How to Add Character to Calligraphy [TUTORIAL for Beginners]

Let's give our calligraphy some character with this fun and colorful tutorial.
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00:00 - Start
00:11 - Intro
00:47 - Setting Up
01:14 - Basic Lettering
13:59 - Shine
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[@andreagrandre3190]

Hi Tamer! I'm new in the beautiful world of Calligraphy (less than a year) , I practice it every day and I Love it everyday more.I Love your Art and I want to thank you for all your videos , they help me improve. I signed up to your newsletter, and I also wanna thank you for your words of encouragement...it means a lot.Keep up the beautiful work! Wish you the best. Andrea

[@BlackletterFoundry]

Thank you soooo much for the kind words Andrea! It means more than you know 😃 and welcome to the wonderful world of calligraphy! Always so wonderful to meet a new Calligrafriend 😃 Enjoy the fun journey and than you so much for your support!

[@carolvanpuyenbroek4441]

Loved watching this. Funniest thing is my family members nickname me “Scraggle”. Carol to Caggle to scraggle. I will do this word on my next Calligraphy play day. Thank you.

[@BlackletterFoundry]

Thank you so much for your kind words, Carol! 😃 What a funny coincidence, and I like that nickname evolution! I hope you have tons of fun playing with this idea on your next play day (love the idea of a play day, too!) 😃

[@tiffanybluetarot]

As someone new to”actual” calligraphy, your video helped me immensely! I’ve done lettering since time immemorial, with no instruction or formalities…but couldn’t figure out why my attempts at calligraphy always came out so wonky. I did not realize, until now, how crucial the guidelines really are. I just figured making a top line & bottom line ought to do it, and thus concluded my calligraphy was trash and I probably just needed to give it up. So thank you for the detailed instructions & visuals, and for reviving my hope that there may be a calligrapher here after all…!

[@BlackletterFoundry]

Thank you so, so much for your kind comment and sharing your story, Tiffany, I sincerely appreciate it 😃 I know what you mean, these things can seem intimidating and I really wanted to share easy approachable ways to make it accessible and fun because I genuinely believe everyone can have fun learning calligraphy! Sometimes, just one little thing (like guidesheets) can make a difference. I've heard from others who found it challenging and turns out it was just the paper. I totally encourage you to have fun with it and not to be hard on yourself - we all start somewhere and you can totally do this!! You'll get nothing but support and encouragement from me 😃

[@roberte5593]

Hi Tamer, I just started following your site and I really enjoy your style and art. Can you please give us some details as to how you were able to create the unique color blending "Animals" using your parallel pen? Is that regular pen ink or acrylic paint? What color ink is in your pen? Thanks