Brush Lettering from A to Z: A Fun and Comprehensive Guide to Creating Modern Calligraphy with a Brush Pen Brush Lettering from A to Z: A Fun and Comprehensive Guide to Creating Modern Calligraphy with a Brush Pen Hardcover
Go from brush lettering basics to its amazing possibilities!
Start with staple strokes that are the foundation of brush lettering, then progress to forming letters, words, and finished pieces.
Learn different lettering styles and how to combine them.
Pick up tips and tricks for embellishing your lettering and arranging your words to create maximum impact.
Experiment with advanced techniques and tools such as flourishing, ''fauxligraphy,'' depth effects, watercolor, paint brushes, and more.
Finally, try out your newfound skills on a bunch of awesome brush lettering projects to create for friends and family, or simply to keep for yourself.
You'll be wielding your brush pen like a pro in no time!
Full color throughout.
Book measures 7-1/2'' wide x 9-1/2'' high.
176 pages.
Product Specifications
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. (June 1, 2018)
Language: English
Hardcover: 160 pages
ISBN-10: 144132707X
ISBN-13: 978-1441327079
Item Weight: 1.44 pounds
Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.9 x 9.7 inches
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Brush Lettering from A to Z
A Fun and Comprehensive Guide to Creating Modern Calligraphy with a Brush Pen
From brush lettering basics to its amazing possibilities...learn and practice right within the pages of this interactive guide!
A fun and thorough introduction
Perfect for anyone who's seen brush-lettered art and wondered how it's done.
Learn different lettering styles and how to combine them.
This interactive book contains plenty of practice space in which to hone your skills!
Smooth-finish paper is perfect for your brush pen!
Please note: Brush pen not included.
Start with the basics
Start with staple strokes that are the foundation of brush lettering, then progress to forming letters, words, and finished pieces.
Pick up tips and tricks for embellishing your lettering and arranging your words to create maximum impact.
Experiment with advanced techniques and tools
Discover the magic of:
Flourishing
''Fauxligraphy''
Depth effects
Watercolor
Paint brushes
And so much more!
Finally, try out your newfound skills with ideas for awesome brush lettering projects!
You'll be wielding your brush pen like a pro in no time!
Contents:
Introduction • Brush Lettering Basics • Materials • Getting Started • Staple Strokes • The Alphabet • Forming Words • Numbers and Symbols • Advanced Techniques • What Next? • Help • Acknowledgments • About the Author
About the author:
Author Emma Witte, the founder and Chief Pen Wizard of Black Chalk Collective, a modern calligraphy and lettering studio based in Melbourne, Australia, dedicates much of her time to teaching others how to unleash their inner artist, all while having a bit of fun. Emma is a firm believer that anyone and everyone can create beautiful art with a little time, patience, and perseverance.
About Brush Lettering from A to Z:
Step-by-step techniques for brush lettering.
Use advanced techniques for maximum impact.
Includes tips on selecting art materials.
Inspiring full-color photos and illustrations throughout!
In 1928, at the age of twenty-two, Peter Beilenson began printing books on a small press in the basement of his parents’ home in Larchmont, New York. Peter—and later, his wife, Edna—sought to create fine books that sold at ''prices even a pauper could afford.''
Today, still family owned and operated, Peter Pauper Press continues to honor our founders’ legacy—and our customers’ expectations—of beauty, quality, and value.
Image: Peter Pauper Press headquarters, circa 1948.