I write every day of my life. I have been improving on my penmanship for several months because of watching your review videos . Now this,perfect time and very much appreciated. I would very much like to see more of these videos along with your reviews. Thank You very much for your time and effort.
Hi Dean - I'm really glad that you liked this video, and to know that you are a regular handwriter. I think the best way to get better at something is repetition and refinement, and like you I write every single day. Thanks so much!
We learned cursive in the 2nd grade. My mother had beautiful penmanship, whereas my father wrote like a scientist. Told his secretary that she must've been a brain surgeon, bc she could decipher his mess. I recently learned that this writing skill is not required of elementary students in some of out Pensacola schools. Was absolutely stunned! You are so right in that it is a motor skill which can diminish w/time if you don't practice, & that has happened to me. I print 99% of the time, but on occasion enjoy practicing my cursive. Thank you for this pleasant & enjoyable video.
I learned cursive in 2nd grade elementary. I never could write print outside of uppercase, and even those uppercases I've consciously transitioned back to cursive lately for style reasons. (Sole exception being mathematical equations and technical drawing, cursive uppercase has no business in that field.) While I am no calligrapher by any means and even had a period where I didn't enjoy _any_ sort of writing, I was compelled and taught to make my writing at least legible, and that's a standard I've upheld ever since. It has paid off now that I've started writing Japanese with its distinct writing system, and I'm sure it'll be a boon with Russian as well with its Cyrillic alphabet. It's shambolic that the US has excised handwriting from the curriculum, as if we needed the next generation to be even more tech-dependent than they currently are. This establishment is breeding semi-illiterate zombies. I hope that, like most things in history, it's subject to the pendulum effect and handwriting, especially cursive, comes back more and more. It's a prime exercise for hand-eye coordination, neatness, and a way to get things written at all when the power supply is cut for one reason or another.
I had actually thought of asking you a month or so if you could make a video on cursive writing. But I did not want to appear demanding. this is a wonderful video. I am really grateful.And it goes straight to the point. Like many others, I learned cursive as a kid ( am 31) but forgot over the years. But when I read literature, like poetry, I like to take notes. I dislike the way my print writing looks. Upon doing this exercise, I seemed to have remembered certain things, like the capital D, which I learned to do with 2 loops, one on top and one on the bottom. But I feel like I'm learning to write all over again. My hand lacks the coordination..I used the faber castell #2 American- made pencil for this. It seems as if if it was designed for cursive writing
Hi Sergio - I'm glad the handwriting video came at a good time for you. Practice a little every day and those lessons you learned as a kid will come back to you and your hand, wrist and arm will coordinate better to help you form the letters. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog I'm surprised how much I was able to relearn after a couple of hours of practice. I still forget how to write some letters but I was able to write a few sentences in cursive.
Hi HW&H - you can practice without the pads, but they do help provide a guide when you are forming letters. You can often find them at the dollar stores. Thanks!
Hi! I have been following and watching quite sometime. As a lover of writing utensils (🤤) , you’ve inspired me to post about my writing utensils. Long live manual cursive!
I really enjoyed this video. You have a soothing voice, and give a clear and thorough explanation about handwriting. Please continue to make more videos!
This is great! I see there is a second video in the Handwriting and Penmanship list but its hidden. Will you be coming out with another video of this kind? My mother always scolded me for my penmanship growing up, as I do have a tendency to write too fast and my hands always cramped up, probably because I've been holding my instrument the wrong way!
Hi Lloyd - yes, there is another handwriting video (Part 2) that will be posted on November 10, which is why it is hidden. Writing too quickly is a reason that many of us struggle with good handwriting - slow it down and you'll find you will have a little more control. The next video talks a little more on the best way to hold a pencil or pen. Thanks!
I like your cursive style very much and I think that your use of such a book is a very good idea as way of practice. I think I really choke up the most writing cards. I tend to write in print form when I write to foreign friends as cursive is a little different in some European countries and it's best to slow the content down to be as legible as possible. So I do adjust my style and content to my audience depending on the quality of their English. I also write out words entirely such as 'I will' rather than 'I'll' or the like. I forget what the grammatical term is. It takes longer but I want to be understood. Also when writing to developmentally challenged or people with vision problems I print larger and bolder.
