Last week, I explored the YouTube channel The Happy Ever Crafter; I had a pretty solid start to my learning project using worksheets to learn the basic strokes of calligraphy. This week, I decided to check out a calligraphy app called Lazydog on my phone. This app had high reviews on Google Play, so I gave it a whirl. This app is simple to navigate and offers a progression that starts with a demonstration, moves to finger tracing, and then freehand replication of the letters. Here is a quick video demonstration of me navigating the app on my phone.
Some of the pros of this app:
User friendly
Offers progression for the user and even indicates a percentage completed for each font.
The ability to try different hand lettering fonts.
Downloadable worksheets to print for additional practice.
Some of the cons of this app:
This app does not use traditional calligraphy strokes.
Tracing with your finger does not necessarily provide the user with practice using different weights and pressures for shadows.
After a successful start to my learning project, I had high hopes for this application; however, I feel I learned a lot more from watching video demonstrations and tutorials than from independent learning on an application. I spent more time working through my worksheets from week one and even got a bit creative with some names (see pictures below). I will attempt to do calligraphy names for anyone who comments on this week’s post. Be sure to return next week to see how I did in attempting to write your name creatively.
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