Who doesn’t have a hobby? Some enjoy sewing, others cook or play slots for fun during their free time. And there are many people who enjoy calligraphy. Follow these tips to improve this skill.
Comfortable positioning
For starters it’s important to sit comfortably at your desk and make sure you have good lighting. If your hand is too tense, it will not produce smooth and beautiful characters. In addition, you should strictly watch your posture. A correct posture allows you to relax completely, which will help you to write beautifully.
Evaluating Your Handwriting
To understand what you should work on first, it would be useful to objectively assess the state of your handwriting at the moment and compare the letter writing, strokes and intervals between owls and letters with the ideal of beautiful handwriting that you would like to achieve. That way you will immediately understand where the weak spots in your handwriting are, which curls and strokes can be improved and which you should get rid of altogether.
Writing Utensils
Suitable pen and paper are essential in calligraphy. As a rule, fountain pens are chosen as the main tool, not cheap ballpoint pens or pencils. Using a quality ink pen is much easier to write even and uniformly thick lines. The same goes for paper, which should be good enough so that the ink will not smudge marks. Some kids prefer to use writing pads for writing exercises for first graders and this is justified especially in the beginning.
The Alphabet
Before moving on to long words, it is advisable to practice writing each letter of the alphabet individually, as you once did in school. In front of you need to have a sample and try to carefully, beautifully write each line, as well as watch the space between the letters. Such exercises should be repeated until your writing shows signs of automatism.
Connecting Lines
The beauty of handwriting largely depends on the ability to connect letters into words with smooth beautiful lines. Italics is the name given to the connections between letters; it means “running hand” in Latin, which is the best way to express the essence of a correct connection. Make sure that your hand symbolically hovers relaxed over a sheet of paper and do not forget to close all the necessary gaps between the letters.
Hand Motor Skills
It is necessary to develop fine motor skills of the hands, which will noticeably improve handwriting. Here it is possible to choose an activity to your liking: someone prefers macramé, and the other may choose modeling from plasticine or construction of houses with matches. It is useful to be engaged in and drawing. It is desirable to draw with a pencil, carefully drawing the fine details.