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

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Kelly Klapstein

The Art of Watercolor Lettering

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

Kelly Klapstein

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Quarry Books
05 November 2019

Typography & lettering; Painting & art manuals; Lettering & calligraphy

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 (popular on Instagram as @kellycreates) 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.

By: Kelly Klapstein
Imprint: Quarry Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781631597800
ISBN 10: 1631597809
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 05 November 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

INTRODUCTION My watercolor journey & the beauty of watercolor lettering • 8 1 WHAT YOU’LL NEED Essential supplies: paints, brushes, paper & more • 11 2 GETTING STARTED Working with color, how to hold a brush, making swatches & warm-up exercises • 27 3 IN LOVE WITH LETTERS Typography & lettering styles • 41 4 COLOR PLAY Techniques & projects for creating with color • 55 5 CREATIVE TECHNIQUES Creating & enhancing lettering with watercolor pencils, brush pens & other tools • 77 6 DREAMY DESIGNS Painting quotes, adding designs & other special touches • 89 7 TRACE & LEARN Alphabet exemplars, words & quotes for lettering projects • 103 Acknowledgments • 143 About the Author • 143 Index • 144

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.