LEARNING A NEW CRAFT
In January of 2017, I started an online modern calligraphy course with thehappyevercrafter.com Becca Courtice is a local girl (local to me) and she had us begin with practicing drills, which lasted about 4 weeks, then on to minuscules, majuscules, connections and now stylized and bounce lettering. I cant wait to see what comes next! I have been alternating between a flex fountain pen (Noodler Ahab is my pen of choice, (seen above), dip pens, brush pens, acrylic paint, and digital. (seen below) SOOOOOO much fun! Head on over to Special Occasion Signs for more examples.
The 3d
exercise using 2 vanishing points. I really loved this one!!!
This was the ribbon letter class, it was fun too! I think I could improve upon it now that I have a little more experience!
Putting
some lettering experience to good use! a mockup for a future product...resin perhaps??
I was not thrilled with the final product here, but again, it was just an exercise and I did learn a lot!!
Another possible future product
However, this one I did LOVE!! Photo courtesy of Janeen Wagemans!!
Done on a record!! Love it and could possibly become a product line! Uniball Signo white pen.
And possibly my fave so far!!!!
The exercise here was" Lettering Within a Shape" Had fun with this one!!
Some Fun and Easy Fonts
We won't go to crazy here, just a couple of easy ones and a few suggestions. Once you build up your confidence you can get creative...use social media sites as sources of inspiration!
Also head on over to the Special Occasion Signs page...its chalk lettering, but there are some fun fonts to play with. Just remember, even if you find a font that is not complete, just be consistent...what the left vertical line does in the letter A, will be the same for the left vertical line in the letter M. The horizontal line in E will resemble the horizontal line in H and so on.
What an upper and lower case Header might look like using this font.
Now lets add it to a banner
