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.
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Survival Quote by Charles Darwin
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!
Ten ways to add variety to your brush lettering
If you’ve been practicing your brush lettering, you might be starting to think of ways to get creative and add variety to your style. I have a list of ten examples here to get you started on some ideas.
This is your typical style with consistent use of thicks and thins within the letter forms and keeping a consistent baseline with the words.
Here we start to play with the baseline a bit to exaggerate those curves and get a playful feel to the letters.
Go at an angle with all your letters. You can use this with a consistent baseline or with a bouncy baseline.
Go tall and narrow with this style. Exaggerate the height of your letters and bring them closer together.
Thicker and shorter is the name of the game here.
Flourishes are not my strong suit, but they can add an extra swirly touch.
Set the letters relatively farther apart from each other than you usually would.
Keep your brush pressure steady to try to make all the lines thin in your letters.
Same idea as the delicate monoline, but we’re also adding a bouncy baseline.
This one’s not a script at all and takes some practice to form totally different letter shapes.
Experiment with all the styles and mix them up to see which ones you enjoy the most. Participating in a lettering challenge will give you plenty of excuses to try them all out. Check out the monthly Brush Letter Practice Challenge here.
How did you put that digital scrapbook page together?
I’m a huge fan of colorful scrapbooking supplies. They totally fit in with the whole bright and colorful aesthetic that I have going on here.
But… Sometimes even a digital folder full of photos and supplies can be overwhelming to sift through though.
My goal with this series is to show you how simple it can be to put together a digital scrapbooking layout using a variety of supplies.
My fave techniques:
- Journaling cards clipped to the appropriately sized digital pocket.
- Journaling cards clipped to a smaller sized digital pocket.
- Journaling cards layered over another card or paper and clipped off the edge of a digital pocket.
- Digital paper clipped to a digital pocket.
- Digital paper clipped to a digital stamp/brush.
- Elements or alphas layered over a journaling card or digital paper.
- Digital washi tape as a label.
Resources:
- Photos edited with RadLab. (Affiliate Link)
- Template: Life Basics by Cathy Zielske
- Papers: As You Wish by Scotty Girl Design
- Elements: As You Wish by Scotty Girl Design
- Journaling Cards: As You Wish by Scotty Girl Design
- Alphas: As You Wish by Scotty Girl Design
I hope these tips helped you with your digital scrapbook pages! Let me know if you’d like to see more posts like this in the comments below.
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Owning Your Dreams Quote by Seth Godin
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: January 2016
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.
February 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: Success Quote by Winston Churchill
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!
Brush Lettering Demo of the Basic Backbones of Most Letters
Today we’re going to look at three basic shapes that form most of the letters of the English alphabet.
These practice pages are from the Brush Letter Practice Guide. Get more details here.
The downturn consists of a thick stroke down followed by a curve and then a thin stroke up. Start with heavy pressure at the start of this stroke and then decrease pressure as you approach the turn. (Think of when you’re driving a car, you start to slow down just a bit before you get to a curve so that you don’t overshoot and miss it.)
The upturn is a thin upstroke followed by a thick downstroke. Pretty much an upside-down U (which I like to call a hump). Start with light pressure at the baseline, work your brush upward and then turn and apply more pressure. (Again with the car analogy, after you ease into a curve and hit a straightaway, you hit more gas.)
Last up for today is the circle. (I’ll tell you that all these curves and no angles is tough for me too – practice is key!) For the circle, we start at the top and ease into heavy pressure for the downstroke, gently ease up as you approach the turn, and then use a light upstroke for the rest of the circle. Keep practicing until your circles look consistent and aren’t totally lumpy.
Interested in grabbing these practice sheets for yourself? Find the complete Brush Letter Practice Guide here.
Click to tweet: Learn to brush those basic shapes with @randomoliveblog
Printable Brush Lettered Inspiration: Real Friend Quote by Winchell
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!
