Great video. I have excellent handwriting because I was taught the McLean's method of writing in grade 3. That year we learned cursive with a pencil after 2 years of practicing printing. In grade 4 we wrote with a dip pen. Every school desk had an inkwell cut out in the upper right hand corner to hold the ink bottle. That was back in the early 1950s. I'm 75 now and see young folks who don't even know how to hold a pen properly. Oh my gosh. My grade one teacher would walk by every student to ensure that they were holding their pencil in the correct position and if you didn't hold that pencil correctly, you were corrected and the whole class could you being scolded. The teachers had perfect handwriting and would write in straight horizontal lines with chalk on the blackboard. Writing was a subject back then, as in reading, writing and arithmetic. You also mentioned the letters you used to write as a child, Danny. That's another sad loss. All I ever get in my mailbox nowadays is advertising flyers, no letters, no cards, no notes. Even the bills have resorted to electronic delivery. Unfortnately penmanship has become a lost art. Thank you, Danny, for bringing a touch of art back to lettering. Greetings from Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦
I love your signature style of artful lettering, its very inspiring!! And the reminder to slow down,,, yes!! Thanks for showing us... (I do want to copy it!)
I am a lefty and have struggled with neat penmanship and smeared ink. I always wanted to write neat cool letters. Although, since I began using a fountain pen I have noticed improvement! I have tried using some typography books for inspiration in my sketchbook. I do love the way you make your letters and try to use your style quite a bit. Thank you for always inspiring me.
Love this!!! I write in my jour al everyday, paragraph after paragraph of where I’m at mentally and physically, never looking back anymore, just writing each morning when I get up. Always loved penmanship in school with the Nuns critiquing every letter. Maybe that s why I get hung up in the details of life and my art!
Wow, I do the same thing in my daily journal, description of movies, places, or things that happened! I used to just scribble the writing. Now I write so it can be aesthetically pleasing
Thank you for this!! I used to make all A’s and D in hand right. I think my mind moved faster than my hand. I made a D in art in first grade because I couldn’t follow the instructions because they were not in proportion. At age 60 I began painting but have journaled since age 12. Because of you I’ve begin illustrating my journals and it has opened my world.
This is a really interesting topic and I love your approach to "calligraphy" - turning your own writing style into sthg like it. I would love to do that as well. I'll try drawing my own alphabet. Love the one you did here. Wouldn't it be funny if you could have favourite letters and just use those in writing. Hm, maybe that could be an exercise - turn every letter into a z. But it still needs to be legible somehow. How do you not forget your thoughts while your writing slowly though?
5:14 Can relate 100pc. School was a trainwreck, handwriting-wise. I can write perfectly in the 'zone'. But I'm never in the zone. My pen has only one job, to get the thoughts out of my head, before they're lost to distraction or amnesia. Clearly it's not art. Nowadays technology can help, but the pen is still the only truly accessible tool, ready to go in half a second.
Same here I was a successful gallery artist and illustrator but my lettering was poor. This was a long time ago, I wanted to be a cartoonist, and at the time one HAD to have good lettering to do that. This was the 1970S, so no computers.
Lettering is like drawing comment made me remember a scene from a movie in my mother tongue... There were two guys, neither could read or write. So they wanted to note down an address and they literally drew the address on a piece of paper thinking they got the right thing. Only later, it turned out, instead of the address they had drawn the words - "NO SALESPEOPLE ALLOWED" :P
Same on the handwriting but I can draw awesome and paint awesome what the hell is wrong with me. How do you make money at this I can’t write I’m dyslexic plus the bonus is ADHD
Guess I picked the right day to become a member. Thank you!
