Video to accompany 'Cursive Handwriting for Adults'

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  • Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
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    I am retired from two careers of primary school teaching when I was deputy head of a Middle School and Primary School, and as a self employed Chalkboard Artist from 2002 until I reached the grand old age of 65 in 2016. Since I retired it’s like a second childhood but with more expensive toys.
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  • @c.henry.3
    @c.henry.3 4 года назад +57

    I am an American that has been working on my writing for years. Bought lots of pens, different paper, and even tried going super slow. Your tricks on less joining and less looping made the biggest impact!!!! I think my hands are just too big for loops and lots of joins to feel comfortable. THANK YOU for making this video!

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe Год назад +1

      Well done ✅

  • @iamURHO
    @iamURHO Год назад +3

    I wish you were around when I was a school-age kid. Thank God, my busy mom taught me good manners and a bit of legible writing. Love the music as well! God bless!

  • @JD-db5cr
    @JD-db5cr 3 года назад +6

    I learned how to write cursive in India. All students in my class took great pride in owning fountain pens. Fountain pens are slightly tricky to use, especially the new ones. You have to adjust the tip to the position of your hand by using it on glass or on a smooth stone.

  • @songs4thesoul
    @songs4thesoul 4 года назад +8

    They stopped teaching cursive writing after my aunt graduate. We were instructed to just make the letters as close as possible to what the teacher wrote on the board. I learned more in the first few minutes of this video than I ever got from school. Hi from the US

    • @SirMopy
      @SirMopy 4 года назад

      eatplaydecorate that‘s kind of funny... in Germany we are forced to write with a fountain pen and cursive in middle school.

    • @songs4thesoul
      @songs4thesoul 4 года назад +1

      @@SirMopy Wow, we have a very flawed education system. It's amazing any of us can read or write. That's interesting that you are still be taught cursive writing in middle School. we only have it in elementary.

    • @t0dd000
      @t0dd000 3 года назад

      The US educational system is in steep decline.

    • @songs4thesoul
      @songs4thesoul 3 года назад

      @@t0dd000 Since the 70s in fact. I was hoping that this shutdown would expose it for the crap it is but, it didn't.

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe 7 месяцев назад

      Great thanks for your feedback

  • @shubhradipta3728
    @shubhradipta3728 4 года назад +9

    Exactly, the video I always wanted. Male hand tend to get tightened. I'm trying to fix my handwriting for past 3 years and searching for proper guidance. I'm doing my postgraduate now, hope it still not too late....thanks a ton man..

  • @lunsj
    @lunsj 3 года назад +12

    I just started John's "Cursive Handwriting for Adults". After buying and reading several other "Improve your Handwrting" type books this is the first one with a style that I want to emulate. I'm hoping to make John's hand my own personal handwriting style. Wish me luck :)

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  3 года назад +1

      Thanks and best of luck

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe Год назад

      Try again and again

  • @clintondavis3363
    @clintondavis3363 2 года назад +13

    I absolutely love your handwriting. I had a high school professor who wrote in this manner and for a while I tried to imitate it. It basically is something of a italic-leaning printing of cursive shapes, but each letter is discreetly formed and connected with the last stroke - there are many breaks in the motion. This is not a fluid technique - it involves lots of lifting to connect the individual letters. I enjoyed writing this way and it was possible to write quite small and still have it be legible and beautiful. However, the demands of note-taking soon had me abandoning this approach because it simply takes too much time and one cannot keep up with a lecture. I took calligraphy in grade school, which essentially taught the Palmer method. That method was allegedly developed to help speed up writing while still maintaining a bit of elegance and, ... most importantly, legibility. However, I never had felt that this flowing style was as legible as a style as you have where letters are formed more discretely and the hand lifts from the page repeatedly. I ended up copying another student's note-taking style which was fast an efficient. Using an italic pen, ... I could achieve some elegance, but expediency ruled my writing. After many years, ... I want to return to a more attractive writing style. I think each individual has to find what works for them and you provide a very rewarding option. Congratulations on the beautiful style you have achieved.

