Calligraphy Book for Beginners: Calligraphy Lettering Workbook Teaching Cursive Handwriting Art Paperback – 17 Feb. 2018

Good starter book

I took a a calligraphy class about 30 years ago and was looking to get back into practice. I thought it would be fun to do while my children were learning to write in cursive.It took a little practice as this is a different font to what I was used to, but it's always a good thing to expand your skills. There's lots of practice for copying over the letters and words as well as practicing on your own below the target words and phrases, as well as plenty of blank pages to use. You start off learning the basic strokes, then moving on to letters, words, and then some beautiful phrases.There are some lovely flourishes in this font, but the one thing holding this program back are full explanations on how to create each of the letters. There is some information on how to make the general strokes, but not on how to form individual letters. This makes this book more applicable to those who have some knowledge in calligraphy already and are looking for more practice rather than a complete novice.I found that the best nib to use of the ones I had was 1.5mm, as 2.4mm and up were too wide. I did practice using three nibs until my ink ran dry, as you can see in the photos. I will restock and continue to practice to perfection so that my children can see that you're never too old to learn or improve.I received this product in exchange for my honest opinion.