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Improve Your Hand Lettering {Tips + Tricks}

| Allison

Hello, dears!

If you’re on Pinterest or any other form of social media, you’ve probably seen the hand lettering trend going around. And I think it’s great! Hand lettering is a beautiful and useful skill. Unfortunately, it seems like I see the same type of post (“how to make faux calligraphy for beginners”) EVERYWHERE, and not much information beyond that.

So today I’m going to give you all some ideas and inspiration for how to take your hand lettering to the next level! I’ll be showing you some quick tips for how to format quotes, add flourishes and other fun extras, and more. If you need a refresher on basic hand lettering, check out my first post on that subject here.

Now that we’ve got that covered, let’s begin!

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Watercolor Experiments

| Allison

I’ve been playing with watercolors a lot lately – specifically with brush lettering – so I decided to show you some of my paintings. 🙂

Oh, I forgot to say…

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Hello! 😀 This is one of my favorites.

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I really like this one too – ’cause it took a while to make all those dots and vines. XD

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Here’s a tip: a good brush makes all the difference! I got a waterbrush from an art giveaway (I’m not sure what brand the brush is), and it has a really nice point that’s good for making tiny details:

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And last but not least, we have another one of my favorites… Esther and Eli! 😀

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Which painting was your favorite? Do you like to watercolor or do lettering? What is your favorite thing to draw?

***Allison***

P. S. Did you notice my new header? Yep, I painted that too. 😉 So what do you think? Do you like it better, worse, or just the same as my last one?

P. P. S. Guess what I’m doing tomorrow? I’m… hopefully getting my driver’s license! O.o *Gulp* Prayers would be greatly appreciated! ♥