The Art of Watercolor Lettering offers detailed tutorials on hand lettering and calligraphy that gently guide readers through the process of lettering with a potentially challenging medium, teaching them to letter artfully and mindfully.
The Art of Watercolor Lettering offers detailed tutorials on hand lettering and calligraphy that gently guide readers through the process of lettering with a potentially challenging medium, teaching them to letter artfully and mindfully.
The author of The Art of Brush Lettering (Quarry Books, 2017), Kelly Klapstein is the founder and owner of KellyCreates, an online provider of instruction and inspiration for brush lettering. After a decade of teaching high school English, along with writing and developing curriculum, Kelly now runs her site and lettering business full time. She is also a designer and writer for Creative Scrapbooker magazine, and travels and teaches workshops around the world, sharing her love of lettering with a global creative community. Her lettering product line, manufactured and distributed by American Craft, was launched in December 2017 and is available in Michaels and many other retailers. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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INTRODUCTION My watercolor journey & the beauty of watercolor lettering • 8
1 WHAT YOU’LL NEED Essential supplies: paints, brushes, paper & more • 11
2 GETTING STARTED Working with color, how to hold a brush, making swatches & warm-up exercises • 27
3 IN LOVE WITH LETTERS Typography & lettering styles • 41
4 COLOR PLAY Techniques & projects for creating with color • 55
5 CREATIVE TECHNIQUES Creating & enhancing lettering with watercolor pencils, brush pens & other tools • 77
6 DREAMY DESIGNS Painting quotes, adding designs & other special touches • 89
7 TRACE & LEARN Alphabet exemplars, words & quotes for lettering projects • 103
Acknowledgments • 143 About the Author • 143 Index • 144