Hi TuckerSP2011 - I appreciate how you alter your writing style to best suit the person you are writing to. I think that is very important and courteous. Sounds like you don't use contractions (e.g., don't, I'll, wouldn't) when writing, and that is helpful if someone's understanding of English is limited. Thanks!
I'm sure I learned cursive correctly at some point in the hazy, distant past. But I can't recall ever knowing how to properly form capital cursive letters. When I do write cursive, I simply swap in print-style capitals. Maybe I'll take this opportunity to learn?
Hi MAMO - The cursive caps are often the most challenging letters to write, so I think many people (myself included) sometimes use a "hybrid" script that combines printing and cursive. But if you have the lower case cursive letters down, then all you need to focus on is the caps and you'll have your set! Thanks!
Check out this video of substitutions/ variations for capital letters. I swapped the capital Q, the j, B, D and J, for instance. ua-cam.com/video/LzDmYiOnkC4/v-deo.html
@@sergiopacheco2939 Thanks for sharing this video, Sergio! I very much like these variations and it's a nice way to show how you can create your own cursive style based on the forms you like best. Thanks!!
I've always written cursive, but for the sake of speed during school I did all of my capitals in print form. It's only now that I'm more settled in life that I stated re-learning the cursive caps, and I'm having a ball with them, including customizing a few that I don't particularly like in the shape they're taught at school like the A or the Z. Same for the lowercase K, which in my taught form looks like a chair and is easy to mistake for an H.
Today I copied a Spanish sonnet by Garcilasco de la Vega, 16th century, in cursive writing. I used a dixon ticonderoga hb#2, cursive writing is really a joy. I actually work as a professional writer, but I use mainly a computer for typing and most of my life I've been using print- style when handwriting. But cursive writing just feels so different. Thank you. I wish I had used cursive all of these years. And regarding drawing, I didn't start drawing until last March. I always thought I didn't have talent for it. Give it a try. Drawing mainly requires attention to detail and hand coordination. I started with trees. Over time it will get easier. Now I even do portraits. The main tools are an HB pencil, a blending stump and an eraser. I'll add vine charcoal as well because it's so easy to work with. Check out smoothie77 for beginning landscapes.
Hi Sergio! I think copying great literature like that sonnet is a terrific way to practice your cursive!! The cursive will make the words even more beautiful! Thanks for the encouragement to draw - maybe I'll start playing around with sketching a little bit. I never really had much talent for it, but never gave it much of a try. I'll look at the landscapes! Thank you!
@@AlwaysAnalog I was able to find the English version. Sonnet XVIII If at your will I am made of wax, and for the sun I have only your sight, which who does not inflame or does not conquer with his look, it is meaningless; Does something come from, what, if it were less times of me tried and seen, it seems that reason resists, not believe in my own sense? And I am from afar inflamed of your burning sight and on so much so that in life I barely support myself; more if I am attacked closely from your eyes, then I feel frozen the blood curdling through my veins
@@sergiopacheco2939 Sergio - what beautiful language! Thank you for sharing it - I had not known of this work. I'll bet it is even better when written in cursive!
Hi Mark - I can only speak for myself, but on the rare occasion where I go a day or two without doing a lot of handwriting, I find that even over that short of time it takes a few lines to get my writing back into proper form. Thanks!
I write every day of my life. I have been improving on my penmanship for several months because of watching your review videos . Now this,perfect time and very much appreciated. I would very much like to see more of these videos along with your reviews. Thank You very much for your time and effort.
Hi Dean - I'm really glad that you liked this video, and to know that you are a regular handwriter. I think the best way to get better at something is repetition and refinement, and like you I write every single day. Thanks so much!
We learned cursive in the 2nd grade. My mother had beautiful penmanship, whereas my father wrote like a scientist. Told his secretary that she must've been a brain surgeon, bc she could decipher his mess. I recently learned that this writing skill is not required of elementary students in some of out Pensacola schools. Was absolutely stunned! You are so right in that it is a motor skill which can diminish w/time if you don't practice, & that has happened to me. I print 99% of the time, but on occasion enjoy practicing my cursive. Thank you for this pleasant & enjoyable video.
