July Calligraphy Prompts - Shake up your calligraphy style!

When you are creating larger pieces of calligraphy, you may want to shake up the style or incorporate lettering into your piece. Therefore, this month we won't be focusing on words but how the words look.

Calligraphy Style Practice

What to write

Use "My name is [ ]", "Lettering style practice" or a phrase of your choice.

Calligraphy Styles to try

Use these calligraphy and lettering styles to shake up your lettering:

1. Bubble writing

2. Pointy

3. Leopard print

4. 3D

5. Scruffy

6. Polka dots

7. 2 contrasting colours

8. Black and white

9. Add shadows

10. Lots of flourishes

11. Outline all of your letters

12. Serif font

13. Mix up where your capital letters are

14. Write your word vertically

15. Add faces to your letters

16. Add a background to your letters

17. Make your letters extra tall

18. A font based on your favourite film or album

19. Make each letter different

20. Add a reflection to your letters

21. Draw a circle and make your letters fit

22. Create your letters in a swirl

23. Add flowers to your letters

24. Freestyle i.e. the style that comes naturally to you

25. Calligraphy in your least favourite colour

26. All black and then a pop of colour for the word you want to stand out

27. Replace at least one of your letters with a doodle

28. Lettering that incorporates your favourite holiday (xmas, etc)

29. Make your letters look shiny

30. Incorporate your favourite animal into your letters somehow

31. Create letters using your favourite parts of this month's challenge

Which of these prompts have you enjoyed the most? Why not share over in my Facebook group?

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Extra calligraphy practice

Looking for additional calligraphy word prompts to nudge you on what to write? My membership Pick up your pen! is all about calligraphy practice. It includes monthly challenges and projects and weekly prompts to get you creating with consistency.

General Calligraphy Resources

Get started with modern calligraphy by checking out the resources in my calligraphy shop.

If you're in the early stages of learning modern calligraphy, you may also want to join one of my upcoming calligraphy workshops. or check out my Beginner's Calligraphy Class which covers the same workshop content and available to watch at any time.