Module One · Session 1.1
Warming Up
Before the pen makes a single letter, the body has four small jobs: hold the pen lightly, a finger's width back from the tip. Sit with your feet flat and the whole forearm resting on the table. Angle the paper slightly toward your writing arm. And keep the pressure light, so the pen glides rather than digs. Everything in this course sits on those four habits.
Then the arm gets loose. These three drills are drawn without lifting the pen, with the motion coming from the arm and wrist together, never the fingers alone. Two minutes of them opens every practice session from now on.
Linked Ovals
Push & Pull
Waves
The drills
1
Linked ovals. One continuous line of loops, traced without lifting. Let the arm carry you from loop to loop.
2
Push and pull. Connected up-and-down strokes in one motion. Even peaks, even valleys.
3
Waves. Rolling arcs along the baseline. Round, unhurried, all the same height.
Your practice sheet
Sheet 1 carries the setup notes and all three drills, with open rows to fill. Print it and keep it; it is the warmup page for the entire course.