Introduction to Brush Lettering
Developping your Skills with a Brush - Part 1
A course by James Lewis , Lettering Artist
About the video: Developping your Skills with a Brush - Part 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we will go deeper into the learning and practice with the brush. I will paint out the alphabet from the guide sheet and explain the nuances of painting letters.”
In this video lesson James Lewis addresses the topic: Developping your Skills with a Brush - Part 1, 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
“Welcome back. So in this lesson, we're going to be continuing our exploration with the lettering branch. Now, using what we learned in the previous lesson, I'm going to be tasking you once again to be doing as I do, following along as I paint these letter forms. Now, similarly to what we just did in our previous lesson, we want to make sure that we have our palette here. And we have our paintbrush loaded up with paint. So we're just paletting out our brush, making sure there's no excess paint. Now, before I paint, I want to talk a little bit about this font. The reason I chose this font is ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Brush Lettering
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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Hand Lettering, Lettering
James Lewis
A course by James Lewis
James Lewis is a multidisciplinary British artist, specializing in calligraphy and lettering, with clients such as Pepsi, Amazon, Montblanc, the BBC and more. He's well-known on both Instagram and TikTok with a combined following on both apps of over 1.5 million.
He began his career as a digital logotype & lettering designer but slowly transitioned from designer to artist by focusing on calligraphy and painting. His passion for letters, social media understanding, and a handcrafted approach have formed the basis of his career.
James has exhibited his art and taught lettering workshops all around the world.
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