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Lettering with Purpose

Creative techniques and prompts for making meaningful, inspirational hand-lettered art
By Brittany Luiz
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Lettering with Purpose by Brittany Luiz is a beautifully crafted guide for anyone eager to develop their own artistic alphabet. Ideal for personalising greeting cards or simply enjoying the art form, this book delves into a wide array of lettering techniques to deepen your understanding and skill. It starts with lettering basics, covering essential tools, materials, and letter anatomy, progressing to tutorials on various mediums and styles such as brush calligraphy and bounce lettering. With 100 reflective lettering prompts and reproducible practice pages, it encourages creativity and skill-building. The book also explores adding decorative flourishes like frames, garlands, and swirls, finishing with perforated pages for personalised designs.
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This book is perfect for aspiring artists and lettering enthusiasts who want to learn and refine their hand-lettering skills. It suits those seeking an engaging, uplifting craft to express creativity, whether beginners or those looking to expand their repertoire in artistic lettering.

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Go beyond basic lettering skills and into the art of inspirational lettering! Lettering with Purpose is packed with engaging prompts to engage and inspire.

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Lettering with Purpose is a beautiful and thoughtful book for anyone interested in developing their own artistic alphabet. Whether you're hoping to personalise greeting cards or just enjoy the art, hand lettering is an uplifting and compelling craft to learn.

Aspiring artists and lettering enthusiasts will explore and deepen their understanding of this art form by delving into a variety of lettering techniques. You will also enjoy 100 reflective lettering prompts to spur the imagination and help readers answer the question: "What should I write?"

Your lettering journey will begin with lettering basics. This intuitive guide includes suggested tools and materials, the anatomy of letters, how to pair different lettering styles, and thorough tutorials on working with a variety of mediums. You'll be creating striking layouts and compositions in no time.

Additionally, artists will find a wide range of lettering styles and techniques demonstrated step by step, including brush calligraphy, bounce lettering, and more. The book also provides complete alphabet ideas that include reproducible practice pages, which can be used to perfect their skills.

Once your artistic bones are there, move on to adding embellishments and flourishes! Add pizzazz to your work with frames, laurels and garlands, flowers, swirls, and more. To cap it all off, a section of perforated pages at the back of the book contains fully illustrated frames, with blank openings so readers can fill them in with their own inspired lettered designs.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781633223424

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing

Illustration: 320 color images

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Brittany Luiz is a hand-lettering artist and Social Media & Content Manager for Tombow USA. She is a wife and mother, and aims to infuse positivity into the world through her lettering. Learn more at www.brittanyluiz.com.

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