The Art of Whimsical Lettering

Posted on 03 September 2017 by Joanne Sharpe

A font of information on lettering styles The Art of Whimsical Lettering is an artful instruction book on creating stylized fonts and expressive artwork with personal handwriting skills Author Joanne Sharpe shows you how to create exuberant and personalized writing styles for your artwork whether it be a journal, canvas art, or other projects that use text.After an overview of Joanne s favorite tools and surfaces, take a peek into Joanne s personal lettering journal to discover how you too can collect inspiration, hone your lettering skills, and tap into your natural creativity Joanne then demonstrates twenty art techniques for creating a variety of lettering styles using many different tools She provides you with fifteen basic alphabets, ranging from simple pen and ink renditions to increasingly elaborated texts that reference calligraphy, vintage fonts, and doodle art, among other styles Joanne also teaches you how to turn prosaic lettering into page art itself, merging text into illustration, or ornamenting words with decorative drawings. Best Download The Art of Whimsical Lettering author Joanne Sharpe For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Art of Whimsical Lettering is a colorful, inspiring instruction book on the art of crafting stylized fonts and lettering Every page is alluring with bright messages, bold fonts, and loud colors The author introduces several playful approaches to the use of color, shape, shading, and embellishments And the book offers a comprehensive introduction to myriad pens, paints, and types of paper It s regularly emphasized that practice is essential, and the author is very encouraging to readers a The Art of Whimsical Lettering is a colorful, inspiring instruction book on the art of crafting stylized fonts and lettering Every page is alluring with bright messages, bold fonts, and loud colors The author introduces several playful approaches to the use of color, shape, shading, and embellishments And the book offers a comprehensive introd...I adore Joanne Sharpe s art This book was a fun overview, but her online classes are much better I highly recommend them if you like this book.Inspiring explanation of how to embellish your handwriting in a variety of fun ways Particularly useful for those of us who write a lot in art journals.Filled with inspirationThis book is filled with so much Tips, tricks, ideas, prompts It is great It also has quite a few photos through out to help inspire your own creativity.Probably the best though is its overall message which is to embrace your art and creativity and make it your own.This is a fun, fast, and inspiring read filled with lots of examples Sharpe convinced me that I had it within myself to create fun lettering for my poetry.2.5 starsAt first glance, I thought it was a bit too busy, but then I ended up reading it from cover to cover, twice, and mining all the wonderful ideas It has a workbook as well as ideas in the end it was nice to see Sharpe s version of her exercises but I felt inspired to make my own, not copy hers, ...The ideas and tips in this book are not new but it s still a great start for people who love hand lettering , art journal or scrapbooking.I really loved this book it gave me plenty of ideas for different lettering in my art journals and mixed media projects it is a great reference tool also when you are looking for inspiration for a project.This review was originally posted on Books In BroganThis is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to jazz up their creative projects cards, signs, scrapbooking, if you want to put words on it, this book will help you do it.Joanne uses the premise of building off your own handwriting to create personal fonts and unique lettering styles It s easy to get started, as all you need is a piece of paper and a writing utensil She takes you through everything step by step, showing off colourful examples from her own work, and gives you all the prompt This is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to jazz up their creative projects cards, signs, ...

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03 September 2017

Joanne Sharpe