Video: Writing Lower Case M-R in Calligraphy

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The letter m starts at a 45 degree angle. Learn how to write lower case letters m through r in cursive italic calligraphy in this free art video from a professional calligrapher.

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In this clip we'll be learning the letters M through R in the miniscule small letter calligraphy cursive italic hand starting with M. The letter M also starts with a forty five degree angle and it's going to span several lines. It?s a fairly wide letter, but you want to be sure that your counter space, which is this space here, isn't too big because if it gets too big in between it can start looking like a W or some other letter. So this space we call the counter space has to stay fairly small. The N is just like the M, and the O is what most letters are based on in the calligraphy miniscule cursive italic hand. It's in two parts. I'm going to demonstrate that one again. You come down and up and then you come back over and meet it. P is just like the J. Q, and you can vary the ending of the Q. You can either come up, be sure to finish it, or you can go over. The R, draw the line down, and again watch the counter space because on the R the tendency could be to turn too quickly and it could have the appearance of a V.

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Writing Lower Case M-R in Calligraphy

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