Faux Calligraphy

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You Will Need (1 thing)

Steps (4 steps, 5 minutes)

1. 1

   Write out your word or phrase in pencil. Be sure and use your best cursive!

2. 2

   Trace over your word with any regular pen. Here I have used a white Sakura gelly roll pen.

3. 3

   Now, you’re going to determine where the downstrokes are and create a little space to fill in. What do I mean by downstrokes? Essentially: the parts of the letter that you drag your pen down to make. You can draw little letters in the air to determine where the downstrokes are. On “j”, for example, I would have swooped up at a 20 degree angle on the first line, then pulled my pen down {that’s a downstroke}, then pushed the pen up at a 45 degree angle, then pulled sharply down to make the trunk, then pulled my pen up at a 45 degree angle. Leave the “upstrokes” {the lines your pen had to go up to make} alone; just draw lines parallel to the downstrokes, as shown.

4. 4

   Once you’ve made these lines, simply fill them in, wait a while to erase your pencil guidelines, and voilà! You’ve got faux calligraphy.