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe 7 месяцев назад

  • @apscafe
    @apscafe Год назад +1

    I love your unique style

  • @Carolynne1982
    @Carolynne1982 3 года назад

    Loving the decorative smudging in drawn caps!

  • @smk955
    @smk955 2 года назад +1

    This vid brought me so much pleasure!

  • @rosieallbon5950
    @rosieallbon5950 4 года назад +17

    FINALLY!!!! Someone who writes “r’s” the way I do!!!!!!!!!!! I get in trouble occasionally as people think it’s a “v”!!!!!! thank you for sharing. 🌹Rosie of Oz🇦🇺

  • @tammystevens1627
    @tammystevens1627 2 года назад +2

    The way you hold your pencil is exactly how an occupational therapist showed me many years ago, and yet I see very few people holding their implements like that.

    • @ikreer9777
      @ikreer9777 2 года назад +1

      His method is exactly what I was taught in school. They didn't smack our hands with rulers if we held it wrong, but near enough. I realized too late with my son that they apparently don't teach a proper grip anymore. I've seen other young adults holding their pens in the oddest ways and it doesn't look comfortable at all.

  • @thinker630
    @thinker630 4 года назад +2

    Every once in a while you make your lower-case e in two halves, both downstrokes. This grabbed my attention and excited me whenever I noticed it! The process and result are beautiful and unique. Will try it out myself. Thank you!

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe 7 месяцев назад

      Cute opinions

  • @arlenearmy
    @arlenearmy 4 года назад +3

    I will buy your book. You really inspire me to improve myself.

  • @DB-cx6cb
    @DB-cx6cb 4 месяца назад

    Just ordered your book! Love your tutorials! Best to you John from Okeechobee, Florida ❤️

  • @nickrobinson2023
    @nickrobinson2023 4 месяца назад

    I thoroughly enjoyed that...thank you for sharing. Lovely style.
    I noticed the nails straight away... I used to play classical guitar.

  • @dadyarusski4594
    @dadyarusski4594 4 года назад +2

    I love it. I am afraid to do flourishes, but they are so beautiful.

  • @mildridj3423
    @mildridj3423 3 года назад +1

    I love your style!

  • @dawnabbott3783
    @dawnabbott3783 4 года назад +3

    Perfect timing finding this video as it was exactly what I was looking for. I did not want to fully learn calligraphy with a dip pen but wanted to letter and write good enough for adding quotes to a watercolor painting or to write in a sketchbook/art journal. Going to buy the book!

  • @tyrell3081
    @tyrell3081 4 года назад +3

    Sir, that is some outstanding writing style that you have. It sort of reminds me of an architect handwriting mixed with the elegance of cursive style. Hats off.

    • @apscafe
      @apscafe 7 месяцев назад

      Fancy

  • @basiliocrespogarcia-baquer4309
    @basiliocrespogarcia-baquer4309 4 года назад +1

    Maravilloso. Me ha gustado mucho. Enhorabuena.

  • @isabellaantoniali9046
    @isabellaantoniali9046 4 года назад +1

    Amazing!! I'll make sure to buy it ASAP!! Ps. best handwriting ever!

  • @mcdamike
    @mcdamike 4 года назад

    My handwriting improved immediately watching this video by 100x.

  • @123craftygal
    @123craftygal 4 года назад +2

    You’re welcome! I should receive it tomorrow 😉 I love this beautiful yet (to me at least) a bit more casual and modern font. I learned the Zaner-Bloser method waaay back in Catholic school. As an senior with some arthritis in my hands and bilateral hand surgery my writing looks sloppy. Your explanation opened my eyes as to why it’s so tight!
    I recently bought a cartridge pen and I’m wondering where I can get the italic nib. I love the Sanford Calligraphic felt tip pen; people always compliment my penmanship.

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  4 года назад +1

      Hi Catherine. You might need to search around for a decent nib on a good pen. Mind you, a good straight nib will get good results too.

  • @PrincePalmUwU
    @PrincePalmUwU 6 месяцев назад

    I am American and I think your way is just best LOL, trying to practice cursive so I can go back to college, going for RDH (Dental Hygienist).

  • @rjvisionz
    @rjvisionz Год назад

    Your handwriting is amazing!

