Same! 
Maybe I’ll jump into that one with you 
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My master sheet from Work of Heart lesson #2.
Turned into postcards.
Also turned lesson #1 into postcards.
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I have a favourite doodle, I try not to use it for every project but seem to have a hard time excluding it. Over time, I’ve made modifications so I can use it more than once in a project without it being too obvious. Last night and this afternoon I put most of them together in my little journal. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have started with squares because this works much better in odd shapes. Not so many long lines to draw.
Top L, all triangles pointing up(ish) . . . Top R, started at each corner and moved inwards (I did one corner then turned the book for the next corner, turned again, on and on) Wanted to be consistent on each side but mucked up somewhere so didn’t end in the center)
Bottom L, all triangles pointing down(ish) . . . Bottom R was a flub
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Top L, top of doodle coloured in (random directions even though it looks planned) . . . Top R, started at top left corner and worked across the top, turned and worked across the next side, on and on, until I reached the end.
Bottom L, bottom of doodle coloured in . . . Bottom R, 6 lines per section instead of just 3. I’ve used more lines starting at one corner, like above, and it produces a flower effect.
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They look very complicated and are quite mesmerizing! Did you learn this in a class or just started doodling? I read your words but still have no idea how you even start these. They definitely are recognizable as one of your signature doodles!
The one that goes down into a “hole” is fabulous (top right of first picture).
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I started watching the first lesson and it looks like exactly what I was expecting/looking for - structured practice for lettering. She specifically calls out the class isn’t about brush lettering and is mainly focused printed lettering and some cursive later. I’m excited for this class.
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I watched the first lesson too and I am actually out of graph paper. So I have a pad on order.
I have a problem keeping letters consistent in size so this practice seems like it will help
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I started on graph paper and then quickly ended up back on loose copy paper. Now I’m bouncing between the two.
This class takes me back to jr high/high school practicing my letters on loose copy paper and deciding exactly which style of lower case a was “mine”. I used to fill multiple pages practicing different letter styles and once I had one I liked doing it over and over until I built muscle memory.
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I saw Alisa had drawn a doodle like this in one of her examples during Doodle It Out, so I studied it until I figured out what she’d done. It’s not hard at all because it’s just 3 lines per section.
@photojenn and @geekgirl I’m waiting for one of you to show us some work from Find Your Font. I was leaning towards the other one but after hearing your comments, I’m not sure which to go with.
This is my attempt at Lesson 21, Peacock Feathers. I like the feathery part but not so sure about the main area.
I’m skipping many of the lessons because they just don’t interest me.
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I love your peacock feather! I need to get back to Doodle Petite.
I’m not sure if there will be much to show until the end. I don’t want to post pictures of the graph paper since it’s basically the entire content of the first lesson.
The lessons are about 30 min, split into 2 parts. She gives you some ideas to do then has you do her examples and practice more by adding your own variations. I’ve only done the first lesson but I’d say it’s a good class if you want to work on your base print lettering, not all of the extra flair and doodling with the letters. If you already like your handwriting, I’d skip it and do the other one.
My guess is the content in Find Your Font class would be more readily available on YouTube whereas Draw Your Awesome Letters is her signature style. So if you’re only wanting to get one and are drawn to her style (pun intended), I’d probably go for Draw Your Awesome Letters.
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I’m going to sound old here… I have several nephews, cousins, friends, acquaintances whose teens have handwriting equivalent to my nine yo son. I was just thinking the other day that maybe I need to have him tutored in handwriting, but I learned that his teacher is giving out stars or something equivalent for good handwriting so maybe it’ll be better by the end of the year.
I was mostly astonished by a cousin of mine that graduated. I had no idea who this ‘thank you’ note was from until I got to the end.
My mother has beautiful cursive handwriting. My print-plus-cursive style is getting a little bit better. It depends on how much I’m concentrating.
The beautiful cursive is one of the things that I love about getting notes from crafty friends from the US. I’m old enough to have hand writing lessons at school, and up until the age of about 8 we were only allowed write an a pencil, from then until we were 12/13 we could only use a fountain pen. It wasn’t until secondary school that we could use biros. And my writing is still nowhere as beautiful as lovely cursive.
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We hired a calligrapher to teach the kids cursive for about a year. I had them writing letters to friends and family weekly, they hated it so much, lol. But they can mostly read cursive still, and the girl at least is interested in improving her personal font. Mine is… messy at best, but legible at least!
I am confused about some of Andrea’s classes. There’s this 5-Day Preview of NEW Mixed Media Prompts coming to Watch.Learn.Play, It’s only 5 bucks but why would you pay to watch a preview? Maybe it’s got some good stuff, mini lessons?
This one is $47, 6 sections of mini lessons using the deck of mixed media prompts, actually it comes with both sets of downloadable prompt cards which just look super cool & pretty.
Then I saw her mention somewhere this very cool colour palette generating site/app. This would be so handy for extracting the colours from images you love. Very cool thing to base art work on, or choose yarn or beads. Ya! Love it!
The cost for the preview was to cover the prompts download and access to the live zooms. The videos will be going into the Watch.Learn.Play. membership soon. I think she just launched the one for $47 yesterday (after the preview had ended) which includes lifetime access to the videos + the original prompts + the new prompts from the preview. The videos are the same ones from the preview.
If I wasn’t already in, or planning to join, Watch.Learn.Play. I’d go for the $47 one with both sets of prompts + the lessons or pay for the preview (video access until Sept 19) + pay the $5 for the first set of prompts if you didn’t want lifetime access to the videos.
I’ve lost track of which parent sheets and postcards I’ve posted from the watch.play.learn preview. I think these are the ones I haven’t shared. It was a lot of fun and I liked the 5 day chunk.
these make me think of dominos so I might paint over parts
I think this one is my favorite of all of them
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I home schooled our sons K-12. My writing looks fine, especially when I concentrate, but I can’t say the same for my hubby. My dad, who was a doctor for 50 years, has the most immaculate handwriting I’ve ever seen.
I decided our sons were going to learn to print and write well so that when they were adults, you could read what they wrote. I found and taught myself a fun style and then taught them as they started printing. They both did well and when I look back at stories they wrote in elementary years, I still smile.
Now they are 30 and 32 and you can hardly read their printing 
Neither of them write, just print, and when I asked them why, they say it’s faster to print. I noticed they still form some letters like I taught them and my oldest says he can write the way he was taught if he concentrates. I don’t know what happened from the time they each left home around age 21 until now but all my hard work was wasted.
That is something to think about. Maybe typing mostly than writing?
I won penmanship awards when I was in middle school. Now my writing is horrible. I do attribute it to mostly typing on a keyboard at work and at home. I can still write nicely if I slow down and concentrate, but I can type about 100 wpm…
Thanks Jenn. I think I’ll do the doodle class then see how I feel. I think I like the cards the prompts are printed on more than the idea of prompts, ha!
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My mother had a teacher in late elementary school who praised her handwriting & then said that several of her previous students had begun with beautiful handwriting & then learned to touch-type & lost it, which is why my mother never learned to touch type.
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