Introduction to Calligraphy

Overview

“I also divide the capital letters into groups and show you how to do them one at a time. Now that the basic lines of capitalization are clear, let's go ahead and build the actual letters. Capital letters, like lowercase letters, are also divided into groups, depending on the lines you will need. My advice is always to initially forget about the letters and build them only by assembling the different movements you learned in the previous lesson. The secret is to practice and train to get the best result.”

In this video lesson user4365721 surname4365721 addresses the topic: Alphabet: capital letters 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Calligraphy. Explore the rules of calligraphy writing by learning to compose words and phrases in an elegant and timeless style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Alphabet: capital letters In this lesson we will build capital letters starting from the basic movements that we have seen before. We will see that unlike the lowercase capital letters do not have precise rules. We cannot break them down into movements. So we will see them one by one, to underline their particularities. Let's start with the letter B, which, as we shall see, presents the movements we have seen in the previous lesson. So to construct the letter B, let's start from the universal beauty line. So as we have seen, we leave without pressure. At a third we begin to put pressure. An...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Calligraphy

• Level: Beginner
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