Introduction to Brush Lettering
Logo Painting Preparation
A course by James Lewis , Lettering Artist
About the video: Logo Painting Preparation
Overview
“In this lesson I’ll introduce you to the process I undergo prior to painting the logo. This includes: drawing the logo, tracing it onto the canvas, and preparing the canvas with gesso.”
In this video lesson James Lewis addresses the topic: Logo Painting Preparation, 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
“Logo Painting Preparation Welcome back. In this lesson we'll prepare our canvas ready to paint the logo. As you can see, we'll paint the Coca-Cola logo. As you previously learned, many logos that are famous today were started off as calligraphy and went through a hand lettering process which results in these geometric shapes and this intersect here. Using the brush technique that I taught you previously, I'll show you how to create and paint this more unorthodox lettering. Before we do that, we'll talk about the materials that we have at hand. First of all we have our paint, that we used ea...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Brush Lettering
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
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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