Learn Pointed Pen Copperplate & Flourishing

Learn Pointed Pen Copperplate & Flourishing​

Calligraphy flourishing traceable worksheet for crossbar variations

Basics of Flourishing

Want to learn calligraphy flourishing? This beginner’s guide, complete with explanations and traceable worksheets, will show you all you need to know to get started!

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I’m Dawn from Singapore.  

After leaving a corporate job in the throes of the pandemic, calligraphy has given me more than a hobby and a creative outlet.

Calligraphy challenges me to keep learning, helps me to calm down and focus, and has connected me to so many calligrafriends around the world. 

If you too want to learn Copperplate and flourishing, I have blogposts, worksheets and workshops to help you get started! 

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Learn Pointed Pen

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RESOURCE HUB —

Pointed Pen Basics

Complete beginner's guide to pointed pen basics — what beginner-friendly supplies to get, and how you use them.

Learn pointed pen

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FREE RESOURCE —

Copperplate Guidesheets

Get a full package of guidesheets for your pointed pen practice, with varying layouts, x-heights & ratios.

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DIGITAL WORKSHEETS —

Copperplate Lowercase Letters

Complete guide to pointed pen Copperplate - covering tools, basic strokes, lowercase letters and words.

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Copperplate Uppercase Letters exemplar

DIGITAL WORKSHEETS —

Copperplate Uppercase Letters

For beginners & improvers — step by step directions on how to write each letter, and intermediate details to help you improve and refine your script.

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learn Flourishing —

Basics of Flourishing

This guide for complete beginners will show you all you need to know to get started with calligraphy flourishing!

Learn the dos and don’ts of flourishing, where to flourish and flourishing variations. You can also put these into practice immediately with traceable worksheets.

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Flourishing the Alphabet

Learn how to flourish the alphabet confidently in this online course, and come up with endless flourishes for lowercase & capital letters.

This self-paced course includes over 20 hours of videos and close to 150 pages of handouts to support learning at your own pace and convenience.

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digital worksheets —

Simple flourished Majuscules

Perfect for calligraphy and flourishing beginners, this set of worksheets will show you how to write the classic Copperplate majuscules with a little twist. 

With a clean and flowy look, these majuscules also pair well with modern scripts!

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Rules of Calligraphy Flourishing

Once you learn these basic rules of flourishing, it’ll be easier to analyse flourishes, and know how to create elegant flourishes.

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Finger, Wrist and Arm Movements

Using a combination of these three movements can help you extend your range of motion, and achieve a variety of calligraphy and flourishing techniques.

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Using flourish families to ensure balance

My number one tip for balanced & cohesive flourishing - use flourish families like simple ovals, pretzels and infinity loops.