Introduction to Brush Lettering

Overview

“First you’ll need to practice calligraphy. We will be using brush lettering, so please download the guidelines and practice this brush lettering. The guides will form a solid foundation for creating the logotype. I’ll talk about how to: hold the brush pen, about the different strokes, about the rules and when to break them. ”

In this video lesson James Lewis addresses the topic: An introduction to Brush Lettering - The Brush Pen, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Brush Lettering. Learn how to use brush pens and lettering brushes to create letters, words, and phrases.

Partial transcription of the video

“An Introduction to Brush Lettering Welcome back. In this lesson I'll be showing you through the basics of brush lettering using a brush pen. We'll use this to understand the fundamentals of how a letter form is constructed using basic strokes. Then we'll take that knowledge and understanding into using our chiselled brush and then we'll go through the alphabet in a future lesson. So let's get started. By now, you would've printed out the brush lettering sheet here and we'll be turning on to the front page. Now, when we're using this booklet, we don't want to get any pen or paint on the pape...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Brush Lettering

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (75)
• 3022 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 28m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering