neuland lesson 2.1

here is something to try with the letters you already know. put them between lines. try very straight lines, then try some that curve a bit. keep in mind it is easier to make a curved line when you swing your arm at the elbow. so you can make that bottom line easily, but you need to turn the paper to make the top line with an arc that approximates the bottom one. this was a quick demo done in a class, showing dry markers/ they were just kids markers. you can get a fat line if you hold the marker very flat. the tips are rather cone shaped and if you tilt them onto that edge, you can make thick lines. it is helpful to find a non-normal grip when you are learning to make chunky letters. your goal is to obliterate your *penmanship* and start drawing the building blocks of the letters. in general, i recommend holding the marker so that your hand is not too close to the tip. that will help you make broad strokes and not revert to your kindergarten printing

if this was a envelope, i would put the stamp to the left of the S and the address to the right of the N. or the otherway around would be fun, too.