The Art of Whimsical Lettering
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (532 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620330741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
After an overview of Joanne's favorite tools and surfaces, take a peek into Joanne's personal lettering journal to discover how you too can collect inspiration, hone your lettering skills, and tap into your natural creativity. Joanne then demonstrates twenty art techniques for creating a variety of lettering styles using many different tools. A "font" of information on lettering styles!The Art of Whimsical Lettering is an artful instruction book on creating stylized fonts and expressive artwork with personal handwriting skills. Author Joanne Sharpe shows you how to create exuberant and personalized writing styles for your artwork–whether it be a journal, canvas art, or other projects that use text. Joanne also teaches you how to turn prosaic lettering into page art itself, merging text into illustration, or ornamenting words with decorative drawings.. She provides you with fifteen basic alphabets, ranging from simple pen-and-ink renditions to increasingly elaborated texts that reference calligraphy, vintage fonts, and doodle art, among other styles
"Everything I ever hoped for and more!" according to A. Hamilton. I stalked the ups driver, I counted the days, I checked my email daily and when it finally arrived I tried to consume all the delicious information in one day but alas, it is so packed full of information, instruction and beautiful art I had to slow down and savor it.If you are looking for a beautifully illu. "Less about lettering than about mixed media techniques" according to Malinut. Although I enjoyed this book, it wasn't what the description and reviews implied. I was looking for a book to basically learn about lettering techniques, brushstrokes, alphabets and fonts, etc. I've been practicing from YouTube and pinterest, but I learn best from books. This book has very little lettering i. "I got my book and am doing a happy dance" according to Denise. Love the format, illustrations and instruction. This book is fun. I tried calligraphy and it wad too rigid for me. This is playful and perfect.
This book is a must have!" --No Excuses Art with Gina Rossi Armfield. That is what is terrific about this book. She makes artistic alphabets with ink, marker, and watercolor that will inspire you to dig right in and start creating. Listen, everyone can doodle!!!!" --SUCH-Designs"There are so many suggestions in the book that I found it hard to pinpoint particular areas that were the most useful. There is so much in the book that offers advice like this that there is no doubt that you will finish reading the book bursting with ideas on how to tackle lettering and writing artistically." --Workshop on the Web"This book is a fun and easy way to pump up your lettering. There's an incredible amount of instruction and encouragement in its pages for the reader to draw upon while learning how to develop their own whimsical lettering style." --