Lots of brain power to use for this exercise! My mother in law loves things like this to keep her 87 year old mind active, hands nimble, and her handwriting is still gorgeous! She actually taught my children cursive because they took it out of the elementary curriculum here.
Yes! Lots of brain power -- but I love a meditative challenge like this. Kudos to your mother-in-law for staying sharp and keeping on creating! It sounds like your kids are lucky to have her as a grandma. ☺️
Thank you Lindsey sooo much for all your help with all your tutorials,videos, tips,advice and the teachings of so many calligraphy things. My letters are still shaky and the spaces are going on the better side by the drills. Sometimes I should leave the dishes and care little about housework…that never ends 🤷🏻♀️ I have advanced but still much to learn! Thank you ☺️ much
You are very welcome! I hope you get some good use out of it. :) Remember that you can print it as many times as you need to until you start feeling comfortable with its exercises!
Spacing has been an ongoing pain-point for me -- I'm so thankful you posted this worksheet! I can't wait to get started (and yes, the cross-drill oof the alphabet IS cool-looking!) Cheers!
I didn't realize there was a video for using this. Thank you so much! This just made may day. Practice will be so much easier without having to guess what to do! I should have looked sooner.
I'm so glad this made your day, Dana! I'm always happy to help, let me know if you ever have any questions that I can help clear up! I appreciate your support, thank you!
Thank you so much! I've always felt like my spacing was way off.... this makes me feel so much better. Hopefully practice will improve my visual judgement.
I promise that it will. Practice is the only way to get better, and this worksheet provides super targeted practice when it comes to spacing. :) Enjoy!!
Thank you! You are so generous with your knowledge. I’ve learned so much from your worksheets and tutorials. I just got your watercolor illustrated map video course. I’m excited to start! Thanks again for all you do💕
This is a great tool. Not easy for sure hahaha..my first try was a mess but it is getting better. It has helped me a lot to be conscientious about spacing. Thank you Lindsey
You got this, Mayra! I love that you're determined to learn, don't let a few messy attempts discourage you. You'll have it in no time, keep practicing! Please let me know if I can clear anything up and help you with this process.
This is a wonderful drill. I'm anxious to try this...after Christmas. Lindsey, I seems that when you dip your pen, it's mostly the tip. When I dip, its up to the little vent hole so I can write a little longer, or is it necessary. I started rinsing my nib in water as you recommended...really helps.
Wouldn't this build incorrect muscle memory and we'll all we running around having these huge spaces between our letters? I agree tho that spacing is one of my biggest challenges minus a few problem letters/combo's that I often screw up. Got anything on connecting different letters together?
That's a good question! In my experience, spacing cross drills don't build incorrect muscle memory -- they train your eye to judge spaces between characters and work toward making them consistent. :) As far as connecting different letters together, the best I've got are worksheets with word practice. The more words you write, the more you'll be able to achieve nice spacing between the characters, for sure! thepostmansknock.com/product-category/learn-calligraphy/calligraphy-worksheets/
Lots of brain power to use for this exercise! My mother in law loves things like this to keep her 87 year old mind active, hands nimble, and her handwriting is still gorgeous! She actually taught my children cursive because they took it out of the elementary curriculum here.
Yes! Lots of brain power -- but I love a meditative challenge like this. Kudos to your mother-in-law for staying sharp and keeping on creating! It sounds like your kids are lucky to have her as a grandma. ☺️
Such a great way to improve letters & spacing & make it more interesting/visual
Thank you for sharing your talent with us. I’ve learned calligraphy from you over the last couple of ears. The spacing is always a challenge for me. 💖
Thank you so much, it is my pleasure to share my work with people like you! I'm so glad this was a useful resource!
I’ve had this worksheet for a long time but let it intimidate me. Really grateful for this video to help out!
I'm so glad this was helpful, Winnie! Way to step out of your comfort zone, you can do it!
Thank you so much! Not only is it a great drill to concentrate on spacing but it’s a great warm up as well.
It really is!
