Watercolor & Hand Lettering: Step-by-step techniques for modern illustrated calligraphy

Learn how to combine delicate watercolor illustrations with expressive hand lettering to create beautiful art and gifts. This accessible guide teaches you everything you need to know, with 20 step-by-step projects to inspire you.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 16 February 2021
\n Publisher: David & Charles
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Are you ready to embark on a creative journey that will allow you to create beautiful art and gifts? Look no further than the art of combining delicate watercolor illustrations with expressive hand lettering. In this comprehensive guide, self-taught artist Tanja Pöltl shares her tips, tricks, and knowledge gained through her own creative journey to help you fast-track your skills.

To get started, you will need to gather the necessary materials, including watercolor paints, brushes, paper, and pens. Tanja will guide you through the basics of hand lettering, including warm-up exercises, practice letters, faux calligraphy, bounce lettering, joining letters, and more. In the Watercolor Know-How section, you will learn how to handle the brush, gain color knowledge, understand tonal values, transparency, and opacity, and create your own unique color palette.

With 20 amazing step-by-step painting and lettering projects, you will put your skills into action with ideas for a myriad of different applications. From creating a moodboard to inspirational cards, seasonal gift boxes, botanical table runners, plant journals, floral greetings cards, fruity jar labels, posters, hoop art, party stationery, birth posters, milestone cards, height charts, recipe cards, an illustrated ABC, box frames, 3D flowers, and more, this book is filled with inspiring projects that will spark your creativity.

Even if you are a total beginner, this book will kickstart your creative journey with watercolor and hand lettering. Tanja will provide you with the techniques and give you fun projects to try them out on. With her accessible guide, you will be able to create beautiful and easy art that is sure to impress. So why wait? Start your creative journey today and discover the magic of combining delicate watercolor illustrations with expressive hand lettering!

\n Weight: 552g\n
Dimension: 210 x 274 x 13 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781446308554\n \n