Description

**Basic Strokes** Modern Calligraphy Workbook for Small Markers

Do you want to learn how to do modern brush calligraphy for your Bullet Journal or create handlettered quotes and prints? The first step you need to take is to learn the basic brush/marker strokes.

In this workbook + companion guide, I teach you how to get started, which supplies you need, and provide about a month’s worth of worksheets to get you started on your handlettering journey. Once you’ve completed the basic guide, you’ll feel confident and ready to begin learning lowercase letters.

You’ll receive two PDF documents to download & print at home, or you can take it to a copy center and print one copy for you to practice. These booklets were designed specifically for lettering with small markers.

Want to learn lettering with smaller markers? Check out the listing for LARGE Markers.  Each guidebook is specifically created with different marker sizes in mind.

Included in this two-part download + print workbook:

35 Page Print Me! Workbook + 20 Page Information & review guide.

• Handlettering/Brush Calligraphy Overview
• Lettering Skills Tracker – perfect for keeping track of your lessons
• Modern Calligraphy background information, so you understand precisely what you’re going to do and how to do it
• Supplies overview (you can also check out this post)
• Basic Strokes Quick Guide – which breaks down the methods behind the strokes you’ll learn
• Important reminders & tricks to review before starting
• Stroke tips & tricks – get to know your brush marker and how to create the initial brush strokes, which lead to creating beautiful modern brush calligraphy.
• Daily Practice Sheets – one practice sheet per day – a full practice sheet for every day
• Blank practice sheets for both Large & Small Markers

By learning the foundations of modern calligraphy handlettering and after using this workbook every day for 28 days, you’ll be ready to tackle lowercase letters with confidence. This self-paced workbook provides the perfect solution to learn when you have a spare moment. The lessons build your skills, your confidence, and strengthen your ability to create the basic strokes (used in almost every letter) when writing with a brush pen or marker for modern calligraphy.

The guide will also teach you when to make thick & thin strokes and when to transition between the two as you form each mark.

Recommended Supplies to start (not included)

• Small tip brush markers (like Tombow Fudenosuke, Zebra Brush Pens, Pentel Sign Brush pens, or any other small-tip flexible marker – found online or at craft supply or office supply stores.)
• Smooth paper like 32 LB Smooth Paper (found online or at office supply stores), Tracing Paper, or Marker Paper (found in pads at craft supply stores or online)

Once You Purchase Your Workbook:

• Download your workbook to your computer
• Read & review the “Read Me!” Booklet
• Print the “Print Me!” workbook on smooth paper
  • Recommended: Print at home on 32 lb paper (to preserve your marker tips)
  • or take to a Print Center & print one (1) copy for yourself on 32lb smooth paper
  • Note: you can print in black and white to conserve costs
• Get started lettering!
• Use the guide and tracker to keep track of progress then mark off each successful day of practicing your lettering
• Practice one sheet per day until you finish
  • Need extra time? It’s ok! Practice at your own pace, but keep going!

What To Do After Finishing the Basic Strokes Workbook?

Pat yourself on the back. Then move on to the lowercase alphabet workbook!