  • @Escrevabemvctbm
    @Escrevabemvctbm 4 года назад +2

    Mto bacana!!! Parabéns!!!

  • @MrPelikan500
    @MrPelikan500 Год назад

    16:38 shading is the 1st new tip i have come across ... after many decades of handwriting with a fountain pen 👍 🙂
    haha ... obviously I've been doing all along ... but they were ALL in the wrong places haha
    .

  • @onimoney
    @onimoney 2 года назад

    Very easy to follow along. Great video 💫

  • @kevinu.k.7042
    @kevinu.k.7042 2 года назад

    Very nice - and not littered (sic) with curly pigtails. I will get the book - Thank you. I am an adult who wants to improve their handwriting. Having watched a few RUclipss - this one stands out.

  • @Daniel-wo9lf
    @Daniel-wo9lf 4 года назад +2

    Like your style John. Great book. Thanks.

  • @SketchyTigers
    @SketchyTigers 4 года назад +1

    Left handed person here. Everything you mentioned is very much possible it just involves the opposite forces. Rather than push you pull and rather than pull you push

  • @MAYUR_BHAGAT
    @MAYUR_BHAGAT Год назад

    Superb sir

  • @johnjackson9031
    @johnjackson9031 8 месяцев назад

    thank you, i need to buy your book!!

  • @apscafe
    @apscafe 7 месяцев назад

    I am impressed with your skills of cursive handwriting
    I am also doing the same thing

  • @neebhaverma1725
    @neebhaverma1725 3 года назад

    Wow, fantabulous, amazing, incredible

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  3 года назад

      Thank you so much 😀

  • @welm8412
    @welm8412 Год назад

    Thank you this video is very helpful

  • @petrcejka2125
    @petrcejka2125 Год назад

    I find it interesting how different teaching styles of handwriting in different parts of world can be. In continental Europe (at least in my country), the first thing you are teached in terms of writing is fluency - its exact opposite of writing in rhytmical strokes - you are intended to "draw" letters with from your wrist.... In my country, one of first thing you need to teach are loops - like in cursive "e", "l" or "k" and it seems that American cursive is COMPLETELY different to standard European cursive which has far more rounded letters with loops etc.
    I have basically two handwritting styles - one of them I "created" for my own usage during high school (basically changing some sort of letters into vertical or horizontal lines - t/l/f - m/n/r) and then during college years, because proper writing is simply impossible when you need to write really fast and many teachers usually speak in normal pace. This handwriting is unreadable for anyone else, but myself - and after some period of time, it may become unreadable for myself. :) My other handwriting style - which I use in common life, when I dont need to hurry that much is quite nice and I would say that mixture of cursive and "printed"

  • @antoniodepaiva3503
    @antoniodepaiva3503 3 года назад

    Hj. John, i am writing with my.two hands. Thanks for your help

  • @danahadiana5136
    @danahadiana5136 4 года назад

    I like your tutorial nice it's amazing.... Thanks Mr

  • @pat9577
    @pat9577 3 года назад

    Wonderful video and very useful! Are you able to provide a link to the pen you use and nib?

  • @AdhocHoopla
    @AdhocHoopla 4 года назад +2

    Where can I find the practise paper which you're using at the 10:00 mark?

  • @pieterjdw
    @pieterjdw 4 года назад

    In the examples of Neal I definitely find words with separated letters for more legible then connected letters. It may be faster(no pen lifting) and more esthetic, but isn't readability the most important?

  • @vgucciboy9576
    @vgucciboy9576 3 года назад

    woah, esta tipografia me parece muy elegante y linda, debo practicarla :D
    gracias!!!

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  3 года назад

      I think I understand. Gracias.

  • @antoniojhuerta
    @antoniojhuerta 4 года назад +2

    I need the templates ..!!! Please!!

  • @chorltonwheelie168
    @chorltonwheelie168 4 года назад

    I like it.

  • @untrechtd
    @untrechtd 2 года назад

    Hi John. How have you been? May I ask what is your goto italic pend and nib for everyday use? One of your pens in the video appears to be a Parker. Could you please share details on your pen(s) and nibs (e.g. 1.1mm, 1.5mm. 1.9mm)? Thanks for your time and insight.

