Elevate your art practice with the Basics of Brush Lettering taught by Yames – Saturday May 4th at Hyatt’s All Things Creative.

This course will cover how to use a sign painter’s quill brush, brush maintenance and how to paint basic letterforms. We will focus on gothic letterforms (also known as a block letters) and a sign painter’s casual alphabet (a slanted or italic letterform). Both of these alphabets are the perfect place to start on your hand lettering journey. Once you have mastered these, any letterform will be a breeze to reproduce.

Participants will be taught in the traditional method of lettering with a brush while holding a mahl stick and palette, as well as other methods to find what suits them. A mahl stick provides a place to rest your hand while creating your art. Most commonly used during plein air painting, the mahl stick also provides extra maneuverability while painting. This comes in handy especially when painting curved letterforms.

No prior knowledge is necessary to attend, this course is for people of all skill levels.

*Participants under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Brush Lettering Basics Workshop Outline

• 12:45 — 1:00 pm

   Meet & mingle – participants arrive & get settled into their workspace.

• 1:00 — 1:10 pm

   Workshop overview & initial instructions:

   Participants will be given supplies and instructions on the basic brush strokes to get them started.

• 1:10 — 1:30 pm

Practice basic brush strokes ( ) / \ – I  and show how to cap the ends.

Cover brush handling and how to twist in/out.

• 1:30 — 1:35 pm

Demonstrate how basics are used to make up letterforms.

• 1:35 — 2:00 pm

Participants will practice the block letter alphabet.

• 2:00 — 2:30 pm

Participants will practice the casual letter alphabet.

• 2:30 — 3:00 pm

Practice painting words/phrases