Hand-Lettering for Beginners

Designer Adam Vicarel uses a step-by-step approach to teach you how to create your own gorgeous hand-lettering using simple materials that you probably already have at home.

Description:
In this beginner-friendly course, designer Adam Vicarel introduces the art of hand-lettering through a practical, step-by-step approach. You’ll learn essential terminology, warm-up exercises, tracing and transferring techniques, and how to work with multiple words and typographic styles. By the end, you’ll be able to create polished, creative lettering pieces on different surfaces with confidence and flair.

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Lessons

01:Starting a Project
Meet Adam and start by reviewing the key terms you’ll be using throughout class to increase your understanding of hand-lettering as a practice. After that, Adam leads you through some warm-up exercises.
31 min

02:Tracing & Transferring
Adam shares techniques to help you refine your sketch and achieve a clean tracing of your final design. Find out how to transfer your design to paper and get tips on making adjustments to your letterforms.
12 min

03:Inking & Variations
Adam walks you through inking your design, then shares various options for enhancing it, both around and inside the text.
17 min

04:Working With Multiple Words
Get started on your second project: a design that involves drawing multiple words. Adam takes you through the design considerations, and shows you how to create a composition that works with the meaning of the phrase.
26 min

05:Multiple Typographic Styles
Once you’re comfortable combining multiple words, focus on combining type styles. Adam shares a few different approaches to help you think of your words as shapes and create a design that’s interesting, yet cohesive.
16 min

06:Finishing & Surface Options
End class by tracing, transferring and inking your final design. Take a look at a variety of different surfaces to which you can transfer your design and complete it, including a wall!
14 min