Improve Your Cursive Handwriting (Level 1)

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What is included in this course?

Here is a short summary of all the content that you will find inside this online course.

Improve Your Cursive Handwriting (Level 1)

Visual Materials List

Handouts

Neuland Guidebook

Fingers, Pen & Paper Positioning

Intro to Lowercase Cursive Handwriting

Intro to Uppercase Cursive Handwriting

Writing a Short Quote

Writing a Medium-Length Quote

Writing a Long Text

Print vs. Cursive Handwriting

Width vs. Letter Spacing

This Course In A Nutshell

This beginners' course is designed for students of all ages wanting to improve their cursive handwriting skills! The target of cursive handwriting is acquiring flow and speed while experiencing no motor skill pain at all!

Course Overview

This Cursive Handwriting Course is fun and highly educative! It will make you fall in love with our Latin alphabet again, by discovering its close relationships, and by understanding what it means to write a fully connected alphabet.

Table Of Contents

This course covers the following topics:



• Module 1 | Visual Materials List
• Module 2 | Blank guidelines, what are they?
• Module 3 | Cursive Handwriting Guidebook
• Module 4 | Pen Grip & Paper Positioning
• Module 5 | Intro To The Lowercase Alphabet
• Module 6 | Lowercase: n, m, v, w, y, x
• Module 7 | Lowercase: o, c, a, d, g, q, z
• Module 8 | Lowercase: e, l, h, b, k, f
• Module 9 | Lowercase: r, z, s
• Module 10 | Intro to The Uppercase Alphabet
• Module 11 | Uppercase: C, E, G, L
• Module 12 | Uppercase: D, L
• Module 13 | Uppercase: T, H, I, J
• Module 14 | Uppercase: O, Q, A, Z
• Module 15 | Uppercase: M, N, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
• Module 16 | Width vs. Letter spacing
• Module 17 | Writing A Short Quote
• Module 18 | Writing A Medium-Length Quote
• Module 19 | Writing A Longer Text
• Module 20 | Print vs. Cursive Handwriting

What Will You Learn In This Course?

• The essentials and nice-to-have tools I use in my professional practice.
• Pen grip, paper and arm positioning
• Step-by-step demos on the entire lowercase and uppercase alphabet
• Letter proportions, letter anatomy, and width versus letter spacing relationships
• And you'll have fun while learning an creative and mindful skill!

Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for students of all ages wanting to improve their cursive handwriting skills:



• Younger students at school
• Students looking for a mindful, meditative and creative practice
• Writers and people journaling daily
• Professionals wanting to cultivate pen and paper handwriting skills again
  

Maria Montes | Calligrapher, Letterer & Type Designer

Maria Montes is an independent lettering designer and illustrator specialised in branding assets and calligraphy education.

Her multidisciplinary practice expands across brand identity, packaging illustration, custom lettering, calligraphy, fashion, art and culture. She has been teaching calligraphy independently since 2014 including: Copperplate, Italic, Blackletter, Carolingian, Neuland, Roman Capitals and Brush lettering.

Maria studied a Postgraduate Course in Advanced Typography in Barcelona and a Condensed Program in Typeface Design at Type@Cooper in NYC. In 2018 she released her first independent display chromatic font family called Green Fairy, and in 2025 Montes has released her second display font called Kanat Latin.