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Modern Calligraphy for Beginners: Brush Pens and Hand Lettering

Modern Calligraphy for Beginners: Brush Pens and Hand Lettering

Learn modern calligraphy from your first brush pen stroke to cards, place names and prints: drills, letters, joins, faux calligraphy, dip pen and layout. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.

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Expiry period	Lifetime
Made in	English
Last updated at	Mon Oct 2026
Level	Beginner
Total lectures	60
Total quizzes	0
Total duration	11:13:00 Hours
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Short description	Learn modern calligraphy from your first brush pen stroke to cards, place names and prints: drills, letters, joins, faux calligraphy, dip pen and layout. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.
Outcomes	Choose brush pens, fineliners, paper and a dip pen kit, and set up a comfortable, safe place to letter Make thin upstrokes and thick downstrokes, and use guidelines, x-height and slant with confidence Write the eight basic strokes and build every lowercase letter and capital from them Join letters into words with even spacing and a steady slant, size and pressure Add bounce, change the look of your lettering and start a style of your own Create the look of calligraphy with any pen using faux calligraphy and monoline script Prepare, use and care for a pointed nib and ink, including coloured and metallic inks Draw print and serif letters, plan layouts with thumbnails, and pair styles in one piece Letter greetings cards, place names, envelopes, a quote print and journal headers, with simple flourishes Digitise your lettering, price and describe it honestly, and plan and finish a final piece of your own
Requirements	No lettering or art experience needed. If you can hold a pen, you can start A small starter kit: one large-tip and one small-tip brush pen in black, two fineliners, a pencil, a soft eraser, a ruler and smooth paper (lesson 1.2 explains each one and what can wait) A printer helps for the practice sheets, but you can rule your own guidelines by hand (lesson 2.2 shows how) A dip pen kit is optional and only needed for Section 7