  • @dexleentv2868
    @dexleentv2868 3 года назад

    I love your handwring sir,what is the name of your pen?

  • @bipindutta2967
    @bipindutta2967 4 года назад

    Wonderful !! Unfortunately it is not available in Amazon.in. However, Thanks from India

  • @appalachianmama3384
    @appalachianmama3384 4 года назад +3

    Cursive writing is no longer taught here in American schools. At least not where I live anyway, I was told It was because of common core. I think that is really sad.

  • @qiqerod
    @qiqerod 4 года назад

    What felt tip pen is that you’re using?

  • @crusoevanfloyd9888
    @crusoevanfloyd9888 3 года назад +1

    The new American style is exactly how I write and was taught made me laugh when I saw it . I didn't know it had a name. I just recently got into calligraphy thank you for posting this video!

  • @zackattack9228
    @zackattack9228 5 лет назад +1

    Keep it up

    • @JRLNeal
      @JRLNeal 5 лет назад

      Kanchan Bala thanks. Will do.

  • @muskndusk
    @muskndusk 3 года назад

    I have a few books about italic calligraphy. Is your book any different? Is it specifically about improving handwriting? I've looked at it on Amazon uk and it seems to have very small font. The book's given size seems to be A4 ish, but there's no pic of it next to the usual shadow man sitting cross-legged. So does it have tiny font?
    I'm on the verge of purchasing it as it's not too expensive.

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  3 года назад

      The book is 190mm x 240mm and the printed font appears to be 12

  • @viarnay
    @viarnay Год назад

    Very creative I trained some caligraphy and now I have a teacher's writing 😖

  • @paprika1951
    @paprika1951 4 года назад +3

    Aaaargh! Thank you for demonstrating the American variety, which I’ve been in active rebellion against since childhood- explains why I failed that class! The lumpy caps, ungainly joins. 🤢 I feel we’re close now

  • @cosmiccowboy1
    @cosmiccowboy1 4 года назад +2

    Your hand writing is fantastic! Have you tried or researched #handlettering or #moderncalligraphy you would be excellent at this type of lettering...thanks

  • @melindamenke1729
    @melindamenke1729 5 лет назад +2

    Hi John, Your videos are so helpful and your handwriting is beautiful. How would I find a tablet like this to use for practicing?

    • @JRLNeal
      @JRLNeal 5 лет назад

      Hi Melinda, thanks for your kind comments. What tablet are you referring to? In my other video I am using a iPad Pro and an Ipencil.

  • @JD.Giantulisan
    @JD.Giantulisan Год назад

    Salam sehat sukses dan bahagia selalu dari saya di Indonesia..teknik menulis kursif anda sangat luar biasa, saya banyak terinspirasi dengan teknik yang anda ajarkan 👍🙏🔥💯

  • @santoshkumar-rf4mn
    @santoshkumar-rf4mn 2 года назад

    Most bothering think in this video to me is ring in left hand finger.. will it come out or not?.. I think this video made two years before.. did you tried to take out the that ring ?

  • @Hsrtv1474
    @Hsrtv1474 Год назад

    That's is amazing 🤩
    I need this type of Pen 🖋️, can you recommend me, how I can purchase this type of Pen. Tell me some of it qualities, on these qualities bases I will find it

  • @k____5697
    @k____5697 4 года назад

    What is that black pen called??

  • @Trekeyus
    @Trekeyus Год назад

    I learned cursive In middle School. That said I am very rusty. I find that if you don't use it you Lose It.

  • @viktormishh
    @viktormishh 4 года назад

    🙏👍

  • @usmanriaz9966
    @usmanriaz9966 4 года назад

    Can you provide the worksheet?

  • @Lr0nical_hunter
    @Lr0nical_hunter 3 года назад

    How do I get around this I'm left handed?

