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	How do lefthanders learn Calligraphy with Ken Brown?

			Some of the world's best calligraphers are southpaws. If you're a lefty, don't despair. You will have a few slight disadvantages, but you can learn calligraphy, too! Markers are "unisex." With some slight adjustments, you can accomplish great results. It may be a bit uncomfortable, but you'll soon learn the technique with practice.

			There are two exceptions in the four rules of calligraphy: As a left-hander, you can't extend your little finger; it will smear the ink as your hand moves across the paper. If you are one who writes upside down, with your hand and wrist shaped like a hook, you must form every stroke in reverse. Your allowable pen direction must always be up and to the left only.

	Click for larger view		Still Align at a 45-Degree Angle To have the entire chisel edge of the point touch the paper, you would have to bend your hand down too far, with your palm almost touching the lettering surface. Lettering in this position would be impossible.

	Click for larger view		Incorrect Position When you rock your hand to the left, to a more comfortable and natural position, only the corner of the marker's chisel edge will touch the surface. Of course, the entire chisel edge must be in contact with the surface.

	Click for larger view		Turn the Paper Left-handers must turn the paper 1/4 turn clockwise. This will permit your hand to be in a more comfortable position and allow the entire edge of the marker's point to touch the paper. It may take some time to get accustomed to working from the top of the page, down, toward your body, instead of working left to right across the table.

	Click for larger view		Upside Downers Must Reverse Strokes If you write with your hand in this position, you must make every stroke in the reverse direction from a right-hander. In this photo, the pen has just finished making the lower case "I." To have started the letter at the top and finished at the bottom, like a right hander, the pen would have been pushed, not pulled. In this position, you may be able to extend your pinky for added control. Experiment to see.

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