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
“Welcome back. So in this lesson, we're going to be preparing our canvas, ready to paint the logo. As you can see, we're going to be painting the Coca-Cola logo. And as we previously learned, a lot of the logos that are famous and well-known today would have started off as calligraphy and have gone through a hand-lettering process, which results in these sort of geometric shapes and these intersects here. So using the brush techniques that I taught you in a previous lesson, I'm going to be showing you how to create and paint this more unorthodox lettering. Before we do that, I just want to t...”
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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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