Gouache Techniques for Illustration
Adding Hand Lettering
A course by Emma Block , Illustrator
About the video: Adding Hand Lettering
Overview
“Adding hand lettering to your work is a great way to give it that extra touch, especially if you want to turn your paintings into postcards and posters. Here I will show you how to add fun hand lettering, which can be edited digitally.”
In this video lesson Emma Block addresses the topic: Adding Hand Lettering, which is part of the Domestika online course: Gouache Techniques for Illustration. Use your sketchbook as a canvas to explore different colors, textures, and brushstrokes using gouache paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Adding Hand Lettering In this lesson, we'll take our edited image and add hand lettering so it could be used as a postcard or greetings card. I often add hand lettering to my work and I tend to do the lettering separately. Then we can play around with the design in Photoshop. I imagine for me and most people, hand lettering directly on the original painting would be scary. I like to letter using Indian ink, a paintbrush and plain old printer paper. Then, I can have a go writing the word or phrase a few times. Don't feel intimidated if you've never done hand lettering. You can use a paintb...”
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Course summary for: Gouache Techniques for Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Emma Block
A course by Emma Block
Emma Block is a multidisciplinary illustrator, teacher, and author living in London. She began drawing and painting at a young age and started freelancing at just 17 years old, selling her work online and licensing designs to greetings card companies. Emma later completed a national diploma in art and design and set up a blog showcasing her work online. She then went on to study for a BA in illustration and, during her final year, was approached by a publisher to illustrate her first book, Tea and Cake.
Since then, Emma has worked with clients in publishing, editorial illustration, branding, and beyond, including Penguin Random House, Hatchet Publishing, Mollie Makes, Stylistic Magazine, Airbnb, and Etsy. She’s also written multiple books, The Joy of Watercolor, Getting Started with Gouache, Slow Travel Journal: The Small Delights of Going Away, and Watercolor Life. Emma has taught hundreds of people how to paint through her workshops and aims to bring joy to people’s lives through her illustrations that are filled with color and texture.
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