Thank you for all your help and advice on group 1. I am excited to move on to group 2. I will continue to work on the spacing. I find it slightly frustrating that I started out with good spacing, but when I worked to adjust the consistency of the spacing, I started to get too round with it and haven't been able to correct that since
. The good thing is that I know I can do it since I had it correct before. I look forward to working on it along with the new learning group 2 will bring.
I also realized that I never really introduced myself on this group. I have always loved handwriting. I had a speedball calligraphy kit when I was a teenager and I loved working with it. I remember making cards and poems as gifts for my relatives. I got interested in it again a few years ago when I took a small course in more traditional broad edge nib calligraphy. Though I enjoyed it, I started following some blogs and online tutorials and realized that the pointed pen style is more appealing to me. I practiced with a really loose modern style and even did some wedding envelope addressing for a friend. As I did research, I started learning more about copperplate and Engrosser's script. I love the order and rules that apply to creating something so beautiful. I felt like my calligraphy would benefit from learning the foundations of these styles and that I would then be able to, not only succeed at those styles, but also break off and experiment more with looser styles of modern calligraphy. I, thankfully, came across the Flourish Forum and was immediately pointed in the direction of your lessons by another member. I am so glad to be learning from you as well as the work of others participating in your teaching.
Again, thank you for your time and help.
Angie