It would be hard to find a less polished example of this style - because this one was done in great haste, with no warm up. There is a very cute card inside with several folds - so the pen stumbled over the innards of the envelope. And I was hurrying, because Rainbow was in the driveway. But - it illustrates that if you just color in the counters - it's pretty darn cute. You do not really have to do a good job at this style to make it fun. Hopefully, I will get around to making some better examples. The pencil version in the videos below probably have zero *curb appeal* -- but, trust me - learning some of these quirky little styles are all bits and pieces that will fit together and you rehabilitate your penmanship.
Here is a style that will help you transition away from your everyday penmanship that has evolved over decades. It is fairly slow - to begin with - because you want a pause between each letter. You also want to make every letter as round as possible. Forget about ovals.
Put plenty of space between letters. As you are heading off to make the next letter, think about where it will start and then make a *scoop* over to that point. Letters either start at the bottom or the top or the middle. So aim - high/low/middle.
While this style might not look inviting - it is good practice for breaking the letters down into the basic units and creating some consistency in the shapes. It is the script version of *ball and stick* which is the term often used when teaching kids to write the lower case alphabet for the first time. You want to be thinking of basic shapes and see if you can use the same rounds and the same loops - over and over.
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