The Art Craft Of Hand Lettering

Thanks to the guidance of an experienced calligraphy teacher, anyone can add a touch of elegance to invitations, handwritten poems, and a variety of surfaces. Annie Cicale provides a complete, easy-to-follow course in the art of beautiful writing and an attractive resource filled with breathtaking images. She'll guide your pen as you master broad-pen alphabets, including classic uncial, Roman, and italic caps, as well as playful, invented styles with added variations. Seventeen projects include a traditional certificate with decorative contrasts and flourishes; journals, scrapbooks, and even a colorful silk-screened pillow.

Can add a personal touch or professional finish to beautiful handcrafted work -- but making the letters is often an area of struggle for even the most gifted crafter. In this useful guidebook, you'll find simple instructions, practical tools, and traceable templates for crafters seeking to embellish their work with the power of words. Here are approachable, easy-to-learn calligraphy secrets that don't require hours of practice, along with practical lettering advice for the range of crafts surfaces, from paper and fabric, to glass and wood. Romantic, Modern, Decorative, and Vintage lettering offers a universe of choices -- practical applications on everything from frames and clocks, to lamp shades, plates, and journals provide wonderful crafting inspiration. Book jacket.

Bring your letters to life. The Art of Words starts with the basics (what tools and papers to use, how to form various types of letters) and then encourages you to experiment with creating your own style. This book is practical and informative with examples from the author and blank pages for practicing lettering using the styles shown. It also includes pages to color and pages with designs that allow you to put your new lettering skills to use.

The Art of Hand Lettering for Beginners offers the largest collection of tutorials, alphabets, and projects to add unique style to everything you create. Hand lettering is a personal style--and only YOU can make it your own. The Art of Hand Lettering for Beginners is the ultimate guide to learn essential techniques and create unique projects with your signature style. Invitations, signs, personal notes, tote bags, and more--this hand lettering guide offers 20 DIY projects for you to try. Complete with a step-by-step guide to basic hand lettering techniques and 8 sample alphabets, The Art of Hand Lettering for Beginners encourages you explore and experiment as you find your own artistic style and personal print. The Art of Hand Lettering for Beginners gives the tools you need to master the craft of hand lettering, with: 8 sample alphabets (4 cursive, 4 print) that offer stroke-by-stroke instruction and space to practice. 20 projects that include thank-you cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, bunting, envelope liners, place cards, and more! Create your own alphabet that provides guidance for personalizing your style with tips for incorporating different moods and tones for variety. For weddings, birthdays, or just because--make whatever you create personal with The Art of Hand Lettering for Beginners.

Step-by-step instructions lead readers from beginning to advanced skills, covering both pen and brush lettering. Scores of examples illustrate chapters on italic, gothic, script, and block styles of lettering.

Take a look around and you'll notice beautiful hand lettering is almost everywhere: from shop façades and menus to websites, product packaging, and birthday cards. In Art Class: Hand Lettering, you'll learn how to master three popular lettering crafts: • Modern calligraphy • Brushwork scripts • Blackboard letter art Each section is presented by an expert artist, who introduces you to their own aspect of this craft and showcases a range of different scripts for you to practise right here on the pages of this book. You'll be amazed at how professional your own personalised, hand-drawn lettering can look.

Take your hand lettering off the page to create beautiful, custom lettered signs, t-shirts, pillows, coffee mugs, gifts and more. Amy Latta’s bestselling hand lettering books have proven that the hand lettering trend is here to stay, and in this book, she shows readers how to turn their hand lettering into usable art! Amy created this new beginner-friendly guide to teach you step by step how to letter on any material you want so you can transform your home with your own signature style. Whether you want to copy Amy’s designs letter for letter or follow her handy tips to customize your art to match your mood, this book has everything you need to work on canvas, wood, mirrors and anything else you can think of! Perfect for beginners and those looking to take their lettering to the next level, this workbook helps you practice and test lettering your designs on the high-quality art paper before creating your Instagram-worthy, practical art piece that you can then wear, hang, use or gift to your loved ones!

The Art of Brush Lettering offers a meditative approach to learning all the facets of lettering with brush pens.