Thank you Lindsey sooo much for all your help with all your tutorials,videos, tips,advice and the teachings of so many calligraphy things. My letters are still shaky and the spaces are going on the better side by the drills. Sometimes I should leave the dishes and care little about housework…that never ends 🤷🏻♀️ I have advanced but still much to learn! Thank you ☺️ much
You are so welcome! 😊
Thank you so much for sharing & teaching!!!💞🍃
I love how your TPK drills are so fun to do! These are my favorite ones to do because they aren't boring. 😊
Yay! Thank you! I'm so glad they keep you on your toes!
This is a great tool. I struggle with spacing so I’m excited to use it. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us 😊
You are very welcome! I hope you get some good use out of it. :) Remember that you can print it as many times as you need to until you start feeling comfortable with its exercises!
Spacing has been an ongoing pain-point for me -- I'm so thankful you posted this worksheet! I can't wait to get started (and yes, the cross-drill oof the alphabet IS cool-looking!) Cheers!
You are so welcome! I hope it helps! 😄
I didn't realize there was a video for using this. Thank you so much! This just made may day. Practice will be so much easier without having to guess what to do! I should have looked sooner.
I'm so glad this made your day, Dana! I'm always happy to help, let me know if you ever have any questions that I can help clear up! I appreciate your support, thank you!
This is such a fresh and fun way to practice spacing. Thank you for creating this!
Your worksheets are always so helpful!
You're so welcome! I'm so happy you are enjoying this technique. Thank you for watching!!
Thank you so much! I've always felt like my spacing was way off.... this makes me feel so much better. Hopefully practice will improve my visual judgement.
I promise that it will. Practice is the only way to get better, and this worksheet provides super targeted practice when it comes to spacing. :) Enjoy!!
This is so helpful! I think I downloaded this sheet, but have not used it yet. Thanks for offering the worksheet for free: so generous!!
You are so welcome! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you so much Lindsey. This is brilliant - I really appreciate the tutorial on this 😍
I'm so glad you like it! Thank you!!
A great aid for practice! It certainly helps with the flow of writing freehand. I shall be using it for my next practice session. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the worksheet!
You're very welcome!
Im so appreciative of your free things!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying the material!!
Thank you! You are so generous with your knowledge. I’ve learned so much from your worksheets and tutorials. I just got your watercolor illustrated map video course. I’m excited to start! Thanks again for all you do💕
That is my favorite course on the site! I had so much fun making that one, and I keep my map on display in my office. I love looking at it!
Thanks for this tutorial, I’m quite new to calligraphy and spacing is definitely something I struggle with and I can’t find many resources to help!
Glad it was helpful!
This is perfect!!! Thanks so much!
I guess I am convinced :D I am going to try these drills :D thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You are so welcome. Go for it! You got this!
This is a great tool. Not easy for sure hahaha..my first try was a mess but it is getting better. It has helped me a lot to be conscientious about spacing. Thank you Lindsey
You got this, Mayra! I love that you're determined to learn, don't let a few messy attempts discourage you. You'll have it in no time, keep practicing! Please let me know if I can clear anything up and help you with this process.
Thank you for posting this - I struggle with spacing
Glad this was helpful! You got this!
These are my favourite drills ❤️
Yay!!!
This is a wonderful drill. I'm anxious to try this...after Christmas. Lindsey, I seems that when you dip your pen, it's mostly the tip. When I dip, its up to the little vent hole so I can write a little longer, or is it necessary. I started rinsing my nib in water as you recommended...really helps.
thank you so much for the tutorial and worksheet
Always welcome! Thank you for your support!
Great video! This is so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!☺️
thank you for this!
Thank you!
Wouldn't this build incorrect muscle memory and we'll all we running around having these huge spaces between our letters? I agree tho that spacing is one of my biggest challenges minus a few problem letters/combo's that I often screw up. Got anything on connecting different letters together?
That's a good question! In my experience, spacing cross drills don't build incorrect muscle memory -- they train your eye to judge spaces between characters and work toward making them consistent. :) As far as connecting different letters together, the best I've got are worksheets with word practice. The more words you write, the more you'll be able to achieve nice spacing between the characters, for sure! thepostmansknock.com/product-category/learn-calligraphy/calligraphy-worksheets/
Thank you!