In making figure one, draw the hand toward you with a quick light
motion, sliding on the third and fourth fingers. Uniformity in the
height and slant are the two important points to observe.
The development and application of a lateral oval motion will aid in the
construction of figure two. In making it in class drill a count of three
should be used, thus—one, two, three, one, two, three, etc., or dot,
two, three.
Notice the exercise preceding figure three in lesson sixty-five. The
motion used in that exercise will produce a good figure if properly
applied. One, two, three, or dot, two, three, is the count used. A count
of three is used in figures four and five also, but for figures six,
seven, and nine, use a count of two.
Several lessons should be given to drilling on the figures singly before
grouping them, but as soon as the forms are mastered and the student can
make them at a fair rate of speed, it is best to drill in miscellaneous
order somewhat as follows: 1, 0, 2, 6, 9, 8, 5, 4, 3, 0, 9, 6, 7, 2, 2,
8, 9, 3, 5, 6, 9, 1, 5, 8, 6, 9, 5, 4, 6, 9, 3, 7, 8, etc. No particular
order is necessary, but the aim should be to repeat one as often as
another.