Saturday, July 18, 2015

30 Before 30 - #4 Complete

A friend let me borrow her calligraphy pen so I could see if I like it (I do!), so I've been practicing.  She showed me the alphabet last year and I've been practicing off and on since then.  Most of what I've done is the alphabet, people's names, letters, etc.  Not really stuff I want to post, so today I decided to do some song lyrics (do you know the song?) to show you.


I am awful about keeping my lines straight so I drew lines on the paper lightly in pencil... and they still aren't straight LOL!  I need more practice with that and with holding the correct angle with the pen throughout the whole sentence.

For fun here is a short video clip of me writing the title of another song.


I messed up on the S because I let the angle of the pen drop.  Bad habit. Working on it.  Anyway it's a lot of fun so when she wants her pen back I'll have to buy one of my own hehe.  :D

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  1. LilliJuly 19, 2015 at 4:00 AM

    That's one thing I would like to learn too! :D I think we even have some courses in adult education centre. But maybe I'll just find a book from the library. It's cheaper xD I already have different type of pens (which you need to dip into ink) and ink, unless it's dry already. So all I need is time for practice (and that book which explains what and how I should write).

    -Lilli-

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    1. Achieve1dreamJuly 19, 2015 at 9:21 AM

      That's great that you already have the pens! You don't need a book, there are lots of places online to learn it. Here's a website I found yesterday. http://www.learncalligraphy.co.uk

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    2. LilliJuly 20, 2015 at 9:13 AM

      Thanks for the link! :) I'm soon librarian so that's why I think books firstly ;) But I will put the link into my bookmarks too!

      -Lilli-

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    3. Achieve1dreamJuly 20, 2015 at 9:37 AM

      Yeah I love using books too, but I'm too impatient to wait for a trip to the library when I have the internet at my fingers haha!! So I find most of my stuff online now. I do miss the library though! I used to spend hours there.

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    4. LilliJuly 20, 2015 at 1:57 PM

      Well, I think I'll have an advantage in this because I'm working in a library at the moment and hopefully in the future too :D

      -Lilli-

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    5. Achieve1dreamJuly 20, 2015 at 2:45 PM

      Yes that's definitely an advantage! I wish my local library was big enough to need more employees. I would love to work there. :D

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  2. Grey Horse MattersJuly 19, 2015 at 9:47 AM

    Very nice you did a great job. I'd like to be able to do it too but just don't have the time or patience for learning it. It's a really nice thing to be able to do. Especially these days when they are even cutting out teaching the kids to write script in school.

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    1. Achieve1dreamJuly 19, 2015 at 10:58 AM

      I agree! I was shocked to hear they are taking that out of school!

      I really like the calligraphy because my handwriting is actually really horrible lol. :)

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