Spencerian Penmanship for beginners Part 1 | How to write in Spencerian script | Cursive handwriting

Hi my audiences,
In this video I'm presenting some basics on how to write some basic strokes and the small letters in the Spencerian script.

Pen: Pelikan M200
Ink: Pelikan 4001 Black
Paper: Rhodia 80 g/m2

📒 Spencerian workbook:

📚 For my Spencerian series:

Thanks for watching and hope you like the video.

For more contents:

Yours,
The Normal

[TheNormalHandwriting]

You can find the practice sheets here:

[ntmn]

I never used to appreciate handwriting but as an adult in a technological world, I now do. I now picked up calligraphy to address my own envelopes.

[Nicole-zcfj]

For the basic strokes write out a whole page of each one. It’ll improve it a lot better than a few times then jumping into words. This is the biggest part of this script. You need your strokes to be consistent which means making it muscle memory

[RajkumarAdhikari]

When your handwringing is so good that your teacher thinks you printed it so you get an Fail :D

[ivorybow]

Handwriting hs no longer being taught in Colorado schools. So I got the Spencerian teaching set and helped her learn in 8th grade. She is so proud of her beautiful hand, and she was the only one in her classes who could read and write script. This is a national travesty, to stop teaching this art. It builds confidence and I believe, increases intelligence.

[huseynmammadov]

Not trying to glaze but this vid is literally a cheat code to learn spencerian without wating time, thanks!

[TheSaneHatter]

This music makes me feel downright melancholy for the days when I was learning cursive in school, despite how hard it was at the time: I had no idea how important this was, and no one told me how good I was at it.
I missed a really good opportunity to build confidence there, and to start learning a new kind of art.

[friedrich]

Practicing Spencerian is a good mental break for me.

[AllSortsOfScripts]

This is THE BEST Spencerian tutorial I’ve seen. No words needed. Thanks to your video I’ve been able to see details that matter. You also chose the best music to go along with it. Thank you so much for sharing❗️

[florentchif]

Your writing exhibits commendable quality; however, your pen grip and the restricted use of only your wrist rather than the full motion of your arm detract from the overall effectiveness of your technique. This aspect is particularly critical for Spencerian script, which was designed and taught to enable individuals to write swiftly and fluidly, emphasizing the importance of graceful, tension-free movements for achieving its characteristic elegance.

[DB-cxcb]

Beautiful.❤ As a youngster I was a terrible student. At 71 years old learning Spencerian penmanship. Love your abilities and so helpful. Thank you for sharing.

[dennybonicolini]

SPENCERIAN, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING IN THE WORLD. STUNNING!!!

[contactsaavy]

Finally, a video that connects all the disciplines together. I have been learning for a couple of weeks and I was mis-interpreting the letters in the Spencerian book. You made me recognise the leading into and trailing out of each letter, now I can interpret the words in the book correctly and I have re-started at book one again this time proper. Also the spacing and fractions of the letters you wrote was something I was missing, now it’s all connecting together. From the countless videos I have watched from becoming addicted a few weeks ago yours is the best. Thank you for your valuable video :)

[Mysasser]

Omg! This is how I was taught cursive. Now wonder all my life people liked my handwriting!

[keithlightminder]

the result is quite lovely, But a teacher of Spencerian Writing system would have several areas to critique- the position of the hand on the pen, the angle of the page, etc... but it looks just like Spencerian in the end so it doesn't matter much. your hand might tire more easily with your grip and it might take longer to complete a page. If there are not concerns for you, they are not concerns. Thank you so much for recording this. for a reference for others to learn from.

[spooler]

This is how I learned to write at school as a 6 year old. I still write like that. That was in 1983/4.

[kot]

I've never thought id be moved by handwriting

[SlaveToMyStomach]

OF all the penmanship videos I've seen, this one of yours is the most inspirational. Thank you very much.

[silverjinglebobspur]

This musical composition was developed to be performed as if it were flowing, the pen, a wand, and you, the conductor of a heart filling masterpiece.

[cathykrueger]

I am mesmerized. This is the cursive I was taught in school but with lines instead of graph paper. My handwriting is nowhere near this lovely but it’s good enough that I receive the occasional complement. I, too, learned with a fountain pen. I wish I still had one. This is a wonderful tutorial.