Calligraphy Class

Every Wednesday I was in calligraphy class. Calligraphy class was fun. I enjoyed having Mrs. Saum as a teacher. We learned many different styles of calligraphy. She taught us Roman,Italic, Uncial and many more. Calligraphy is used in making Christmas cards, wedding invitations and many other things. Mrs. Saum showed us how to do each of these different styles of writing. She helped with the positioning of the letters.

Calligraphy is difficult to learn. Many of the students in the class were very good. Some people may just be naturals at this style of writing. The different hands make the card or invite look different. Some of the hands were easier to learn then others. Roman was one of the easier hands because it almost looked like basic printing but on the other hand uncial was one of the harder ones. Uncial is also known as the holy hand. Uncial was difficult because of certain letters can make the whole hand tricky.

Calligraphy is a great style of writing for some people but for others it may be difficult. Calligraphy is a beautiful way to write. Some books may even use calligraphy in the first letter of the chapter. These are called versals. These letters are hard to write. The versals make the book look great. The Roman hand is pretty simple but it can also look very pretty. I liked doing Roman only because it was simple but looked great! I hope to use calligraphy again sometime but I don't know when I would use it. I'm glad I got put in calligraphy and got to learn this style writing. Thank you Mrs. Saum for teaching! Calligraphy was a great class and I will miss it.

Emily Turbett, Freshman