It’s time for 26 Words in Basic Strokes again, word number 19 today – sensitive. 26 Words in Basic Strokes is a video series where I break down one word a day (for 26 days) into its basic calligraphy strokes. I’m keeping it very simple, no flourishes or bouncing, just the basic calligraphy strokes. You can use any brush pen or a soft pencil to follow along (I love practicing with pencil by the way). Grab your tools and practice with me. If you need an overview of the basic strokes, I break them down in the introduction video of this series.

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26 Words in Basic STrokes – Word 19 – sensitive

Hello and welcome back to 26 Words in Basic Strokes.I’m Riëtte and I’m breaking down one word a day for 26 days into the basic calligraphy strokes. We’re keeping it simple, no flourishes and no bouncing. If you need an overview of the basic strokes I break them down in the introduction video of this series. Today we are doing word number 19, sensitive.

We’ll start with an upstroke.

Move on to an s-stroke.

Next we have another upstroke, but this one doesn’t quite reach the x-height.

Now we have a combination of an e-stroke and an overturn stroke. So the e-stroke goes into the overturn stroke.

Next we have a compound curve.

Another s-stroke.

Another upstroke.

An underturn stroke.

A t-stroke.

Next we have a reverse or upside down compound curve where we start with a thick downstroke into a thin upstroke back into a thick downstroke and we’re adding an extra upstroke. So it goes thick down, thin up, thick down, thin up.

A connector dot.

And an e-stroke.

Now let’s connect them.

Upstroke.

S-stroke.

Upstroke.

E-stroke and overturn stroke combination.

Compound curve.

S-stroke.

Upstroke.

Underturn stroke.

T-stroke.

Upside down or reverse compound curve with an extra upstroke.

Connector dot.

And e-stroke.

And remember to cross your “t” and dot the two “i’s”.

And that’s the word “sensitive”.

I would love to see your practice. Tag me on Instagram using #26wordsinbasicstrokes. Thank you so much for watching. I’ll see you tomorrow for word number 20.

PREVIOUS VIDEOS IN THIS SERIEs

1. Introduction and overview
2. Word 1 – amazing
3. Word 2 – beautiful
4. Word 3 – courageous
5. Word 4 – daring
6. Word 5 – encourage
7. Word 6 – faithful
8. Word 7 – gracious
9. Word 8 – happy
10. Word 9 – inspire
11. Word 10 – journey
12. Word 11 – kindness
13. Word 12 – lovely
14. Word 13 – miracle
15. Word 14 – nature
16. Word 15 – original
17. Word 16 – promise
18. Word 17 – quiet
19. Word 18 – remember

Happy Creating!