  • @thaiareenort9120
    @thaiareenort9120 2 года назад

    👍

  • @ignacioperezmora7748
    @ignacioperezmora7748 5 лет назад +2

    Hi Neal, one question. what is the thickness of the fountain pen?. Write very nice. Thanks

  • @richardlim6436
    @richardlim6436 Год назад

    🙏🏻👍🏻❤️

  • @ChineseHandwriting
    @ChineseHandwriting 4 года назад

    ✍🏻

  • @user-ud2ff8nd9b
    @user-ud2ff8nd9b 3 года назад

    अतिमनोमुग्धकारि हृदयहारि चित्ताकर्षकं वर्तते हस्तलेखनम् ।चूका देवी गोरा राजस्थान
    भारत।

  • @themiragesymphonyproject
    @themiragesymphonyproject Год назад

    How to obtain that alphabet of yours?

  • @zelenkooo
    @zelenkooo 4 года назад

    I find strange that s in style is not the same as s in is ...

  • @thereisonlythecave
    @thereisonlythecave 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you for the video. I've always wanted to improve my handwriting, but I might be too old now.

    • @JRLNeal
      @JRLNeal 5 лет назад +2

      Sisyphus never too old. Go for it.

    • @thereisonlythecave
      @thereisonlythecave 5 лет назад

      John R Longcroft-Neal thanks for the encouragement, I pre-ordered the book from Amazon.

    • @griotrott3790
      @griotrott3790 4 года назад

      Ninongow here!

    • @griotrott3790
      @griotrott3790 4 года назад +3

      Re Dear old Sisyphus! I'm in my late eighties and am able to 'handwrite
      with the best . A bit down on some aspects of presentation and some
      are more artistic in that regard "you know" Flourishes and the like but I'm
      working on that. John is a 'good un' and unselfishly inspires us all.

  • @thaiareenort9120
    @thaiareenort9120 2 года назад

    😁

  • @kdssi648
    @kdssi648 2 года назад

    Denby cup

  • @andreslb151
    @andreslb151 4 года назад

    And I thought writing Palmer was good enough...

  • @danahadiana5136
    @danahadiana5136 4 года назад

    Mutuals suport

  • @indigoh4916
    @indigoh4916 3 года назад +4

    You shouldn't lift you hand. The whole point is that you'll be writing faster.

  • @niloo_12344
    @niloo_12344 Год назад

    Non dite il Nome di Dio in vano - God Bless! ✝️ (Lord Jesus is coming back soon, be ready!) - IL SIGNORE GESÙ STA PER ARRIVARE, SIATE PRONTI!

  • @johndaad3316
    @johndaad3316 4 года назад

    Can I get this book for free ...??? Because I don't have credit card..
    Please someone guide me and share me

  • @marciturner4980
    @marciturner4980 4 года назад +1

    Really hate the sound of that pencil on the paper.

  • @bonnieschafer8459
    @bonnieschafer8459 4 года назад

    Sorry, but your American 'STANDARD' for accurate CURSIVE handwriting is DEFINITELY not 100% correct for each letter, nor is your exercise forming the Os in low case. The low case 'As' are very precise.
    You do NOT have your paper slanted to the proper distance, and the more you try to write cursive, your fingers grip harder, along with writing straight up.

  • @edwardgomez4033
    @edwardgomez4033 2 года назад

    What about the parts where he put absolutely no effort into the American style writing...

  • @niloo_12344
    @niloo_12344 Год назад

    Don’t say God’s Name in vain- God Bless! ✝️ (Lord Jesus is coming back soon, be ready!) - IL SIGNORE GESÙ STA PER ARRIVARE, SIATE PRONTI!

  • @singanewsong4279
    @singanewsong4279 3 года назад +1

    God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil for God was with Him. And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is He (Jesus) who was ordained by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead. To Him all the prophets witness that through His name WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

    • @jrwren
      @jrwren  3 года назад

      Eh?

    • @liiporta7964
      @liiporta7964 2 года назад

      Praise to God our Creator and heavenly Father🙏 Praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
      John 3.16-18
      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

  • @danieladewobi7387
    @danieladewobi7387 3 года назад

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @danieladewobi7387
    @danieladewobi7387 3 года назад

    WHO ARE YOU??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @danieladewobi7387
    @danieladewobi7387 3 года назад

    BAD HANWRITTING!!!!!!!