Recently I've been on a handlettering kick. I've always looked at beautiful brush calligraphy and lusted over the skill, and I've finally decided to kick myself in the butt and start trying to learn the skill as well. I found some Instagram handlettering + doodling challenges and I picked two to combine (just to see how creative I could get, I guess?). The challenges are #hobonichichallenge by @penguincreative and #surelysimplelettering / #surelysimpleart by @surelysimpleblog.

The prompts for this one are favorite fruit (#hobonichichallenge) and Cinderella (#surelysimplelettering).

I just started out so my strokes are still pretty unsure and a bit wobbly. Hopefully this will improve as I continue to practice! Also, I want to try doing different fonts - my writing tends to be commanded by the pen in general anyway (my handwriting changes wildly from pen to pen, and I don't really know why) so that'll be a challenge in itself.

A photo posted by Cecile Lu (@cissyartcafe) on Mar 2, 2016 at 4:04pm PST