Calligraphy expert Paul Antonio talks us through the importance of good posture and why it is essential for successful writing In my 30 plus years of doing calligraphy, the one…
Tutorial
Try watercolour blending with your Simply Lettering 10 metallic pencils
Have you had a chance to play with the metallic pencils from issue 10 of Simply Lettering yet? Not only are these soft and lustrous pencils perfect for white and…
Celebrate spring with Ilona Regnery’s guide to capital serif letters
Make your cards eye catching with serif capital letters. They have the bold punch that a 3-dimensional word would have, but the serifs add a touch of extra detail to…
Create a stretched lettering card with Ilona Regnery
Mixed font lettering can be so eye catching and is a super way of bringing some words into sharp focus and relegating others to a secondary. In issue 8 of…
Quote, unquote – add beautiful quotes to your journal pages
Annie Weir talks us through how she adds inspirational quotes to her journals. I love adding quotes to my journal and do so often because I think it’s a great…
Picture Perfect – lettering onto photos
Vera Silva shows us how to letter on to photographs to create a beautiful piece of artwork. If an image is worth a thousand words, what if we could ‘add’…
Add extreme shadows to your lettering with the help of a lightbox
Once you have mastered the techniques to create your own beautiful lettering, you can take it a step further by adding shadows. Often these will be a subtle grey line…
Create Christmas tree lettering with Ilona Regnery
There are so many wonderful ways to bring lettering into your Christmas activities. For her debut post on the Simply Lettering blog, designer Ilona Regnery shows you step by step…
Create a coffee-themed chalkboard design with Andra
For her latest blog post, Andra Danciu took her inspiration from the chalk lettering pen that came with issue 2 of Simply Lettering. In the video above you can see…
Try your hand at ribbon lettering with Andra
Ribbon letters are fun to create and they can really pop out in your design. With Christmas just around the corner, Andra Danciu has shared her process for creating beautiful…
Bring stylised effects to your lettering
There are so many ways to take a simple piece of lettering and elevate it to a stunning work of art. Once you’ve started to master the basics of lettering…
Create a uniquely personalised brush lettering mug
For her latest blog post, Andra Danciu created a personalised mug with the edding porcelain brush pens A while ago I created some lettering on a mug using a normal…