I learned cursive in 2nd grade elementary. I never could write print outside of uppercase, and even those uppercases I've consciously transitioned back to cursive lately for style reasons. (Sole exception being mathematical equations and technical drawing, cursive uppercase has no business in that field.)
While I am no calligrapher by any means and even had a period where I didn't enjoy _any_ sort of writing, I was compelled and taught to make my writing at least legible, and that's a standard I've upheld ever since. It has paid off now that I've started writing Japanese with its distinct writing system, and I'm sure it'll be a boon with Russian as well with its Cyrillic alphabet.
It's shambolic that the US has excised handwriting from the curriculum, as if we needed the next generation to be even more tech-dependent than they currently are. This establishment is breeding semi-illiterate zombies. I hope that, like most things in history, it's subject to the pendulum effect and handwriting, especially cursive, comes back more and more. It's a prime exercise for hand-eye coordination, neatness, and a way to get things written at all when the power supply is cut for one reason or another.
I had actually thought of asking you a month or so if you could make a video on cursive writing. But I did not want to appear demanding. this is a wonderful video. I am really grateful.And it goes straight to the point. Like many others, I learned cursive as a kid ( am 31) but forgot over the years. But when I read literature, like poetry, I like to take notes. I dislike the way my print writing looks. Upon doing this exercise, I seemed to have remembered certain things, like the capital D, which I learned to do with 2 loops, one on top and one on the bottom. But I feel like I'm learning to write all over again. My hand lacks the coordination..I used the faber castell #2 American- made pencil for this. It seems as if if it was designed for cursive writing
Hi Sergio - I'm glad the handwriting video came at a good time for you. Practice a little every day and those lessons you learned as a kid will come back to you and your hand, wrist and arm will coordinate better to help you form the letters. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog I'm surprised how much I was able to relearn after a couple of hours of practice. I still forget how to write some letters but I was able to write a few sentences in cursive.
@@sergiopacheco2939 Sergio - that's great! Even more will come back to you as you spend time writing - thanks!
Muscle memory is a brilliant thing. It doesn't take much to dust off and re-fire what you've already learned in the past.
Thank you for this! I'm going to have to get one of these handwriting pads, I guess.
Hi HW&H - you can practice without the pads, but they do help provide a guide when you are forming letters. You can often find them at the dollar stores. Thanks!
Hi! I have been following and watching quite sometime. As a lover of writing utensils (🤤) , you’ve inspired me to post about my writing utensils.
Long live manual cursive!
Hi Raven!! Thank you so much for watching and always great to meet another fan of pencils and pens!!
We want more handwriting videos, please. You teach something that many people don't.
There will be another handwriting video going up soon. Thanks!
Thank you for this. I’m eager to see more. 😃
Hi Nicholas - glad you enjoyed the video. I'll do some more handwriting videos in the future. Thanks!
OMG i really need to start writing cursive btw can u make a video about how to write each letter in the allbatbet in cursive?
Hi zoti - I will try to do more cursive videos in the future. Thanks!
I really enjoyed this video. You have a soothing voice, and give a clear and thorough explanation about handwriting. Please continue to make more videos!
Hi SomeRandomPerson - thank you so much! I will keep the videos coming!
This is great! I see there is a second video in the Handwriting and Penmanship list but its hidden. Will you be coming out with another video of this kind? My mother always scolded me for my penmanship growing up, as I do have a tendency to write too fast and my hands always cramped up, probably because I've been holding my instrument the wrong way!
Hi Lloyd - yes, there is another handwriting video (Part 2) that will be posted on November 10, which is why it is hidden. Writing too quickly is a reason that many of us struggle with good handwriting - slow it down and you'll find you will have a little more control. The next video talks a little more on the best way to hold a pencil or pen. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog awesome! Looking forward to it, thank you!
What a great video. Thanks.
You're welcome, Russell. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Does the side of your hand rub across the paper when you write? Mine does, and it makes it challenging to write neat.
Hi - the side of my hand doesn't touch the paper when I write. Thanks!
I like your cursive style very much and I think that your use of such a book is a very good idea as way of practice. I think I really choke up the most writing cards. I tend to write in print form when I write to foreign friends as cursive is a little different in some European countries and it's best to slow the content down to be as legible as possible. So I do adjust my style and content to my audience depending on the quality of their English. I also write out words entirely such as 'I will' rather than 'I'll' or the like. I forget what the grammatical term is. It takes longer but I want to be understood. Also when writing to developmentally challenged or people with vision problems I print larger and bolder.
