Fun with Hand Lettering
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Overview
This “fun with hand-lettering” class is meant to be just that … FUN!
Set your keyboards and tactile surfaces aside for a while. Grab a pencil, some markers, your watercolour palette, maybe some pencil crayons, too — whatever you find on your shelves — and come along with me to discover 12 styles of hand-lettering.
One letter style will have you “in stitches”, other will allow you to “rough it up”. Maybe you’ll like to walk in the steps of a Scottish architect; perhaps you’ll prefer to ride “the waves”.
Intrigued? Then come join the class to discover the twelve letter styles, presented through twelve positive and optimistic phrases in the form of simple projects.
NB : This class is not focused on precision and technique … the goal is to have fun writing and drawing letters.
Completing this course will help you:
- Relax and have some fun while working with 12 different lettering styles
- Develop your own creative versions of the projects included
- Become more comfortable with a variety of colouring media
- Up your positivity just a notch while writing these optimistic sentences
Who is the course for?
This class will appeal to anyone who likes to letter, colour & create, whether you be 7 or 87 years old (or anything in between)!
Since the accent is on “enjoying oneself” as opposed to “drawing perfect letters”, it’s really a “no-stress” course.
Learning Path
There are 12 modules, each one presenting a different lettering style to be used in writing an upbeat, optimistic sentence or phrase. The videos show the steps from sketching, to refining and creating the final piece.
The 12 class projects include:
- Playing It Rough
- Getting Puffy
- Poppin’ Plain
- Making Waves
- In Stitches
- Going Geometric
- Black Letter
- Brushing Up
- Scottish Architect
- Faux Calligraphy
- Flowery
I encourage you to use whatever you have on your shelf or in your drawer! A pencil and eraser are indispensable, as is a waterproof marker (like a Sharpie) and some good quality paper (like watercolour paper, cut into sheets measuring 15 x 20 cm).
For colouring the projects, I used different types of markers (Copics, Sharpies …), pencil crayons and watercolours.
- Here, the rule is that … there are really no rules!
- Like colouring mandalas, hand-lettering can be a relaxing, almost meditative experience
- The hand-lettered pieces produced may be used as small, easy-to-mail gifts
The modules may be done in any order, so if one style appeals to you more than another, start with that one! (Or, maybe like the cherry on a cake, you’ll want to save that one for last!)
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