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The Art of Watercolor Lettering

A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Modern Calligraphy and Lettered Art
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The Art of Watercolor Lettering by Kelly Klapstein is a comprehensive guide to creating beautiful modern lettering using watercolor paints. Starting with the fundamentals such as selecting paints, brushes, and paper preparation, it takes you through essential strokes and warm-ups. The book explores a variety of lettering styles, from traditional to modern, and introduces creative techniques like blending ombres and rainbows, pictorial letterforms, and mixing mediums. Additional chapters show how to enhance your work with handpainted backgrounds and simple illustrations, helping you develop a unique artistic style.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for art enthusiasts, lettering hobbyists, and creative individuals wishing to explore or deepen their skills in watercolor calligraphy and modern letter art. Beginners and intermediate learners alike will find the clear instruction and inspiring techniques accessible and motivating.

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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.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Learn to letter beautifully with watercolour. In this stunning follow-up to her highly praised and influential first book, The Art of Brush Lettering, lettering expert and workshop instructor Kelly Klapstein (popular on Instagram as @kellycreates) shares her secrets for mastering the essential techniques for creating lovely modern lettering and calligraphy with watercolour.

Start with the basics, from choosing paints, brushes, and other supplies to preparing your paper for painting. Learn to handle watercolour paints with essential strokes and warm-ups. Explore painting letterforms in a variety of styles, from traditional to modern.

Try a range of creative techniques, including blending ombres and rainbows, creating pictorial letterforms, and combining watercolour with other mediums. Enhance your lettering with special touches by complementing it with hand-painted backgrounds and simple illustrations.

With The Art of Watercolor Lettering, you'll learn how to master the mediumβ€”and how to go with the watercolour flowβ€”to create one-of-a-kind lettered art and calligraphy that reflect your unique personal style.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631597800

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 October 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Quarry Books

Illustration: 250 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 144

About the Author

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. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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