Hey my Friend,

I hope you are doing well and enjoying your creative journey.

I also hope you are able to take the class "Start your Digital Calligraphy with Procreate".

If for any reason, you were unable to start or complete the class, no worries, take your time.

If you have any questions or you want to clear your doubts regarding basic strokes and calligraphy drills, feel free to ask me and I will be happy to help you.

If you have tried any of the projects of the class, feel free to share your project. it's a safe place to share your work.

I am writing this email to you just after a few days of my previous email as I have exciting news for you!

My new class has been published just now! and I invite you to check the class.

https://skl.sh/3wUpQMW

This new class is the continuation of my previous class.

"Start your Digital Calligraphy with Procreate- PART 2"

This class will teach you how to connect the basic strokes together to create letters and how to connect the letters to create words.

This class has step by step process of creating all 26 letters of the English Alphabet and how these letters are combined together to create words.

While creating words by joining letters, there are some new strokes that are formed; so you will learn about those strokes as well.

After taking this class, you will get a complete awareness and knowledge about basic calligraphy on iPad.

To take this class, you need to take the part 1 of this class

If you missed out my previous class, here is the link from the previous class,

skl.sh/3LV7xw3

Here is the link for my New Class

https://skl.sh/3wUpQMW

Here is a brief description of what you will learn in this 2nd Part of the 2 PART Series of "Start Your Digital Calligraphy with Procreate" You will also get some cool resources with this class which is also listed in this description!

Are you good at Analogous Calligraphy (paper and pen) and now want to Learn Digital Calligraphy and are not sure How to Get Started?
Or,

Are you an absolute beginner and want to learn or are curious to learn Digital Calligraphy?

if Yes,

I am excited to invite you to this Beginners Level Class for Digital Calligraphy!

This Class is the 2nd Part of the Two-Part Series of

“Start Your Digital Calligraphy Journey With Procreate"

Tools and Resources You Require To Take This Class:

1. iPad (Any Apple iPad that supports Apple Pencil)

2. Apple Pencil

3. Procreate App.

Also,

To take this class, you need some basic knowledge of Procreate App and its tools.
For this, you need to know

How Procreate App works. basic Tools of Procreate App that you need to know to take this class.
How to work with Apple Pencil
You are able to create Basic Strokes in Calligraphy and you are able to make transitions from thick to thin strokes and vice versa.
If you don’t know these above-mentioned prerequisites, don’t worry,
Here is the Link for my First Class that covers everything you need to learn to take this Class https://skl.sh/3LV7xw3
Once you have taken the above class, you are now ready to dive in deeper with this Class "Start your Digital Calligraphy with Procreate Part 2"

In this Class, You will Learn,

A Brief quick Review of the First Part of this Two-Part series of

“Start Your Digital Calligraphy Journey With Procreate"

{If You have missed checking the First Part of this Class, I would recommend you to go through that class first. Here is the Link to the 1st Part of this 2 Part Series:

https://skl.sh/3LV7xw3 }

Once you watch the previous class, you are now ready for this 2nd Part of the Class.

Welcome to the 2nd Part!

Here, you will Learn,

How to connect Basic strokes together to create Letter Forms. (For this, you will work on Workbook 2A.)
I will be sharing how I divide my letters into various groups, based on the Entrance strokes or the first stroke of the letter.
You will learn to create all 26 Letters of the English Alphabet by connecting 2, 3 or 4 different basic strokes together.
The next step will be to combine or connect these 26 Letters and create different words. For this, you need to start with Workbook 2B
You will be learning about forming 2,3,4,5,6 and more lettered words
We will be practising these words together which are given in Workbook 2B.
You will learn how different letters are combined together. In combining the letters together, you will also learn new strokes that get formed.
You will follow along while forming words

“to, go, be, so, bat, car, yay, pray, boss, peel, zebra, below,

believe, accurate, english, golden, minimum, willow etc."

You will also learn and gain tips on how you can join difficult letters together, for example, the letter “o” to the letter “s”

I encourage you to practice these words and take up more such words from the list of words in the resources section

You will also learn a few tips for speeding up your Calligraphy learning process.
How you can plan for your daily Calligraphy practice?
You will learn, How to improve your letter connections?
How to improve your Basic Strokes?
If you are new to Procreate and Skillshare, I have taught in detail, How to download all the files from the Resources Section to your iPad. How to bring the files, brushes and swatches in Procreate App. (Refer to Part 1 of the Class "How to download the Files: Workbook, Color Palette and Digital Brushes. I have also taught you how to upload your projects in the Project and Resources Section. Here is the Link for the Class https://skl.sh/3LV7xw3 }

We will learn, How to combine different basic strokes to create individual letters and how to combine letters to form various words.

I encourage you, to write more words from the list of words that are included in this class.

I have shared tips to improve your Calligraphy and shared 2 Links to search for words and Pangrams for your daily practice in the class!

