Crafts: Calligraphy and Brush Lettering
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Crayola Calligraphy Is A Great Way To Learn About Brush Lettering
As it turns out there are no brush markers to be found in our neck of the woods, so while we await a visit from my nephew in a few weeks (and the brush lettering pens that I had sent to him in New York) we are making do with supplies that we do have on hand. I don’t know where we’ve been, but it turns out the crayola calligraphy is a thing, and a really great thing I must say! Because of the shape of the crayola marker, and the fact that it is water soluble, one can not only draw brush lettering style calligraphy, one can also use…
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10 Tips For The Beginner Interested In Learning Brush Lettering
This post contains affiliate links. Before we get started with this post, I just wanted to make it very very clear that this lettering is not mine, but rather the work of my 15 year old daughter! While she has not been exposed to all the brush lettering one might see living in the USA, or frequenting places like instagram and pinterest, my daughter has seen enough examples of brush lettering to know that it is something she is interested in learning, and I’m happy to say we’ve gotten a nice head start this Hanukkah vacation, yippee. Now if I can just find a bit of time to catch up…