Frequently Asked Questions

When getting your brush pens ready to do hand lettering or just to draw it can be intimidating at times, with having to deal with a weird pen. So are brush pens hard to use? Well, I’m going to be answering that today and giving you a few tips.  Brush pens, at first might feel off when you are trying to use them. It is […]

When starting out hand lettering and modern calligraphy a lot of people start out thinking it is just going to be a great hobby. When I remember when starting out hand lettering that it was just something I did in my free time, something that I did for the fun of it. But… This hobby can be so much more than a fun thing that […]

When starting out there are all of these different types of calligraphy pens, dip pens, nibs, and holders that it can make it quite overwhelming for beginners. One of the main calligraphy pens are considered offset. I remember when starting out how weird it felt to hold an offset calligraphy pen, when I was only using straight dip pens.  So why are some of the […]

As a beginner into brush lettering, you are always wondering about all of the different materials that you are going to need to get started. But sometimes we can also get confused between our calligraphy pens and our brush pens. In this post I am going to be going over is a calligraphy pen the same as a brush pen. A calligraphy pen is just […]

So you want to use your calligraphy pens on a canvas, can you even do that? Maby you are just wanting to create some awesome quote posters, and are just wanting to use a canvas?  In this tutorial, I am going to be answering all of your questions on using calligraphy pens on a canvas.  Here is the short and quick answer to your question: […]

As a beginner, I remember never understanding that there is actually a lot of different types and styles of calligraphy out there. I thought that you just have to do specific things and it is calligraphy. So now you may ask what are the different calligraphy styles and what are the types of calligraphy. In this article, I am going to be showing you exactly […]

You are wanting to start out calligraphy but don’t know what types of pens to use.  So you can get a fountain pen or you can get the pen that you need to dip into ink. Right now I am going to be talking about what are the differences and which one you should use for calligraphy. In reality, calligraphy pens are actually completely different […]

Maby you are wanting to start doing calligraphy but have no idea what is a calligraphy pen or how it even works? Whenever you think of calligraphy you think of a strange pen that is then dipped into ink, and then you can write with it. But how does this it really work? Well, today I am going to be talking about how all different […]

You are wanting to start doing lettering but you are nervous thinking that you can’t do it. You are procrastinating and think this must be too hard to even learn hand lettering. Well, I am here to prove you wrong. As any other skill hand lettering takes time. So I am going to be answering the question today Is Hand Lettering Hard? Here is just […]

You have seen people do this awesome art of modern calligraphy and hand lettering, and you want to do it too. But you don’t have the money or budget to be able to learn it. You looked at all the price ranges of dip pens, paper, brush pens, ink, and etc. So now you wonder how can I learn calligraphy for free. Well, I am […]

So you are wanting to start calligraphy but you don’t know what paper to use. Well, I am here to help. As a beginner, I may understand that looking for the right supplies might be hard, so this a tutorial/article to be able to help you out for finding the best paper for your modern calligraphy. But let us first answer your question. DO YOU […]

So you want to know what exactly is a lettering pen and what is used for.  Anyway, this is just going to be an article about different lettering pens and how they are used for doing hand lettering, brush lettering, and modern calligraphy. If you don’t know what all of this is don’t worry this is why I am here.  Let us start by just […]

You are wanting to start doing calligraphy but have no idea where to start. Then you are wondering can I learn Calligraphy Online. If you don’t already know you can find thousands of courses and even more articles online about so many different topics or hobbies. So couldn’t you learn calligraphy online? Well, I will be explaining everything in this article but if you are […]

You want to get into brush lettering but why should you? Why should you spend hours and hours learning an art form that might not even be useful? Why should I get brush pens and start learning modern calligraphy? The question is: Why Learn Brush Lettering? A lot of beginners seem to be asking this question and probably because they don’t know if they should […]

Such a simple question but not a lot of people don’t know the answer. Fortunately, I am here to help and about to answer it right now. Of course, you are all won’t the answer so here you go. You do not need a calligraphy pen to be able to do calligraphy, you could actually do calligraphy with a regular pen. When we are talking […]

So you are wanting to learn the art of modern calligraphy but specifically hand lettering.  One of your questions is how long does it take to learn hand lettering? Well, right now that is exactly what I am going to be talking about. But anyway if you are of course in a hurry, which I know most of you probably are here is the short […]

So you are getting really good at your hand lettering and calligraphy skills and now you are wondering can you make money as a calligrapher.  Right now I am going to be answering this question and giving ideas on how exactly to do this. If you are in a hurry witch I know you might be let me give you the quick and short answer […]

If you are starting out learning how to do modern calligraphy and wondering all about the different types of lettering.  We have hand lettering, brush lettering, dip pen lettering, faux calligraphy, and etc. Sometimes all of these different types of modern calligraphy can be quite confusing. So I have come up with a series of explaining the difference between these all. Now the main question […]

