Practice Calligraphy with Me: Everlasting Monoline
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Follow along as I practice one of the free calligraphy practice sheets I released last month, as part of my Lettering Toolkit: Everlasting Monoline. This is a quiet, relaxed video. I invite you to follow along, and I hope the demonstration provides insight into stroke direction, pen angle, letter variations, and more!
While I’m practicing in Procreate on my iPad Pro, but you can just as easily following along using the printable version for ink-on-paper practice! (Check out my article on the best calligraphy practice papers.)
Video Demonstration
My subscribers have lifetime access to all the downloadable freebies in my toolkit: practice sheets, lettering guides, Procreate brushes, and more. I release a new freebie roughly every month, and add it to the growing collection! To get these Everlasting Monoline practice sheets, and any of the other free resources, simply head over to Molly’s Lettering Toolkit and subscribe.
Here’s a peek at what you will see in the demonstration video above (click to enlarge):
Practice tools used:
“Bonus Monoline Brush” from my Calligraphy Composition Maker for Procreate
“Everlasting Monoline” Practice Sheets from Molly’s Lettering Toolkit
iPad tools used:
Procreate App
12.9" iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Touch screen glove
More iPad layout design videos:
My Technique for Flourishing Calligraphy in Procreate
Flourished Calligraphy Circles in Procreate
French Lyrics Layout in Procreate
Flourished Calligraphy Quote in Real-Time for Procreate
My premium Procreate brushes can help you learn even more lettering and illustration styles:
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A calligrapher, teacher, and author, Molly’s work spans both modern lettering and historical script. She writes about calligraphy and handwriting as creative disciplines—shaped by tools, technique, habit, and attention—and considers what it means to write by hand in a digital age. In addition to designing custom lettering for clients, she creates books, free resources, and online classes for people who want to develop their calligraphy and handwriting, whether as a creative outlet, a professional skill, or both.