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On this lesson, I will be teaching about proper posture and penhold. But, Brian, why do I need to know this?! Can’t I start writing? Is it that important? Yes, it is important. Often neglected, but this  best practice  contributes to the outcome of your calligraphy. Professionals do it too, why should you not? Before anything else, keep in mind the following best practices on your body position. 1.  Feet Flat on the Floor. No cross legs please. 2.  Keep  you back straight but not too stiff. 3.  Relax your shoulders. 4.  Lay your forearms on top of your table. 5.  Stay close enough to the table. Not too far that you need to lean forward. Or Too near that your shoulder has no space to move. When you find it hard to do No. 1 and No. 4, maybe its time to check the height of the chair and table you are using. Find one that will fit the length of your legs and arms. There are people who are comfortable writing when paper is angled. (I’m one of them). It is fi

On How to Write Lowercase Letters using Brush Pen , we group the letters based on the first stroke, the oval group, curve group, ascender loop group descender loop group and the special group. You can check the tutorial here if you want to check it out again. This time I will teach you how I write the Uppercase letters using brush pen.   But unlike the previous tutorial on lowercase letters that I used templates, in this tutorial I will use videos. The reason behind is teaching Uppercase Letters is more complicated than lowercase letters. Per video is   composed of three(3) letters for you to review the video easily. I usually used combination of print and cursive letters in uppercase letters. Some letters are stylish in Cursive and some in print. Depending on your preference any will do.  I will also provide other brush lettering variants   in the future post. So lets get started. Feel free to share this post to your friends. Keep writing! Uppercase

Since you have already know and practice the basic strokes of bush lettering, now it’s time for you to go to the next level. Let us now write the lowercase alphabet. Get ready with your favorite brush pens and calligraphy practice sheets( if you don’t have, you can download practice sheets here for free). Let’s get started.

Tired of making your own calligraphy guidelines sheets? or you need to customized the practice sheets you have downloaded but don't know how. Well, you are in the right place. I have collected the most recommended Calligraphy Guidelines Generator that will suit all of your needs either in Copperplate, Spencerian, Italics, Gothic and more. All you have to do is to input your requirements like the x-height, ascender height, descender height and slant angle. You can also print it depending on your available paper size. Without further ado, let's get started.

Now that you have understand the importance of guidelines in practicing any kind of calligraphy, we will discuss the basic brush lettering strokes. Before we start, I recommend for you to review the basic strokes of cursive writing. This will help you a lot. Let’s begin! Generally, there are three group of strokes for brush lettering calligraphy namely – straight lines, curve lines and the loops.

Are you looking for inspiration? Someone to follow and be inspired to. Here are five awesome Filipino calligraphers you definitely need to check out on Instagram! (in no particular order).

In this post, we will discuss about what are guidelines, its anatomy and its importance in your journey to world of calligraphy. “If you wish to fly to new heights begin by setting your sights on the destination you can reach and then create a fight plan, a map, that will be your guide.” – Debbie Ford