the ultimate writing utensil for calligraphers. It's an interesting pen that holds the nib at the right angle with ease in the hand. Make a custom one for a left handed calligrapher, a handmade gift or just to add to your collection of gorgeous pens. I am writing up this post because I feel like this is the post I've was searching for. I have been searching and scouring sources to find a comprehensive guide to making my own oblique holder...and pretty much came up empty handed.   There are a few points here and there...so I made some holders and am going to teach you what I learned. Oblique holders are so elegant and beautiful to write with and look at. There is something so fun about the angled flange and the wonder of onlookers about how to write with it! Oblique holders range in price from super dirt cheap for a plastic holder If you do calligraphy ...