Creative Doodling and Hand-Lettering for Beginners
A course by Grace Frösén
, Hand-Lettering and Doodle Artist
Transform your sketches into playful postcards through lettering and illustration techniques
- Best seller
- 97% positive reviews (412)
- 12895 students
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
Transform your sketches into playful postcards through lettering and illustration techniques
- 97% positive reviews (412)
- 12895 students
- 16 lessons (3h 18m)
- 16 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
With basic shapes, watercolors, and fine liners, you can create doodles with detail and give a unique touch to letterforms. Hand-lettering and doodle artist Grace Frösén uses her expertise to illustrate everything from printables to washi tape. She collaborates with brands on Instagram and creates personalized workbooks for people who want to try their hand at lettering and drawing.
In this course, Grace gives you the tools you need to turn your thoughts into artwork. Discover the secrets behind the art of doodling and transform your ideas into original postcards.
What will you learn in this online course?
Course table of contents
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U1U1. Introduction
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U2U2. Materials, Warm-up and Brainstorming
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U3U3. Design Elements and Composition
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U4U4. How to Share Your Postcards
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FPFP Final project
Begin by getting to know Grace. She talks through her career in the arts and the influences that have inspired her along the way. Then take a look at what you can expect from the course.
Discover the tools needed and how to use them, from fine liners to gel pens. Then, discover the processes Grace uses to kickstart her creativity. Learn how to use mind mapping and mood boards to define your ideas before delving into color theory and adding effects to your postcards.
Explore different styles of lettering and how you can adapt them to create your own unique style. Then move on to doodles and illustrations. Learn how to create doodles from simple shapes and how to fill a page with different illustrations to create a pattern. Experiment with composition by combining your letters and designs.
To finish the course, Grace gives her advice for sharing your postcards. She discusses how to address an envelope creatively for mailing, as well as how to share them online. Discover her tips for posting on Instagram or even selling your designs.
What is this course's project?
Illustrate three postcards using a variety of design techniques that are ready to be mailed or shared online.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in illustration and hand-lettering or who would like to make their own postcards.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is needed for this course.
You will need black fine liners, metallic gel pens, a pencil, eraser, blank postcards, and other materials specified by the teacher in this course.
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A course by Grace Frösén
Grace Frösén is a self-taught hand-lettering and doodle artist from the Philippines. Growing up, she was always fascinated by letters, typography, and cartoons, but it wasn’t until years later she realized it was a career option. After moving to Finland and beginning her search for a corporate job, she turned to her love for art as a hobby to fill her spare time. From there, she spent time honing her craft through reading and observing others online and eventually started to post her own designs on Instagram in 2016.
Since then, she’s developed an audience of over 260K followers on Instagram, sold her work internationally, and collaborated with clients including Chameleon Art Products, Zoot, UN World Food Programme, and Huawei Mobile.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Materials, Warm-up and Brainstorming
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How to Use the Materials
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Getting the Creative Juices Flowing
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Conquering the Blank Page
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Colour Theory
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U3
Design Elements and Composition
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Lettering 1
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Lettering 2
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Lettering 3
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Doodling and Illustration 1
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Doodling and Illustration 2
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Combining Elements, Style, and Composition 1
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Combining Elements, Style, and Composition 2
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U4
How to Share Your Postcards
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How to Address an Envelope Creatively
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How to Share on Social Media
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How to Sell Your Postcard
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FP
Final project
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The Art of Doodling: Create a Playful Postcard
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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wendeerae
Love the course! Good ideas for doing more with doodles!
muriellux
Cours très intéressant, bien expliqué et riches en exemple. Bravo!
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kylatiller8
Really fun course! I am now doodling every night now to practice thank you!
monicaantelo
We love this course, the step by step process is a great tool to get thoughts on to paper and to develop further ideas. Grace is a lovely teacher, she explains every step clearly and made it so easy to follow. Grace's handouts are a great guide to keep for future project.
liz_carmona_foto
Super divertido y me ayudo mucho en poder animarme y esforzarme en hacer doodles, siempre creo q eran algo muy simple y no, todo tiene su propia magia.
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