Chalkboard Art for Beginners
Sketching Your Design on Paper
A course by Michael Tilley (The Blackboard Artist) , Blackboard and Mural Artist
Joined October 2021
Joined October 2021
About the video: Sketching Your Design on Paper
Overview
“Next, I will demonstrate how to construct, outline, and fill in different letters in a sketch. ”
In this video lesson Michael Tilley (The Blackboard Artist) addresses the topic: Sketching Your Design on Paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Chalkboard Art for Beginners. Learn to create eye-catching blackboard art pieces by combining freehand hand lettering techniques with Molotow paint pens and some illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching Your Design on Paper In this lesson, I will show you how to create your final design using the mood board we did earlier. We'll create a sketch on black A3 card. I'm using a Supracolor pencil, one of the Molotow pens, and a ruler. We'll do a final sketch and then move to the next stage. First of all, from the mural that we'll do here at the studio, I'll draw the space I'm working on and I'll roughly pencil on the outline of it. My piece here is roughly 1.2 m. 1.1 m. Very rough measurements of the space I'm working in. I'm not doing it all the way from top to bottom because it's ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Chalkboard Art for Beginners
-
Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Drawing, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration
Michael Tilley (The Blackboard Artist)
A course by Michael Tilley (The Blackboard Artist)
Michael Tilley is a London-based artist specialized in bespoke blackboard and mural art. While studying at the University for the Creative Arts in Epsom, he discovered his passion for hand-lettering and illustration. Inspired by old film posters, vinyl albums, and other vintage artwork, he combined his skills with his interests and started creating blackboard designs.
Michael’s clients list includes Soho House, Glastonbury, Warner Music, Hilton, Virgin, and Everyman Cinemas, among others. His work can be found in books like Art Class: Hand Lettering, V&A A Maker’s Guide: Calligraphy & Lettering, and Soho House: Morning Noon Night, as well as in a Walker’s TV advertisement.
- 91% positive reviews (11)
- 558 students
- 12 lessons (1h 41m)
- 21 additional resources (9 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
