The letter βdβ had me working for it AGAIN. πβοΈ
(Left) This is my letter βdβ practice sheet from last week Aug. 13. (Right) This is my letter "dβ practice sheet from yesterday, Aug. 21.
The letter "d" made work for it again but this time, I did it. No more bobble head letter "d". I'm so happy. What has changed? I watch my instructor, Becca's video writing the letter "d" 15 times at slow speed, I mean frame by frame. I watched her hand placements with the pen. I was leaving too wide of a gap for the upstroke to connect to the oval and the same with the I guess we can call it the "l" loop to the oval.
My ovals were too big because I didn't have the upstroke and the "l" loop aligned correctly. This caused the bobble head effect. I was able to see precisely at a slow speed what I was doing wrong and able to correct my mistakes.
I put the practice video from last week with this week so you can see exactly what I'm talking about. Now that I can write the letter "d", next up is the letter "e", which I had a very hard time writing.
Never underestimate the power of simply refusing to quit. One more page, one more stroke, one more practice session can change everything. Keep goingβyour breakthrough may be closer than you realize. I believe tomorrow, I will have that breakthrough with the letter "e".