Brush Lettering

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SKU: 9781849945448
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Create beautiful calligraphy with brushes and brush pens

By Rebecca Cahill Roots

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Brush Lettering by Rebecca Cahill Roots is an engaging guidebook that introduces readers to the art of creating beautiful brush-lettered scripts. The book offers techniques, practical exercises, and creative projects designed to enhance your lettering skills while encouraging personal style development. Its straightforward approach makes it accessible for both beginners and more experienced artists interested in perfecting their craft.
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Format: Hardback

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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the art of brush lettering and enhancing your creative skills. It provides step-by-step guidance for beginners and experienced artists alike, making it perfect for anyone looking to add a personal and artistic touch to their lettering projects. It's a great resource for those passionate about arts and culture who want to create beautiful and expressive designs.

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens, complete with a sumptuous selection of projects.

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A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens, complete with a sumptuous selection of projects.
For the follow-up to her popular book Modern Lettering, calligrapher extraordinaire Rebecca Cahill Roots, AKA Betty Etiquette, concentrates on the area of calligraphy that she's increasingly finding is the most popular: brush lettering. In this quirky and relatable guide, she guides you through how to use

brushes and brush pens to make exquisite letter forms. It's a beautiful, free spirited style that, once you've cracked the basics, you can add your unique personality to. The book is divided by type of media, with each section containing a set of exercises to help you get used to the pen or brush, an alphabet and a set of numbers to copy, and an example quote in the lettering style.

Sections include:

Using ink and brush
Lettering with watercolour
Lettering with gouache
Brush pens
Metallic brush pens

To finish off, there's a selection of pretty and practical projects to make using brush lettering, including sample layouts for bullet journals and celebration cards.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849945448

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 189.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Non-Fiction Rebecca Cahill Roots

About the Author

Rebecca Cahill Roots is an esteemed calligrapher who runs stationery and design studio Betty Etiquette. She teaches workshops in various places including the V&A and Liberty London, as well as creating bespoke stationery and creative commissions for events, marketing and editorial. She is the author of Modern Lettering, also published by Batsford.