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Complete Calligraphy Alphabets
Modern Calligraphy for
Beginners: Lowercase
Lowercase alphabet practice sheets for modern calligraphy beginners, following the method I’ve taught in my workshops for years. Hint: they’re not alphabetical!
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Thin & Elegant Script
Practice Sheets
An elegant, vintage handwriting style inspired by Spencerian calligraphy. This is a sample from my printable workbook, Fancy Flourish Alphabet.
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Everlasting Monoline
Practice Sheets
Improve your handwriting with this fun, monoline alphabet reminiscent of classic cursive. Get started by watching my video demonstration.
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Brushy Lettering Alphabet
Practice Sheets
This gestural brush lettering alphabet is perfect practice for beginners and pros alike. You’ll get a printable PDF and a layered Procreate practice file.
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Whimsy Script Alphabet
Practice Sheets
A playful calligraphy alphabet with unique twists on classic letterforms. You get traceable formats of the upper- and lowercase alphabets and a short quote with practice guides.
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Vienna Script
Practice Sheets
This formal calligraphy alphabet is a beautiful fusion of traditional and modern script featuring simple, classic flourishes and a strong italic slant.
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Madrid Alphabet Exemplars
Printable only
These exemplar sheets will teach you the uppercase and lowercase alphabets of a modern, condensed script style, complete with arrows to guide you.
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Brooklyn Alphabet
Practice Sheets
All-caps hand lettering alphabet templates, inspired by informal handwriting and perfect for signage and modern script calligraphy projects.
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Gusto Alphabet
Practice Sheets
These 25 printable practice sheets will teach you a simple modern calligraphy style, complete with flourished symbols and numbers.
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Decorated Drop Caps
Practice Sheets
A vintage-inspired capitals alphabet. Use this alphabet as a starting point to follow my tutorial, How to Draw a 3D Letter with Drop Shadow in Procreate.
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Sign Painter’s Alphabet
Practice Sheets
Traceable exemplars to learn stroke direction, order, and proportion. I used the Sign Painter’s Brush from my Ultimate Lettering & Calligraphy Procreate Kit.
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Transform Your iPad Calligraphy
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“I’m stunned by this brush kit! The pointed calligraphy pens mirror working with real, flexible pointed nibs.”
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Author, Copperplate Calligraphy from A to Z
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Principles of Lettering
Flourishes Workbook
This 18-page workbook from my course, Lettering Flourishes Masterclass, teaches you important principles for calligraphy flourishing. PDF and Procreate.
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14 Flourish Ornaments
Practice Sheets
Fourteen flourish ornaments to trace and copy, presented in four orientations each. PDF and layered Procreate workbook. Happy flourishing!
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Extra Flourished Manuscript
Practice Sheet
A florid manuscript for exploring ways that flourishes can fill negative space. Use this to follow along with the final exercise in my Skillshare class, Calligraphy for Mindfulness.
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“Neither Snow…” Flourished
Practice Sheet
This flourished design, meant for tracing then copying freehand, is the unofficial creed of the U.S. Postal Service. Get started by watching my video demonstration.
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Frederick Douglass Flourished Quote Practice Sheet
Beautiful words by twentieth-century American social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Watch the video of me calligraphing it.
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3 Flourished Pangrams
Practice Sheets
These flourished layouts are for tracing and copying freehand. Each one uses a different letter guide template so you gain practice with various slants and letter ratios.
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Aristotle Flourished Quote Practice Sheet
Trace this Aristotle quote about the inner significance of making art to practice flourished letterforms, long strokes, and full-page layout techniques.
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Ribbon Lettering
Layout Templates
Two ribbon banners surrounded by flourished borders. Each traceable design is lined to fill them with your own hand lettering. Tag me and show me what you make!
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Flourished Calligraphy Circles Practice Sheets
This pack contains four flourished, circular calligraphy designs. For Procreate users, I’ve included a layered file complete with instructions for setting up the radial drawing guides.
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Fancy Flourishing Workbook
Master a flourished cursive handwriting style inspired by Spencerian calligraphy. This workbook includes traceable examples with arrows that show how each letter is formed. Once you’ve practiced the alphabet, you’ll apply your skills by tracing the full text of Poe’s The Raven, building fluency through full words, phrases, and lines.
LEARN MORECursive Handwriting
Modern Cursive Handwriting
Practice Sheets
Improve your cursive with these fun practice sheets, featuring a passage from Alice in Wonderland. This sample is from my modern cursive workbook in print and for Procreate.
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Cat & Bird Flourish
Practice Sheets
Step-by-step strokes with directional arrows and lots of room for tracing. This free sample is from my Animal Flourishes Workbook—available in print and for Procreate.
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Pig Flourish
Practice Sheets
Learn to draw a flourished pig illustration one stroke at a time. This free sample is from my Animal Flourishes Workbook—available in print and for Procreate.
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Fall Pumpkin Flourish
Practice Sheets
Learn to draw this gourd-geous calligraphic pumpkin illustration one flourish at a time. Practice with the printable PDF or the Procreate file on your iPad.
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Alphabet Exemplar
Coloring Pages
Learn three fun lettering styles as you enjoy some relaxing coloring. This is a free sample from my Decorative Alphabets Coloring Book.
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36 Ampersands
Practice Sheets
Practice 36 different styles of everyone’s favorite glyph: the ampersand. From flourished to minimalist, there’s a style for every application here. Watch me draw them here.
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10 Ways to Write
Thank You
With these printable and Procreate practice sheets, you’ll learn 10 very different ways to say “thank you” in flourished calligraphy. Watch the tutorial!
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Master flourishing once and for all.
Learn how to create elegant, intentional calligraphy flourishes with confidence. This class focuses on where, when, and how to flourish so it strengthens your lettering rather than distracts from it.
ENROLL IN CLASSGuides & Warmups
12 Lettering Guide Sheets
for Print & Tablets
Print these files to practice with tracing paper or write on them directly. Import them into Procreate or your favorite app for digital practice.
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Brush Lettering
Cheat Sheet
Learn all the terminology you need to become a lettering expert with these handy diagrams. This sample is from my Skillshare class, Brush Lettering in Procreate for Beginners.
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Calligraphy Stroke Drills
Printable only
For Mastering Modern Calligraphy’s first birthday, I released this sample from the book. These drills will help you build muscle memory and warm up for writing.
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Procreate Brushes
Molly’s Favorite Procreate
Flourishing Brush
My all-time favorite Procreate brush for calligraphy flourishing, which I perfected over the course of many years. Its pressure sensitivity closely emulates a real pointed pen.
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Ombré Smoothie Brush
for Procreate
This fun Procreate brush creates an ombré color effect like opaque watercolor, utilizing the two colors in your palette to create tints and shades.
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Chalk Calligraphy
Procreate Brush
Draw flourished calligraphy with realistic chalk texture, adjusting crispness by playing with its opacity. This free sample is from my Chalk Script Procreate Brush Kit.
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Flourishing Watercolor
Procreate Brush
This is a free sample from The Ultimate Lettering & Calligraphy Procreate Kit, my biggest brush pack, with 200+ mixed media pens, markers, textures, and practice sheets.
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Molly’s Favorite Lettering
Marker Brush
This fun Procreate brush has the perfect felt-tip texture, and just the right pressure sensitivity. Like a real marker, you can layer the ink to add depth and opacity.
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Lettering Guide
Procreate Stamp
With just one click, this Procreate brush will stamp four lettering guide bars onto your canvas. This is a free sample from myCalligraphy Composition Maker.
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