Lettering

  • Lettering Basics

    Basic Hand Lettering Supplies

      Lettering supplies can be simple or complicated. There are so many options to choose from, and each lettering site you visit will have their preferences. If you’re a beginner, start simple. There’s plenty of time to jump into the truckload of tool options later. For now, grab a brush pen and a pencil. A good eraser doesn’t hurt and some graph paper. Just work on form and give your muscles some practice. I know it’s tempting to go buy all of those pretty color options. I had to hold myself back when I started. Funds don’t stretch forever and I don’t like to have things I don’t use laying…

  • Blog,  Project Ideas

    Your Style in Letters

    Your Style in Letters I love to make letters stretch beyond verbal meanings into visual impact. In this project, I’ll show you how I incorporate style and personality into a name, my name. As you work through the project, it will impact you most if you use your name and process your own style and personality. Let’s get that left side of your brain mingling with the right side. 1. I like to think before I ink, or thINk, so I started this project with a mind map. I wrote down any word that came to mind that describes me or my style. I jotted my mind map in a…

  • Blog,  Lettering,  Watercolor and Ink

    Make it Yours

    Something happens inside of me when I decide to step out and own something. At that point, I know I’m committed to the idea or project. I decide what that something means to me, how it will impact or change my life and what will become of it.   This can happen with art too. As I cultivate curiosity and see things through my perspective of the world. I intentionally see things around me. I invest in seeing.   Then, when I put what I see to paper, I move thought to action. I invest in ability, I invest in style and I even invest in you as you see…