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

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 personal style.

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 ombrés 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.

“Plenty of beautiful examples are included and they are really easy to re-create just by following the instructions which are always clear and concise. The letters with the beautiful colour transitions look so good. This is a very hands-on and practical book that I can easily recommend to beginners.” —Parka Blogs

© 2019 Quarry Books (Ebook): 9781631597817

Release date

Ebook: 5 November 2019