In this article today I am going to be talking about this important misconception about if calligraphy is a dying art. When it comes to learning calligraphy there are specific steps that you have to take and might some think those steps are too hard or you could say forgotten. So then the question is, is calligraphy a dying art form? I am going to […]

 Are you wanting to start learning modern calligraphy? Now you are thinking are calligraphy pens easy to use? Well in this tutorial I am going to be explaining just that. When I was a beginner I had the same thought process. Is this going to be easy to learn? If you are in a rush let give you the answer and consider reading on. Calligraphy […]

In this lettering tutorial I am going to be talking about can you use brush pens for calligraphy and everything that you are going to need to know on this subject. So you are looking on the internet and found ou there is something called brush lettering. If you don’t know what that is that is something that I am going to be talking about […]

In this calligraphy tutorial, I am going to be talking about this simple but confusing question. Is calligraphy a useful skill? I have been doing calligraphy/lettering for quite some time now so I am going to be sharing in this article if you should do calligraphy and if it is actually a useful skill. (To be honest, calligraphy is a fun hobby that I fell […]

You are probably on this lettering tutorial wondering, is calligraphy a font. This question has always been a big question to people who don’t know the meaning of calligraphy or just lettering newbies.  Of course, you just came here for a simple explanation so if you’re in a hurry here you go. Calligraphy is not considered or a font. The thing is there are fonts […]

In this article, I am going to be talking about everything that you are going to need to know about calligraphy pens or lettering pens. I am also going to be talking about one of the most common lettering/calligraphy questions, what are calligraphy pens called? You know that cool little pen that you need that will only create the calligraphy finish. Well, let me tell […]

What we are going to be talking about today is what does hand lettered mean. For some reason, you have run upon the term hand lettered, hand lettering, lettering, calligraphy, whatever it is I am going to explain it right now. Anyway here is a very brief answer if you’re in a hurry. What hand lettered means is any lettering illustration that was drawn by […]

You are wanting to get into hand lettering or any type of modern calligraphy and you are wondering what is the best way to learn hand lettering. Of course, there are a lot of different ways that you can be able to learn hand lettering from articles to courses but today I am going to go through these things. Since you are here wanting to […]

So you are wondering is brush lettering the same as calligraphy? Well, it is quite hard to explain so I am doing a whole entire article on this. You might be wondering this since you either want to learn brush lettering or calligraphy. Maby you have no idea what these things are at all. Well, I am here to help you out. So let me […]

So you got your new awesome brush pens and ready to do some art and illustrations. You go on the internet and start to look for some more things that you can do with your new stationery. You look through these youtube videos and notice that someone is dipping their brush pen in water. You wonder can you dip brush pens in water? You can […]

One day you’re at an art store and you notice that there are these pens called Brush Pens. You wonder what are you supposed to do with those. What do you do with a brush pen? This is the quick and short answer to your question: Many people use brush pens in different ways. The biggest way people use these brush pens is for Lettering. […]

A lot of new beginners into calligraphy, or lettering, have asked me is cursive considered Calligraphy. They are thinking if I just learn cursive I could master the calligraphy fundamentals. Cursive is not considered calligraphy. Lettering is the art of illustrations with letters. While cursive is writing down letters in a certain manner. There is a lot of differences between cursive and lettering that I […]

You got your new awesome brush pens and you’re wondering how am I going to store them. Well here is everything you are going to need to know to store your brush pens the correct way (so that they will last longer). Brush pens that are waterbased you can either store them horizontally or vertically. Then for your brush pens that are alcohol-based it is […]

So you got some new awesome brush pens. When you open your pack you notice that there is this cool clear brush pen. You test it out thinking that there must be something to it. Now it just comes out clear. Do you wonder what are clear brush pens? I can clearly now tell that you are a newbie to brush lettering. Well, these Clear […]

You are wanting to get into calligraphy or any other type of lettering and you start to wonder but I have bad handwriting. Can you do calligraphy with bad handwriting? You start to second guess yourself and thinking oh no I can’t do Calligraphy because of how bad my handwriting is.

So you might want to get into brush lettering or lettering in general and you know are wondering how long does it take to master calligraphy/lettering? So how long does it take to master the beautiful art of lettering? This is just the basic short answer. To learn the full fundamentals of lettering or calligraphy will take you about 2-3 hours. But if you want […]

One day you take out your brush pens and realize that they are drying out. You also notice you can’t get any refills for your brush pens. Now you wonder how do you revive a brush pen?

One day you take out your brush pens ready to do some awesome lettering. When you start you notice that you have streaks. It’s Fraying. You think, why are my brush pens fraying? (Don’t worry, I’ve been their too).