Book Information
Title: THE ART OF BRUSH LETTERING: A Stroke-by-Stroke Guide to the Practice
and Techniques of Creative Lettering and Calligraphy
Author: Kelly Klapstein
Publication Date: Nov 28 2017
Publisher: Quarto Publishing
Popular Instagram brush lettering artist Kelly Klapstein takes a simple, serene approach to teaching the art of creating beautiful letterforms with easy to use and richly colored brush pens. Kelly begins by guiding you through the tools you’ll be using, and the best ways to position pen, hand, and paper. Kelly demonstrates a range of basic strokes along with drill sheets for practice and improvement. In addition to providing detailed instructions and tracing guides for both lowercase and uppercase alphabets, Kelly gives tutorials on freestyle lettering, faux calligraphy, and special effects. Also included are lowercase and uppercase A to Z exemplars for both large and small brush pens. Drill sheets, tracing guides, worksheets, and exemplars are included at the back of the book.
(Source: goodreads.com)
Book Review
I absolutely love this book. While I'm not a beginner when it comes to brush lettering, I like going back to the basics now and then for a refresher.
I love that this doesn't just contain basic strokes that come with any basic starter pack for aspiring calligraphers/letterers. Kelly sets you into the mood of getting into the activity with calmness and total zen! The fact that Kelly gave out hand exercises, now that was an awesome bonus!
I also really liked that it gave me an idea of some of the things that I did wrong when I started out lettering. It gave an even better perspective on the principles that I have learned so far.
The book also includes some worksheets that you can use to practice your letters and strokes. One of the quickest ways I learned when I first started lettering was tracing fonts, so this was a delight to try out.
If you're aspiring to become a lettering artist or want to take on this hobby, Kelly Klapstein's The Art of Brush Letter is a great book to start off with. It provides you with enough instruction and processes that you can follow at your own pace and at your own time.
*Thank you, Quarto Publishing, for granting my request to view a review copy of The Art of Brush Lettering. Quote used as artwork is from an ARC, changes and/or alterations may have occurred upon publication of the book*