Here are the Links:

Link 1: Pangrams: pangrampangram.com/blogs/journal/best-pangrams-a-tool-for-every-graphic-designers

Link 2: Positive Words: parade.com/1241177/marynliles/positive-words/

In addition, I have provided a blank practice sheet in Workbook 2A and Workbook 2B, which will help you in trying new words and doing daily practice of basic strokes, letters, words, Pangrams, quotes etc.

So, I invite you to join the class Now and Start Learning

To make your journey easier, I am including a few Resources with this Class that you can download from the Project and Resources Section of this Class.

Resources:

1. Workbook 2A (Strokes Connections and Review of all 26 Letters, Blank Practice Sheet Plus NOTES)

2. Workbook 2B (Revision for letters a to z, Letter Connections (2 lettered, 3-4 Lettered, 4-5 Lettered, 5-6 Lettered and 6 or More Lettered Words, Project Assignment Sheet, Blank Practice Sheet Plus NOTES)

3. Four Digital Brushes (2 Brushes are pressure sensitive and colour changing that will help you see if you are putting the right pressure with your Apple Pencil while creating any stroke and 2 Brushes are Monoline Brushes.)

4. Color Swatch File suitable for colour changing Brushes.

5. PDF File for the Workbook 2 (in case you want to take the printout for practising on paper using a pen or if you want to keep the Notes handy for your quick reference).

6. Color Swatch jpg File (in case you are facing any difficulty downloading the colour swatch file on Procreate, you can use this jpg file and tap, press hold the colours and make your colour palette on Procreate)

There are 26 Video Lessons in this Class, which will help you learn step by step process of creating Letters and Words without feeling overwhelmed as a beginner.

I wish you all the success in your calligraphy journey.

See you in the class!

Regards

Neeta Budhraja

(Calligraphix By Neeta)

Here is the link to my class that I published last night and I am waiting for approval from Skillshare

www.skillshare.com/classes/Start-Your-Digital-Calligraphy-Journey-on-Procreate/1166559310?via=teaching

I have divided this class into 2 classes.

it’s the link for first-class

and I am working on my 2nd class which I have finished shooting all videos and started with its editing part and plan to complete it in next few days.

‘Right now my focus is to market my first class on social media platforms and share the information to my friends through personal message.

I sent my first emails to all my Skillshare followers today.

Have you ever wanted to learn digital calligraphy but didn't know where to start? I invite you to join this class!

In this class, you will learn:

• What is digital calligraphy? How is it different from analogous calligraphy?

• What is iPad calligraphy, which app is suitable for doing digital calligraphy and how it can speed up your calligraphy practice and progress?

• How to use Procreate app and what you can do with this app for your lettering projects? (You will see various examples of what you can do with your digital lettering or calligraphy skills).

• How to use Apple Pencil and why Apple Pencil is preferred over another stylus on Procreate App.

• How to set custom canvas size for your projects or practice?

• Creating your custom guides for your practice or projects.

• What are Procreate Brushes, how to use them, which brushes can be best suited for you as a beginner to practice calligraphy and doing your projects?

• Starting learning how to create thick and thin strokes using Apple Pencil.

• Learning how to create basic strokes, connecting strokes to create all 26 letters of the English Alphabet and connecting letters to form words.

• I will also be sharing my practice plan with you which can help you in figuring out your practice plan for yourself and start creating your first lettering Project.

What you can expect from this class:

By the end of the class, you will be able to operate procreate app, set your custom canvas size, create your guide sheet for practising lettering or calligraphy. You will be able to create thick and thin strokes, the basic strokes, combining basic strokes to form letters and words using your apple pencil.

It is fun to use procreate app to create your digital lettering as your first project. Once you go through this class, do enough practice for your calligraphy, it's a high chance that you will get addicted to iPad lettering!

So, let's get started!

Resources:

For this class
I am including
1. 3 brushes, completely free (monoline brush, pressure-sensitive Color changing Zig kuretake brush pen brush and Nikko G nib colour-changing brush) for your practice which will help you see your strokes having the right amount of pressure.

2. Two workbooks to practice your basic strokes, letters and words with guided directions.

3. Words list for your practice includes 20 selective words that will help you improve your basic strokes and letter connections.

Your Project:

So, it will be fun understanding Procreate app and making use of Procreate app to create your digital lettering as your 1st project.

1.Create a canvas size 2000 pixels x 2000 pixels and a textured background and a frame on the canvas to make it ready for your project.

2. Write any 5 words from the listed words in this project where you will create letters using the lessons you learnt in basic strokes and letter connections on the canvas you prepared.

Once you go through the class, I would recommend you to do at least 20 minutes daily calligraphy practice, it's high chance you will get addictive to iPad lettering!

This is the link for my Skillshare Class Planning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGwGBDf5XLFTYnLyPpJLYgKaopdiSpCuZpzvQ60Jq2M/edit?usp=sharing

Here is my video link.

This was the longest video in my class. Rest all are .20 seconds to 8 minutes long.

Neeta Budhraja

Calligraphy Artist, Graphic Designer

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