Decorative artists want to have fun painting. They don't want to spend hour after hour leaming obscure or difficult lettering. Stroke by stroke, this book shows decorative painters and crafters how to add words and sayings to their projects without the use of stencils. Using only four simple strokes, the Grays guide readers through painting the entire alphabet, both upper and lower case, then teach them to connect letters into words. There is also a great list of sayings, expressions, quotes and rhymes suitable for many applications and a small gallery of inspiring projects, signs and plaques displaying the exciting possibilities that the mastery of brush lettering offers the decorative painter and crafter. To help give lettering a truly professional look this guide includes techniques for embellishing the letters, laying out letter designs evenly and performing great short cuts for drawing straight lines, borders and perfect circles.
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The Grays have combined their years of experience (25 years in decorative arts for Bobbie, and 40 years as a sign and sketch artist for Jim) into a comprehensive book on hand lettering. Gearing their book exclusively to crafters, the authors emphasize small boxes, signboards, tables, and chairs and provide 300 "charming quotes and one-liners" as well as a resource list of suppliers. This is a good purchase for arts and crafts collections, though it is not essential if Jackie O'Keefe's Handlettering for Decorative Artists (LJ 12/98) is already on the shelves.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Bobbie Gray, CDA has been decorative painting for many years and is a featured instructor at many national conventions. Jim Gray, CDA is a professional sign and sketch artist with more than 40 years of experience.
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When I got this book I was a bit disappointed.There are not very many examples of different "types' of lettering which is what I was looking for.Half of the book is taken up by projects to paint.If you are looking for examples of lettering you'd do better to buy a different book.
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Easy to Understand How-To Book,
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This review is from: Brush Lettering: Step by Step (Paperback)
Before I spent $ for this, after reading the negative review, I got it out of the library. What a pleasant surprise! Starting right from the beginning, this book is like having 2 friendly teachers leading you step by step in the process of making your own lettering. And they tell you how to make your own patterns you can use over and over if you like. I've since purchased this book and have referred to it often. By following the steps in this book, I've learned how to either use my own handwriting or, even I want, I can print fonts off my computer and use them again and again-not the purpose of this book, but it's another useful thing I figured out after reading how to use a pounce wheel. But I mostly do my own lettering and have been very happy with this book. There are some projects in the back, demonstrating applications of lettering for decorative painters. Really okay and all round I've found this a good buy-I got my copy used, here on Amazon.
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