![]() You could complete the course in less than 2 hours and it comes with a workbook and video lessons. This is a sample lesson of something I teach in my online course Hand Lettering for Beginners. These techniques still apply just flipped to the other side. As a lefty, you may have to find the right position for your hand that works for you without smudging. This is how lefties feel for almost all of the other strokes. For righties who have a hard time with the oval ( Hand Lettering the Basic Strokes), it might be because we’re pushing the pen instead of pulling it like in most of the other strokes. Instead of pulling the pen, you are pushing the pen most of the time. What I’ve seen is that these lettering techniques still apply to lefties just on the other side. I’m not a lefty so all I know is from my lefty lettering friends and students I’ve taught. In the end, it just takes a lot of practice! Hand Lettering for Lefties Once you hold the pen correctly, it will be easier to master the 3 Basic Hand Lettering Rules for Beginners. You want to let your pen do the work, you are just guiding it. When you hold the pen correctly, it will be working with you, not against you. ![]() It could be that you simply need to hold the pen perpendicular to the downstrokes. You could be doing everything else right and wondering why your lettering doesn’t look good. If your pen isn’t perpendicular, you will get saggy bottoms because your pen may be dragging in the wrong places. Next, hold your pen so it’s perpendicular to the downstrokes. Is this image helpful? Pin it for later! Brush Pen Technique 2:
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