How to Trace Calligraphy Letters

Once you've practiced your calligraphy and produced a consistent script that you're happy with, you may want to show off your calligraphy writing with some kind of artistic project. There are plenty of ways to use your final product in a calligraphy drafting process, but no matter whether you're going to add script to a craft project or just frame your final piece of writing, these tips will help.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A calligraphy pen and high quality ink
• Professional quality paper
• Adhesive tape
• Graph paper or a ruler

1. Practice drafting your calligraphy writing until you produce a piece of script you would be happy with as your final piece. Practice by rewriting and improving the same piece of script on graph paper.

2. Use a professional quality sheet of paper for your final piece of calligraphy writing if you're going to frame it and hang it up for display.

3. Tape your paper down as you work so that it doesn't slip out from under your hand and cause spills or flaws in the script.

4. Use a ruler or the edge of a sheet of graph paper to provide a straight edge under your writing so that it doesn't come out slanted or crooked. Position the ruler or paper well under where your letters will fall so that it doesn't get in the way of the descenders.

5. Write with high quality ink and use a variety of ink colors to add artistic details, embellish your script and highlight certain words or letters.

6. Incorporate your calligraphy script into other art projects like painting or collage. You can also draw with a calligraphy pen and combine multiple forms of art for a visually interesting calligraphy project.

Tips & Warnings

• If your professional quality paper is a very different texture from the paper you've been practicing on, cut off a small piece of professional quality paper to practice on before doing the final draft.