Hi everyone! It’s Megan from Makewells and I’m back with my second post about lettering with a waterbrush! Last post, I showed you the basics of using a waterbrush to get started lettering. If you missed that post, go have a looksy! There is a video that shows the 5 basic strokes you’ll need to create each lettering in the alphabet...because this time around, we’re going to start painting letters!
Again, I want to remind you that the biggest thing to remember when lettering with a waterbrush is to use MORE pressure when you create downstrokes, and less pressure when you create upstrokes. This will create a variation in line width, the downstrokes being heavier and the upstrokes being thinner.
Let’s begin with the letter A!
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My first small stroke is down, and I create that just slightly thicker and then draw the thin upstroke of the capital A.
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Next, I increse the pressure of my brush as I pull down to create the thicker downstroke of the A.
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And finally, I make a thin wavy line through the A to create my crossbar.
This letter utilizes two of the 5 basic strokes we learned in the last lesson.
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Next, let’s look at the lower case a.
The first stroke is a partial ‘o’ stroke, which is then followed by a thicker downstroke that leads back into the thin upstroke.
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Here is a video of me painting both the upper and lowercase a’s.
Now work your way through the alphabet!
Lettering with a waterbrush takes a lot of practice! If you get frustrated, try going back and practicing some of the basic strokes again. Always remember...practice makes better!
I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s tutorial!
To see more of my work, follow along on Instagram - @makewells
Til next time friends!
Xo - Megan
I've bookmarked this tutorial - I'm hoping to start learning lettering once I retire and have the time to really play...in the meantime, I'm going to start practicing these strokes! BTW - really liked what you had to say about immigration - we all seriously need to get educated, and not just by our "comfort zone" mass media! As the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants, this all hurts my soul.
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