Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Playing Small Quote by Nelson Mandela
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls.
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I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Video Demos of Brushy Numbers
Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about practicing those brush skills on numbers. Below, you’ll find video clips showing how to use a waterbrush on numerals.
In these videos, I’m using a Pentel Aquash Waterbrush in Medium with the Artist Loft Watercolor palette from Michael’s (similar palette here) and the jumbo sized practice pages from the Brush Letter Practice Guide.
Watch the video playlist below to see all the numbers in action.
(click here to watch on YouTube directly)
Click to Tweet: Learn to brush letter numbers with @randomoliveblog with this video playlist!
Ready to get practicing? Get the downloadable, printable, traceable Brush Letter Practice Guide.
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Irreplaceable Quote by Coco Chanel
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls.
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I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Listers Gotta List: February 2015
One quick and easy way to document your life is list journaling. This has been around the internet for awhile (examples: 30 Days of Lists, 52 Lists from Moorea Seal, and possibly others!). Cori (aka TheResetGirl) created a challenge called ListersGottaList and she provides prompts for people to journal in list format.
I’m going with an all-digital format for documenting my lists. (Since I’m a digital scrapbooker, of course)
My supplies for list journaling:
- Brush lettered elements (my own lettering, digitized and converted into stamps)
- Assorted journaling cards from digital Project Life kits
- Elements from digital scrapbooking kits (most often by Scotty Girl Design)
What I’m skipping:
- Numbering the prompts.
- Because I skip the prompts I don’t enjoy! I realized that it’s supposed to be fun, not a standardized test. It’s ok to skip the questions! It’s so much less pressure to answer the stuff I want to and skip the ones that are annoying to answer.
What I plan to do with all my layouts:
- Multiple lists per page.
- Right now, I’m thinking I’ll get them printed as a 12×12 book.
Hope you enjoyed seeing my layouts. To see other awesome lists, check out the #ListersGottaList tag on Instagram.
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Starting Today Quote by Karen Lamb
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls.
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I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
March Brush Letter Practice Challenge
Showcase your brush lettering skills and get to know other who share your love for brush lettering.
How to join the challenge for free:
- Download and/or print the prompt graphic for this month.
- Post this graphic on Instagram or Twitter to let us know you’re joining along.
- Every day, share a picture or video of your brush lettering on Instagram, Twitter or Periscope using the hashtag #brushletterpracticechallenge.
- Check out other awesome people using the hashtag and leave them some likes and comments!
Download and Pin the graphic below!
Click to tweet: I’m joining @randomoliveblog this month for the #brushletterpracticechallenge. Find out more at http://bit.ly/blpchallenge
How about some extra guidance?
I’ve created a set of traceables to help you practice all of this month’s prompts.
Downloadable, printable, traceable pages to get your brushy letters looking smooth. Also comes with extra lined paper.
Looking for the original Brush Letter Practice Guide with over 250 printable pages and a structured 45-day practice schedule? Click here.
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Battle Quote by Goff
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls.
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I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Tutorial: Putting Together a Polished Lettering Piece in Photoshop Elements
With your newfound lettering skills, you’re interested in putting together your favorite quote as a piece of art. (You may also be wondering how I put together quotes like I do here)
I use a mix of physical and digital techniques. Letters and words are created on paper and then all the composition and color is added digitally. I’ll show you how I put it all together here.
Part 1: Letter on Paper
I’m lettering the phrase: “insert your favorite quote here” with black sumi ink that I’ve filled into a Pentel Aquash Waterbrush in Medium (affiliate link).
First thing to tell you. I do not compose the words on paper. I letter each word separately with the intent to cut it up and re-organize it in the computer.
Why? I know myself. I have a touch of perfectionism and I’d be totally unrelaxed and locked up if I knew it wasn’t just a draft. Also, if I mess up the spacing or spelling of one of the words, I can just letter that small portion again.
I also know that I letter big. It’s my way of getting smooth lines. So a standard letter-sized sheet of paper doesn’t have much room to play. Longer quotes or saying will often take up 2 to 4 sheets of paper to fit all my lettering.
This page gets to sit and dry for a few hours while I go eat a snack or a meal and watch TV.
When I come back to it, I scan at 600 dpi on grayscale using my Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Scanner
Part 2: Separate the Words from the Background
The next part is to separate the lettering from the white background. I like to use this process to keep the translucency of the letters – it keeps a brushy texture when layered over photos and other backgrounds.
I’m using Photoshop Elements 11 for this process.
Rotate the image.
Convert to RGB color.
Use levels to make sure the white is really white and the black is dark.
Convert the background layer to an editable layer.
Add a layer mask to the layer.
Select all and copy your lettering.
Paste your lettering into the layer mask.
Invert the layer mask.
Simplify layer.
And the white background is totally gone! You can now see the checkerboard pattern, which means it’s all empty pixels.
Use levels to make sure the black are dark again.
Part 3: Slice
When cutting the words apart, I put each word on its own layer. This will make it easy to move things around and rotate if necessary. Knowing that I was going to cut apart the words, I make sure to leave sufficient white space in my lettering stage.
Select the word using the rectangular marquee tool.
Right click.
Layer by cut.
Repeat for each word.
Avoid the word that was an error.
Hide the original layer.
Now each word is on its own layer to be able to manipulate.
Part 4: Compose
I use the move tool to click and drag the words to the ideal position. You can also turn on the gridlines to better see if things are aligned and then rotate any words that are crooked. I also like turning on a guideline in the center of the page to make sure things are centered.
After moving things around to my liking, I’ll crop down and save as a PNG file.
Part 5: Create Your Final Print Size and Add Color
Open a new document with the final print size you want to create. In this case, we’re creating an 4×4 print.
Resize your PNG file to fit.
Drag in your PNG file.
If you wanted a simple black and white print, you’re done here.
To add a solid color, create a new layer and fill it with whichever color you choose.
Clip the color layer to your lettering layer.
To add a watercolor effect, create a new layer and fill it with a watercolor pattern.
Clip the pattern layer to your lettering layer.
I have a variety of watercolor effects in my collection from Nicky Laatz and MakeMediaCo. (The Mammoth! Watercolour Kit, Give Me Watercolour Textures Quick!, The Ultimate Watercolor Bundle – affiliate links)
And that’s it!
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Discontent Quote by Edison
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls.
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I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Let’s get lettering with actual letters!
Ready to see some letters in action?
In these videos, I’m using a Pentel Aquash Waterbrush (affiliate link) in Medium with the Artist Loft Watercolor palette from Michael’s (similar palette here – affiliate link) and the jumbo sized practice pages from the Brush Letter Practice Guide.
Watch the video playlist below to see all the letters in action.
(click here to watch on YouTube directly)
Click to Tweet: Learn to brush letter lowercase letters with @randomoliveblog with this video playlist!
Ready to get practicing? Get the downloadable, printable, traceable Brush Letter Practice Guide.
