Your so easy to listen to. You are a thorough teacher.

As a left handed person I was taught to position the right edge of the page along with the bottom edge of the writing desk so my hand doesn't cramp from having to hook it; along with not dragging my arm across the ink. They also make left handed nibs.

This whole series is so well put together and I salute you for making these videos. I love your work and very much enjoy watching you write.

Five episodes now, and this is shaping up to be the most useful teaching material I've come across, short of actually meeting up with people. I don't think I've seen a proper discussion of drills before, let alone a proper demonstration. My ovals are distinctly empathetic. ;-)

Thank you! Helpful especially the way you showed how you placed your hand.

Schin, I've been practicing calligraphy for a year and your demonstration of the correct hand position BLEW MY MIND. I naturally hold my pen just like you do, and I never knew it was incorrect! I'm also working on transitioning from finger movement to whole-arm movement, so I'm going to try to correct my hand position while I'm at it. It makes me feel like I'm starting from scratch! Thank you for this very useful tool, much appreciated!

LOL @ the coin - I love your honesty and humour ;)

I love your channel! you have such a calming voice and explain so well! I really love that you leave out all the poshy glimmer glammer so many other youtubers use. with you I always have the feeling it is all about the raw skill of calligraphy and not about the new trend of lettering. THANK YOU!

I am so glad you are making these beginner videos! I took calligraphy in college about 12 years ago but we never dove into copperplate, I can't wait to get all my supplies this week so I can start!

Thank you so much for your tutorials, they are a big help to learning how to write with the dip pen for me. I've had trouble writing up until now.

Wow! Thank you Ms. Schin for sharing this.

These videos are absolutely great, thank you so much! :)

It makes me smile when you admit your grip is "wrong". I am trying to change my grip too, but even with my Connie Chen ero holder, I still find myself rolling my grip to "modern" grip.

I just came across your tutorial and I'm always gonna go back to it whenever I do drills. Thanks this has been such a great help for me.

Another great video! Love how well you explain everything 😊

Very helpful videos, thank you for taking the time to put these together.

This Video is The Most Helpful one i've found on youtube out all on the topic of Calligraphy , Great video ,very helpful... Keep Up The Good work, Thank you!! Your way of explaining the slightest of things is Amazing!!!

Thank you very much for this video. I am very grateful

Your voice is so softly that I fall asleep.

This is really good!Thank you

Thank you for the videos! This was helpful and I had such difficulty looking for information on oval drills :)

Thanks, this is a very useful video :)

General "never disobey" writing/drawing rule: The finger muscles are for only holding the tools. Every point of your finger movement will cause inconsistency at that point. Toll pressure has to come from the wrist not the fingers.

Love you tutorials. Is there a number 6 on your beginners copperplate calligraphy. Thanks I see 7 just can't find 6

loves your every tutorial mom.

Outstanding, Schin!

Amazing thank u so much

to make a circle is so very hard. i think its the hardest drill. anyways, love love your video, thank you for the Calligraphy 101, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Love this! you are so talented! what nib are you using?

remarkable

4:45 Ahh the Pilot G-tec-C4. My favorite pen so far, smooth and smudge free, I find it better than Cross and Parker pens imo, because I write smaller than some people.

Merci beaucoup.

How is your elbow in the last drill ??

The Tripod Grip is harder to achieve than I would have ever thought possible. It's like my hand resists the position. Your hand on the pen looks so natural and graceful....... my hand looks like the "Thing" trying to use a pen. Any Ideas?

I've just come across your tutorial. It's very helpful to know about grip and arm movement. You talked about positioning of paper and arm. What are your thoughts of writing on a flat versus tilted surface?

i'love your videos, tutorials they are very helpful. I'm using speedball oblique pen holder with hunt imperial 101 nib, the problem i'm facing is the ink runs out very quickly and i'm dipping it again and again more frequently then you are. what are your recommendations. please help. Regards,

Is it also safe to say finger movements will also cause fatigue quicker?

Where do you get the containers you put your ink in? I don't like a lot of what I can find online. Love your videos!

do you have a video for where you can get pen holders like yours? I can't find good ones, anywhere! and if you dont, do you mind telling me where you got the one you use in this video? which is excellent, btw. beginner, here!

I don't like sharpie for calligraphy but I like the smell

Why can't an oblique pen be made as an opposite configuration for left handers? They could turn the writing pads/papers to the opposite 45 degree angle that the right handers use. Then, they could experiment with the final writing angle for the pen and nib to produce the writing style they're interested in. l The slant angle for the writings could still be the same as the rt hand writers. Since there is no or very little chance of smearing with the RIGHT handed oblique pen there shouldn't be any smearing for the LEFT handers' as is common with straight pens and fountain pens.

how long have you been writing? Thanks. Excellent videos very helpful.

Is that it for the drills ? Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for more ! Just wandering. ;-)

BINGEING ON YOUR CHANNEL Nom NOm NoM x3

Thank you for sharing your knowledge....I find your videos helpful with great explanations. What do you do when ink bleeds on paper? How do you know when ink is to old? To thin? To thick? What do you thin with? I have plenty of questions. 😊

Can you tell me the distance beetween one space, please?

how and where could i get a pen like yours?

Do we need to touch the forearm to the sheet??

Big variety of options for lefties. According to the Spencerian book, the lefty should have his forearm perpendicular to the line... for me this ends up rotating the page clockwise at least 45 degrees using a straight nib. Curious to hear what other lefties do.

55 degrees from the horizontal - surely? or 35 degrees from the vertical?

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I'm left hander and i can't seem to get ovals right. :( it looks so unnatural and looks like i'm using a pen. Any advise?

Could you do a video on how you learned Spencerian? Explant series!

what mechanical pencil is that?

So glad when you said "It doesn't have to be perfect ovals." To be honest seeing perfect ovals on "drills" creeps me out. Like, they probably have somebody tied up in the basement creepy. >_

Great drills but the sound irks me sooo much

I remember doing these drills for penmanship class. I hated them.

Thanks mam learn for us🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨

You could tape the coin to your wrist. ;-)

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This is a shame that your sound is sooooooo awful because you are sooooooo generous sharing your knowledge with us !!! Love from France.

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