5 Ways To Letter May + Free Lettering Practice Sheet

How to letter May in 5 different ways in calligraphy, plus get access to a Free Lettering Practice sheet. 

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These are the pens I used in the video tutorial:

• Linc Glitter Gel Pens
• Tombow Fudenosuke Hard Tip Colors
• Zebra Funwari Brush Pen
• Marvy Uchida Le Pen Flex
• Pilot Color Fudemakase Brush Pen

Grab the “5 ways to letter the months of the year workbook” here.

5 Ways to Letter May In Calligraphy

In this blog post, I will show you how to letter May in 5 different ways.

When I returned to the bullet journal system, I wanted to see how I could apply my lettering skills to my bullet journal.

Keeping each month different when I wrote it on my cover page seemed interesting.

Even if you don’t have a bullet journal, these worksheets will still help you practice your lettering.

These are the 5 different styles I’ll show how to letter May:

1. Faux Calligraphy
2. Basic Morden Calligraphy Style
3. Bounce Calligraphy style
4. Flourished Calligraphy
5. Block lettering Style.

How to Improve Your Lettering Skills?

A great way to improve your calligraphy is by writing words differently.

This way, you’ll find new styles and choose the one you like the most.

Each time you write a word differently, you can pick the letter form you like best and keep using it.

Developing your calligraphy style helps you ensure your lettering doesn’t look like anyone else.

There’ll be some similarities, but you want your calligraphy style to be unique. 

As you’re using this calligraphy practice worksheet, remember the tips below. 

Calligraphy Practice Tips for Beginners

These tips will make you make the most out of your practice. For more practice tips for beginners, check out this blog post. This other post will be helpful, too.

1. SUPER IMPORTANT: Slow down! Take your time when you’re practicing your calligraphy. Doing calligraphy is not meant to be fast. Going slow will help you get better letterforms and sharper strokes.
2. Date your worksheets! This is a great way to see your improvement. Refer back to your older sheets often, especially when you start to get into the comparison trap or think you haven’t improved your calligraphy journey. We are our worst critics! We often forget to give ourselves grace and celebrate our accomplishments, no matter how small.
3. Use light pressure for the upstrokes (when moving the pen upwards) and heavy pressure for the downstrokes (when moving the pen upwards).
4. Find a comfortable position and take breaks if you need to.
5. Lift your pen between each stroke as you’re practicing the letterforms.
6. Adjust your page and posture from time to time.
7. Don’t forget to slow down! I know I’ve already said it. Throwing it at ya one more time because I know we tend to forget.

I hope you find this blog post helpful and that you start creating calligraphy today!

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