How to Hand Letter / Ebooks / Beginning Lettering

Wow, what a different landscape we are in now huh? I have been super busy however as there were so many pet projects that I had before we had to shelter in place here in Chicago.

I’m offering a free brush lettering class hosted on my YouTube (more on that later) and I also managed to create a great resource on lettering! Hand Lettering 101…

This eBook was a labor of LOVE! I taught a hand lettering class and this little digital companion was based off of the physical classroom text. I thought it would be friendlier to someone learning at home. Its got the basics, terminology, an equipment list and more! Great for the beginner and there is no excuse not to get started after this one! Check it out!

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Hand Lettering Basics Workshop

I can’t wait to teach it again. We went over how to approach lettering, the passion that you need to have about WHAT you are lettering… Short quotes, longer quotes, design solutions, etc.

I’m supposed to be teaching it again on May 2nd at a local library but with the social distancing that’s going on right now, I’m not sure if that will actually happen. Fingers crossed! I’ll also be releasing some freebies from this resource soon its so jam packed with info!

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Ahhh, a labor of LOVE! I taught my first (well really second) hand lettering class! I taught a holiday hand lettering class right before Christmas last year but it wasn’t laser focused on just lettering it was actually more about the “decor” and design elements that scream “holiday!”

THIS class I really wanted to simply say things that I hadn’t really heard in the classes that I previously audited but thought they should really KNOW! That’s it. That was my goal in putting together the guide and teaching the course.

Intro to Brush Lettering at Delish Cakes

I taught an Intro to Brush Lettering class at Delish Cakes in Bloomingdale, IL! Such a wonderful experience, I showed students how to work with both fine line brush pens as well as Tombows!

Alicia and her staff even went as far as trying to duplicate some fonts I wrote out with a piping bag, it was amazing!

Thanks for having me guys, hope to be back soon!

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Benefits of Joining a Pencil Lettering Challenge

I recently joined the pencil lettering challenge by Threeologie on Instagram. I LOVE lettering in pencil so this challenge was right up my alley! Using fine line ink pens for me sometimes ruins what I’ve done in pencil. I’m sure that will change with more practice, but definitely don’t want to stop honing my graphite skills in the meantime.

A lot of accomplished letterers use mechanical leads that you can place in holders or even just Blackwing or Ticonderoga pencils but I like the graphite pencils that go from a hard grade (H) to a softer grade (B).

Here are some of the things I created from the challenge so far!

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Benefits of pencil lettering:

• Depending on what kind of pencil you use, you can recognize dark and light values and influence what you are doing by simply applying pressure

• Pencil lettering will teach you a lot about values (lights, darks and contrast)

• SO much detail can be achieved by ONLY using a pencil…

• Lettering on iPads is amazing however you will realize that there is no greater feeling of control than actually putting a pencil to paper

Hashtags to use: #pencillettering #letteringinpencil #analoglettering #pencilletteringpractice #pencilletters #pencilletteringart #pencilletteringchallenge

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Lettering Love by CT on Pinterest

I have FINALLY gotten on Pinterest and there are so many hand lettered goodies on the medium its hard to keep up. Follow me when you can. I'm slowly, slowly building my "lettering" vs. "calligraphy" following!