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Practice your modern calligraphy with a full alphabet

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Practice your modern calligraphy with a full alphabet

Practice makes progress There are three sure ways to improve your brush lettering or modern calligraphy - practice, practice and practice. To create consistent shapes, you need to train up your hand and that means running through practice strokes and characters at every opportunity until it becomes second nature. A little advice for beginners We asked Andra from Adadletters for her advice for newcomers to modern calligraphy: "The only person you should compare yourself with is yourself. You must compare your own work, old and new. No matter what, just pick up your pens because you can do this! You will...

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Brush lettering with the Kuretake Zig brush markers

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Brush lettering with the Kuretake Zig brush markers

Juicy brush lettering Brush lettering comes in all shapes and sizes, but if you like your brush lettering big and your colours rich and juicy, then the Zig Fudebyori markers from Kuretake might be just your thing. In this process video from Adadletters, Andra shows off the Zig Fudebiyori markers in action. For more inspiration from Andra, follow Adadletters on Instagram The Zig Fudebiyori markers are available here at Pen Pusher

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Learn the basic strokes of modern calligraphy with Vera Silva

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Learn the basic strokes of modern calligraphy with Vera Silva
Basic strokes are the building blocks of calligraphy, and that's true for modern calligraphy as much as traditional scripts. Vera Silva explains the importance of the basic strokes and the part they play in helping you learn calligraphy and create beautiful lettering designs.

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