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Calligraphy for Beginners How To Learn Calligraphy At Home in 5 Easy Steps, Even If You Are A Beginner! Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor All Rights Reserved Feel free to email, tweet, blog, and pass this eBook around the web to anyone you think would find this useful... but please don’t alter any of its contents when you do. Thanks! www.howtodocalligraphy.com Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 2 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Step #1: Gather the Supplies You Need .............................................................................................. 10 Markers ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Step #2: Mastering the Pen ................................................................................................................. 19 Step #3: Getting the Letters Right........................................................................................................ 23 The l” Family ..................................................................................................................................... 24 The “n” Family .................................................................................................................................. 25 The “o” Family .................................................................................................................................. 27 The “v” Family .................................................................................................................................. 28 The “x” Family .................................................................................................................................. 28 Step #4: Correcting Your Errors & Perfecting Your Craft ..................................................................... 30 Step #5: String Letters Into Words ....................................................................................................... 33 [BONUS] 7 Surefire Tips to Learn Calligraphy In Record Time! .......................................................... 38 Tip #1: Kill Your "I Can't” Mentality ................................................................................................. 40 Tip #2: Don't Skip The Basics ............................................................................................................ 42 Tip #3: Spot And Correct Mistakes Early ......................................................................................... 44 Tip #4: Use Calligraphy Guidelines .................................................................................................. 45 Tip #5: Slow and Steady Wins the Race ........................................................................................... 46 Tip #6: The Magic Is In The Grip ....................................................................................................... 47 Tip #7: Don't Develop Your Own Style ............................................................................................ 51 Now, Persevere! ............................................................................................................................... 52 Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 3 Introduction Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 4 The Italic script is a semi-cursive, sloped style of calligraphy that was developed during the Renaissance in Italy, which explains its name. It is one of the most popular styles used in contemporary Western calligraphy, and is often a script that most beginners and calligraphers start out with. Lots of people admire the beauty and versatility of Italic calligraphy. Its letters are lean, dynamically stylish, and extremely versatile and can be styled in a variety of ways. Today, hand-written Italic alphabets remain extremely popular for quotations, wedding invitations, and art calligraphy. Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 5 These are just a few of my personal pieces which demonstrate the beauty and versatility of Italic calligraphy: Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 6 Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 7 Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 8 With all its wonderful properties, Italic calligraphy (I’ll just refer to it as calligraphy from now on for fluency sake) must be really difficult to learn Italic calligraphy… right? Wrong! In fact, it is one of the SIMPLEST styles you can ever learn. With a step-by-step guide and a decent amount of practice, you’ll definitely master it. You could very well be writing that Shakespearean sonnet you’ve always wanted to in calligraphy, address wedding invitations or create stunning calligraphy masterpieces of your favourite quote... All just within 30 days! In this Ultimate Guide, I will outline the 5 steps that you can follow, which will enable you to produce the calligraphy that you have always desired! This proven system has been meticulously formulated through not just my personal experience but also the experience of hundreds of people over the years. And I guarantee that it will help you too. So, let’s get started! Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 9 Step #1: Gather the Supplies You Need Copyright © 2015 Your Calligraphy Tutor. All Rights Reserved 10