Hi TuckerSP2011 - I appreciate how you alter your writing style to best suit the person you are writing to. I think that is very important and courteous. Sounds like you don't use contractions (e.g., don't, I'll, wouldn't) when writing, and that is helpful if someone's understanding of English is limited. Thanks!
Part 2 please!! :-)
I'll get working on it, Dan! Thanks!
Your handwriting is excellent. Your capital printing?
Thank you, Ronny. I wish my printing was better. I almost always write in cursive, but I'm practicing my printing. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog that's what I like to hear!
I'm sure I learned cursive correctly at some point in the hazy, distant past. But I can't recall ever knowing how to properly form capital cursive letters. When I do write cursive, I simply swap in print-style capitals. Maybe I'll take this opportunity to learn?
Hi MAMO - The cursive caps are often the most challenging letters to write, so I think many people (myself included) sometimes use a "hybrid" script that combines printing and cursive. But if you have the lower case cursive letters down, then all you need to focus on is the caps and you'll have your set! Thanks!
Check out this video of substitutions/ variations for capital letters. I swapped the capital Q, the j, B, D and J, for instance. ua-cam.com/video/LzDmYiOnkC4/v-deo.html
@@sergiopacheco2939 Thanks for sharing this video, Sergio! I very much like these variations and it's a nice way to show how you can create your own cursive style based on the forms you like best. Thanks!!
I've always written cursive, but for the sake of speed during school I did all of my capitals in print form. It's only now that I'm more settled in life that I stated re-learning the cursive caps, and I'm having a ball with them, including customizing a few that I don't particularly like in the shape they're taught at school like the A or the Z. Same for the lowercase K, which in my taught form looks like a chair and is easy to mistake for an H.
Love that kidney bean cursive "D"
Thanks, Aaron!
Today I copied a Spanish sonnet by Garcilasco de la Vega, 16th century, in cursive writing. I used a dixon ticonderoga hb#2, cursive writing is really a joy. I actually work as a professional writer, but I use mainly a computer for typing and most of my life I've been using print- style when handwriting. But cursive writing just feels so different. Thank you. I wish I had used cursive all of these years. And regarding drawing, I didn't start drawing until last March. I always thought I didn't have talent for it. Give it a try. Drawing mainly requires attention to detail and hand coordination. I started with trees. Over time it will get easier. Now I even do portraits. The main tools are an HB pencil, a blending stump and an eraser. I'll add vine charcoal as well because it's so easy to work with. Check out smoothie77 for beginning landscapes.
Hi Sergio! I think copying great literature like that sonnet is a terrific way to practice your cursive!! The cursive will make the words even more beautiful! Thanks for the encouragement to draw - maybe I'll start playing around with sketching a little bit. I never really had much talent for it, but never gave it much of a try. I'll look at the landscapes! Thank you!
@@AlwaysAnalog I was able to find the English version.
Sonnet XVIII
If at your will I am made of wax,
and for the sun I have only your sight,
which who does not inflame or does not conquer
with his look, it is meaningless;
Does something come from, what, if it were
less times of me tried and seen,
it seems that reason resists,
not believe in my own sense?
And I am from afar inflamed
of your burning sight and on
so much so that in life I barely support myself;
more if I am attacked closely
from your eyes, then I feel frozen
the blood curdling through my veins
@@sergiopacheco2939 Sergio - what beautiful language! Thank you for sharing it - I had not known of this work. I'll bet it is even better when written in cursive!
I find my handwriting gets worse the less I practice. Is that the same for anyone else?
Hi Mark - I can only speak for myself, but on the rare occasion where I go a day or two without doing a lot of handwriting, I find that even over that short of time it takes a few lines to get my writing back into proper form. Thanks!
@@AlwaysAnalog
Wow! So it really is muscle memory!
The small L is like the big i . Would be nice if they were different.
Hi Mario - the lowercase "L" and the uppercase "I" are similar. I'll have to look at ways to make the uppercase "I" more distinct. Thanks!