Introduction to Brush Lettering

Overview

“In this lesson we will begin with the basic strokes with the paintbrush. I will show examples and demonstrate each of them myself. You’ll begin practicing with the brush and understanding how to use it.”

In this video lesson James Lewis addresses the topic: Beginning with a Brush, 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

“Beginning with a Brush Welcome back. Now that we have a good understanding of brush lettering, we'll move on to looking at the brush itself. We've done brush pens, we're moving on to the chiselled edge brush. Now, before we get started with painting letters, we need to select the correct brush for our letter strokes. Here we have a number 5 brush, as you can see the edge is very chiselled. A new brush, you can see is not very messy. I've got another brush here that's a size 6, the size up. You can see there's a big change here, a very much well-used brush. We're going to put the brush on to...”

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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