Great video. I have excellent handwriting because I was taught the McLean's method of writing in grade 3. That year we learned cursive with a pencil after 2 years of practicing printing. In grade 4 we wrote with a dip pen. Every school desk had an inkwell cut out in the upper right hand corner to hold the ink bottle. That was back in the early 1950s. I'm 75 now and see young folks who don't even know how to hold a pen properly. Oh my gosh. My grade one teacher would walk by every student to ensure that they were holding their pencil in the correct position and if you didn't hold that pencil correctly, you were corrected and the whole class could you being scolded. The teachers had perfect handwriting and would write in straight horizontal lines with chalk on the blackboard. Writing was a subject back then, as in reading, writing and arithmetic. You also mentioned the letters you used to write as a child, Danny. That's another sad loss. All I ever get in my mailbox nowadays is advertising flyers, no letters, no cards, no notes. Even the bills have resorted to electronic delivery. Unfortnately penmanship has become a lost art. Thank you, Danny, for bringing a touch of art back to lettering. Greetings from Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦
I love your signature style of artful lettering, its very inspiring!! And the reminder to slow down,,, yes!! Thanks for showing us... (I do want to copy it!)
This is very helpful and inspiring. Thanks!
I am a lefty and have struggled with neat penmanship and smeared ink. I always wanted to write neat cool letters. Although, since I began using a fountain pen I have noticed improvement! I have tried using some typography books for inspiration in my sketchbook. I do love the way you make your letters and try to use your style quite a bit. Thank you for always inspiring me.
Love this!!! I write in my jour al everyday, paragraph after paragraph of where I’m at mentally and physically, never looking back anymore, just writing each morning when I get up. Always loved penmanship in school with the Nuns critiquing every letter. Maybe that s why I get hung up in the details of life and my art!
Very inspiring video! Thank you so much, Danny!🫶
I love your alphabet!
Wow, I do the same thing in my daily journal, description of movies, places, or things that happened! I used to just scribble the writing. Now I write so it can be aesthetically pleasing
YAY, ive been waiting for this video :) thanks
I love this!
Thank you for this!! I used to make all A’s and D in hand right. I think my mind moved faster than my hand. I made a D in art in first grade because I couldn’t follow the instructions because they were not in proportion. At age 60 I began painting but have journaled since age 12. Because of you I’ve begin illustrating my journals and it has opened my world.
That's so great!
Hello hello! Same path here and i love it!!!! Feel like a child
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Hello Mounia from Morocco! From Mouna in USA😜 Isn’t Danny the best?
This is a really interesting topic and I love your approach to "calligraphy" - turning your own writing style into sthg like it. I would love to do that as well. I'll try drawing my own alphabet. Love the one you did here.
Wouldn't it be funny if you could have favourite letters and just use those in writing. Hm, maybe that could be an exercise - turn every letter into a z. But it still needs to be legible somehow.
How do you not forget your thoughts while your writing slowly though?
Thank you thank you I have been practicing my own technique for a while ❤❤
Really love your show
5:14 Can relate 100pc.
School was a trainwreck, handwriting-wise.
I can write perfectly in the 'zone'.
But I'm never in the zone.
My pen has only one job, to get the thoughts out of my head, before they're lost to distraction or amnesia.
Clearly it's not art.
Nowadays technology can help, but the pen is still the only truly accessible tool, ready to go in half a second.
Great video as always. I have horrible handwriting and was looking at a few calligraphy books. Maybe I just need to play around with my own style
Same here I was a successful gallery artist and illustrator but my lettering was poor. This was a long time ago, I wanted to be a cartoonist, and at the time one HAD to have good lettering to do that. This was the 1970S, so no computers.
Thanks a bunch for this video!!! I'm going to do the A-Z today ;)
Rajiv! :)
Lettering is like drawing comment made me remember a scene from a movie in my mother tongue... There were two guys, neither could read or write. So they wanted to note down an address and they literally drew the address on a piece of paper thinking they got the right thing. Only later, it turned out, instead of the address they had drawn the words - "NO SALESPEOPLE ALLOWED" :P
Wow so nice and amazing art👏😃 you're an awesome sketchbook artist 😊 ✅💯👍🔥🔖🌏🌎🌍
Hello, Danny, ah, ah, I'm afraid I'm still at the stage of writing in capital letters. Best regards from Chile, the very end of the world!
Same on the handwriting but I can draw awesome and paint awesome what the hell is wrong with me. How do you make money at this I can’t write I’m dyslexic plus the bonus is ADHD
Same on the handwriting but I can draw awesome and paint awesome what the hell is wrong with me
less talk more do
Thank you thank you I have been practicing my own technique for a while ❤❤