I tried calligraphy with my left hand - Here's how it went

[@sakinahaamid1317]

not Becca being so good in calligraphy with her non dominant hand than my actual dominant hand🤩🙌🏻

[@cathykee4397]

I think you did amazing. I am a righty that was switched from a lefty in kindergarten. I still do things like a lefty but right handed 😂😂 I think you should tilt your paper the opposite direction ❤

[@lucavalheri]

I’m lefty! I did all your courses!! Gonna try to practice with my right hand! You did a great work!

[@mammabear2183]

You are impressive, both for being vulnerable, as a "new learner" and you produced excellent calligraphy with your left hand!! Woo Hoo!!

[@SilverSeaOT7]

It is good for your brain to learn how to do anything with your non-dominant hand, even if it is just putting away the dishes. Keep it up Becca and you’ll be the Einstein of calligraphy!

[@unrulymuse764]

You warm my little lefty heart! Thank you giving yourself this challenge. I imagine I'll learn a lot by watching you learn. And I bet you'll do great because you know how to do the important things -- practice basic strokes, use the right materials, etc. Can't wait to see how you did!

[@JanineKearns]

I love the fact that you really embraced your inner lefty! This lefty is very proud of you. Thanks for your course and for your channel. 🖊🖋

[@rode_rash3956]

Becca, your day one left-handed is WAAAAY better than my day thirty right-handed! Apparently I need to consider changing the angle of my paper.

[@simbaloveshimself]

Becca!!!! I do calligraphy with my right hand the way you do with your left hand!!! Love you!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ks7343]

I think you did well, with the practice and with your knowledge of the basic strokes.

[@shelleysmith6667]

Slowing down... yup! Had to learn that. I was trying to be 'instinctual' but being 'deliberate' helped me get less shaky. The exact opposite of what I thought...literally for decades... to the point I quit. Today im making rapid progress. Thank you for your excellent teaching ❤ PS I'm a lefty who always turns the paper sideways and write top to bottom. It freaks people out watching😄

[@dipanwitachakraborty3597]

I'm a lefty. And it's really confusing for beginners to get how to hold pen and place paper by seeing a right handed person.

[@zahakhan_]

I used to struggle as well ... but I have realised that you have to kind of hold your pen whatever way feels best when doing calligraphy ... and eventually you will get it right! I found that it is helpful if you keep practicing - because then you will eventually get a comfortable grip on your pen. And some lefties find it helpful if you tilt your page to the right slightly ... it creates more space for your arm to move more freely, which makes it easier to write. Hope this helps!

[@JanineKearns]

I am lefty and took Becca’s course. It took me a while to find my angle. I was surprised that I ended up coming from the left and hooking my hand. That is not how I write normally - I am a lefty underwriter. Bottom line keep trying and you will find your angle.

[@zainabkadiyani9672]

Yes exactly i'm also lefty

[@charlotteragan6583]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 looks better than my right hand.

[@muthukumarnagu7323]

Thanks so much Becca .You help us so much

[@michellecruz2889]

You did great! Very talented, thank you for sharing!

[@maryamhooshmandzadeh1911]

Ohhhhh my God, you are a great, fantastic and amazing calligraphist.👌🏻🌹 I am a lefty and I wish I could write the same as how you could write on your day one.😅

[@velvajeantrapp]

I had to teach myself non dominant hand lettering and your worksheets helped. This video you did excellent...I got a headache trying to find the best angle of paper.

[@davidmajersky1969]

I"m just starting your course and I'm a lefty, I'm gonna try and teach myself how to write right handed.

[@kristinelouisag]

I have your course and I’m a lefty. This was really helpful watching you hold the pen and the angle of the paper! Thank you!

[@debzimon4632]

I’m a lefty! Good job Becca. I should try this exercise with my right hand.

[@jolinefrazier4333]

That is amazing...I think learning the strokes is definitely the key.

[@unframedarts5378]

Becca that is awesome! Im a lefty two years in from doing your courses. I'm gonna give myself this challenge right handed

[@carolhensel7705]

Being a lefty, I watched this tutorial with great anticipation. Honestly I was surprised at how well you did! When writing I never turned my paper or hand. I could never quite understand why some of us lefties did that. I thought why turn my hand/paper when I'm writing with the opposite hand, shouldn't my writing position be the same as the righty? Anyway, I'm going to try to turn my paper to see if that helps since I got frustrated practicing my letters. Thank you for all the help and encouragement!

[@clairewilliams9416]

I can barely write calligraphy with my dominant hand but I want to try with my left too now 😆

[@deepikakn1]

Hi Becca So I saw your blindfolded calligraphy video so you can even do that same video with your left hand ✋

[@odalysvazquez5975]

That is like..... THE MEGA CHALLENG!!!!

[@LauraIon1961]

Amazing video. Thank you, Becca. Your calligraphy with left hand is better than mine with my right hand (and I am right handed :D).

[@katiehousley9916]

I'm a lefty and this video was very funny yet, you actually gave me some more tips. Oh, and your improvement is amazing! Your better than me with your non-dominated hand than me with my dominated hand LOL

[@adrienneabbott9614]

I developed an “essential tremor” in my dominant left hand a couple of years ago, which meant that when I applied pencil to paper my hand shook A LOT. I switched to my right hand, and it luckily turns out I am ambidextrous. So all my lettering and drawing are done with my non-dominant hand. I have heard that left-handers are naturally ambidextrous but I don’t know that is true... BUT when I did do left-handed calligraphy I always held my pen underneath the letters, not above like you are here. I know that is a common left-handed position though... You did a really great job with this!!

[@beatrizkatinsky7679]

Wow!!! Amazing!!!!!!!!

[@ks7343]

I'm now shamed into putting in more effort! Thanks Becca!

