How to Add Shadows and Highlights to Your Lettering

If you’ve been lettering for a while, you’ve probably tried adding shadows and highlights to your lettering to give it a pop and some 3D magic. It’s one — well, two! — of the things that can easily add a little pizzazz to your lettering. So...

3 Quick Tips to Make Your Calligraphy Perfect

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’ve been lettering a while. You can make thin upstrokes and thick downstrokes. But somehow… your calligraphy feels off. You can’t seem to make your calligraphy perfect — and you can’t pinpoint what’s...

How to Perfect Your Thin Upstrokes in Brush Lettering

Aren’t upstrokes what we love and hate, and love to hate, and hate to love? — it’s a confusing relationship as we struggle to get the perfect thin upstroke. But don’t worry, I’m here to make it slightly easier for you with a few quick tips! PRACTICE IS KEY FOR THIN...

4 Myths About Lettering and the Truth Behind Them

With so many people wanting to get in on this lettering business~ I thought it’d be right to do a Lettering for Beginners series so… This is Part 1! Today, we’re talking myths — or lies — that you’ve heard about lettering that may be holding you back from jumping into...

6 Easy & Practical Ways to Practice Brush Lettering

Lettering is great — you learn how to write beautifully. But then what? Instead of letting it be a white elephant, there are some very practical ways to incorporate lettering in your life, and that’s the whole point of this post. Here are 6 brush letter art...