The Art of Watercolor Lettering : Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Modern Calligraphy and Lettered Art - Kelly Klapstein

The Art of Watercolor Lettering

Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Modern Calligraphy and Lettered Art

By: Kelly Klapstein

Paperback | 5 November 2019

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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.

Learn to letter beautifully with watercolor. 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 shares her secrets for mastering the essential techniques for creating lovely modern lettering and calligraphy with watercolor.

Start with the basics, from choosing paints, brushes, and other supplies to preparing your paper for painting.
Learn to handle watercolor 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 watercolor with other mediums.
Enhance your lettering with special touches by complementing it with handpainted backgrounds and simple illustrations.

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

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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