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LifestyleArts & CraftsLettering

Laid-Back Lettering

For Urban Sketching, Journaling, & Everyone with Terrible Handwriting
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.2 (6 ratings)
22 students
Created by Amy Stewart
Last updated 12/2020
English
English [Auto]

What you'll learn

  • How to use rulers and guides to plan your lettering
  • How to make interesting lettering using your own handwriting
  • How to make simple letter shapes with watercolor brushes
  • How to choose and draw a unique font style with no practice!

Requirements

  • Beginning drawing skills

Description

If you want to add more artistic, colorful, dramatic lettering to your sketchbooks, journals, and artwork, but you don't want to put in the hours it takes to really perfect a hand-lettering style, this class is for you!

I love all the beautiful brush pen and modern calligraphy styles I see all over Instagram, but filling out practice sheets and trying to learn upstrokes and downstrokes felt too much like work for me.

So I developed an approach to lettering that I could do without a ton of practice, using more or less my own handwriting and the art supplies I already carry with me.

In this class, I’ll show you how to work with pencil, pen, marker, and watercolor to create visually interesting letters using the same approach to drawing and painting you already use in your art.

I’ll work from examples of the styles I like to use, that fit my personality and my artwork, but I’ll also show you how to find the styles that work for your tastes and interests.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning and intermediate artists

Instructor

Amy Stewart
New York Times Bestselling Author & Artist
Amy Stewart
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 210 Reviews
  • 855 Students
  • 18 Courses

I'm the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and Girl Waits with Gun. I've been a full-time author for twenty years, and in that time my books have sold over a million copies worldwide and been translated into 17 languages.

I love talking to writers and artists, and bonding over the creative process. I started teaching so that I can inspire others to take the leap.

I believe that writing, drawing, and painting are all teachable skills. Forget about talent--it doesn't exist, and you don't need it. With some quality instruction and lots of practice, any of us can make meaningful, honest, and unique art and literature.

When I'm not writing or traveling on book tour, I'm painting and drawing in ink, watercolor, gouache, and oil. Come find me on my website or on Instagram to stay connected.

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