What are the basic strokes?

Thin upstroke, thick downstroke, under-turn, over-turn, compound curve, oval, ascending loop and descending loop.

Which tip size should I use?

The small-tip sheets have closely spaced rows for a fine brush. The large-tip sheets have fewer, taller rows for a bold one.

How do the practice rows work?

Each row shows a model in grey to trace, followed by blank lines to repeat it.

What is the pink tint sheet?

The same practice layout over a faint warm pink tint, with grey strokes and white blank rows.

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Brush lettering sheets: basic strokes, lowercase, letter connections

Brush lettering sheets — a brush pen practice page headed "Basic strokes" with the eight basic strokes, thin upstroke, thick downstroke, under-turn, over-turn, compound curve, oval, ascending loop and descending loop, each traced three times in grey then left blank on slanted guidelines, tight slanted guidelines sized for a small brush tip, fine grey strokes to trace, narrow blank rows

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Reading 3Connections

Brush lettering sheets are practice pages for a brush pen: thin upstrokes, thick downstrokes, then basic strokes, letters and connections. The nine sheets start with eight basic strokes in grey, then the lowercase a to z, then joins such as an, th and br. Each comes sized for a small tip, a large tip, or on a soft pink tint. Ask for bold strokes, pastel pink or quotes.

a first week of brush pen practice
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a lesson on thick and thin strokes
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Frequently asked questions

What are the basic strokes?: Thin upstroke, thick downstroke, under-turn, over-turn, compound curve, oval, ascending loop and descending loop.
Which tip size should I use?: The small-tip sheets have closely spaced rows for a fine brush. The large-tip sheets have fewer, taller rows for a bold one.
How do the practice rows work?: Each row shows a model in grey to trace, followed by blank lines to repeat it.
What is the pink tint sheet?: The same practice layout over a faint warm pink tint, with grey strokes and white blank rows.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.