[@kayrabey1344]

You did do it! I definitely need to start again, I don’t know if it’s my hand or my brain!

[@kajh.5549]

Amazing!

[@letsbecreativewithswara5198]

Woh!! No words 😀❤️

[@spraneetha3220]

U are simply great

[@lakshmidevidudala5393]

Yesterday I actually got a thought to hand letter With the left hand and I thought that the happy ever crafter will do a video on it and you did and I was shocked 😂😂

[@wanderingcreativity]

Mesmerising

[@wiggywiggie]

going to tried this challenge

[@funfitlife9882]

It does seem nice even with your left hand !!!!

[@karensawyer193]

Looks good

[@thenmozhishri6486]

Ooo Becca!!!!!!!

[@muktachikerur7439]

I rly want 2 try that out!

[@15sweatequity]

Kudos for even attempting left hand writing, let alone calligraphy. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@beverlyyarborough4496]

I am a lefty, however, I don't hold my pens, pencils like most left handers do. I hold mine more straight up and down. I am able to write some with my right hand. I learned to write right handed when I was younger in case something ever happened to my left. I've been attempting to work at calligraphy for about 6 months, I seem to have better strokes with my right. What is wrong with me? By the way Becca, you did a good job for 10 days

[@gururajms6943]

Very nice beca , if I try I would give up in 2 days 🤭

[@judybarry1210]

I am left handed and I found the best way for me is to turn my paper to the far right and hold my pen with my hand turned slightly to the left. I also turn my body slightly to the right. I cannot do overhand printing or writing with my elbow and hand heading to the right as pictured in the video. This way sitting right and tipping paper way to the right my hand is sliding across the page instead running on top of the printing dragging my hand as I go.

[@anna.5956]

That was pretty freakin' amazing.👍

[@maryrandone]

Great work! I would’ve like to see a couple of more words in real time

[@irmarisrobles507]

Hello! So I began handlettering and brush calligraphy about 5ish months ago. As i get nore into it and see different people I see different styles. Mixing lettering with caligraphy... i don't know if I'm explaining myself. I guess I want to know is there a wrong way to letter or brush calligraphy? Is it just have fun and get creative? Should I stick with just learning brush calligraphy and once I've gotten ok at that go to lettering?!?! Soo many questions 🙈 Btw I really appriciate you taking tine to teach us in your videos 😊💕

[@angiejarvis9108]

Excellent!!!!..💞💞

[@muthukumarnagu7323]

I’m a lefty. I think it went well

[@misstinab8175]

I am left-handed. I have been learning calligraphy by watching videos, yours included. The instructors have all been right-handed. So, it has been a struggle.

[@ruthannalston]

I’m a lefty as well. Becca’s courses and material are awesome for both lefty and righty & I’m partial to her! but if you want more to see some lefty’s in action do a search for left handed calligraphy & you can find some teaching who are left handed. Becca’s material is my fav!!

[@shellycox9616]

I’m betting it went well!

[@ahmetemirakbulut]

I tried to write with my left hand too. :) :) I'm a calligrapher too. I write calligraphy with only arabic letters.

[@andreasmith2673]

Wow! I can imagine that my hand would cramp hard!

[@laurellajoie8587]

I believe you'd be good no matter what.

[@mandaberetta7780]

Pretty darn good Becca!! @createdletters

[@odalysvazquez5975]

Thats olny 10 days and wow.... I'm right handed and I know that this is not so important to say but my baby sister is a lefty : )

[@rhondawilliams9449]

You have demonstrated that practice makes perfect or pretty darn close to it.

[@sumayalunat2363]

Based on what I saw on Instagram O think it went pretty well

[@RhiannonOz1]

I think that you accomplished it.

[@ruthannalston]

I’m a lefty and I have so much trouble with the transitional strokes! Having to push the pen instead of it gliding in its “normal” direction is hard for me.

[@B1rdLadee]

~ ‘before-video-thought’~ I’m guessing it would be difficult , simply because your non-dominant hand isn’t used to that type of muscle use. No matter how good or bad your handwriting is, it is a type of muscle exercise that a hand gets used to. That being said, I’m guessing that if you can train your brain not to think of it as ‘handwriting’ (as you’ve mentioned before), but just as a muscle ‘exercise’, you’d probably learn quickly.😊 *goes to finish watching*

[@sxrx3]

Hiiii...I was never this early

[@deborahswanson8457]

I think 🤔 you can do calligraphy with your left hand as well as your right!

[@Alyssa-qb6eh]

I’m a lefty but I personally don’t find doing calligraphy that hard No hate tho

[@myriamdeblois1989]

its probably really hard but I'm thinking it didn't work out

[@shashikeshari7839]

Hi! First!

[@silicon375]

Seriously 😑😂?!!

[@darceymitchell6891]

Welcome to the "Lefty World". We have so many things to figure out as we "push our pen away" from us. Ink smudging is REAL. Pen grip/pen/arm position is also a factor (there are 4 different grips/arm positions we lefties use). Paper position is the probably the hardest thing to get the right pressure & letter slant. From my own experience, in your classes since October 2018, I have to practice more to get "positions" correct. I write top to bottom with a 90 degree paper slant because of my pen grip (as a right grip). Overall, I am getting better everyday due to practice but I don't overdo it due to making mistakes the longer time wise I do the letters & words.

[@shashikeshari7839]

@@darceymitchell6891 salute to all lefties 🙏 I can never manage that much! i am right handed 😅😅😅😅😅😅+ i have been watching Becca for a long time thinking of getting into calligraphy but I can't get my hands on the supplies bcoz of obvious reasons 🙄 hopefully I will soon be able to get them 🤞

[@naserahmadi3450]

Good luck left handed artist