Words to Live By: Creative hand-lettering, coloring, and inspirations - Softcover

Warnaar, Dawn Nicole

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9781633221000: Words to Live By: Creative hand-lettering, coloring, and inspirations
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1633221008 ISBN 13: 9781633221000
Publisher: Walter Foster Jr., 2016

Synopsis

Create beautiful works of letter art with Words to Live By, a unique combination of inspirational quotes, illustrated coloring pages, and hand-lettering tips and techniques.
 
This fun project book is designed to encourage and inspire you to develop your own unique doodling and lettering style. An introduction to lettering,Words to Live By includes step-by-step lessons and projects so you can create hand-lettered works of art. Also included are 24 inspirational perforated coloring pages that can be personalized, framed and displayed.

In this introductory project book, you’ll learn all about lettering tools, lettering basics, the anatomy of a letter, tips for hand-lettered design, the basics of font pairing, and how to do faux calligraphy. Once you understand the basics of hand-lettering, venture on to some creative projects, including:

  • 30-Day Lettering Challenge
  • 30-Day Drawing/Doodle Challenge
  • Doodled Alphabet
  • Doodle Art
  • Shape Art
  • Paint Sample Bookmarks
  • Negative Space Art
  • Happy Mail
  • Magazine Art
  • DIY Stationery
  • Map Art
  • DIY Magnets
  • DIY Pencil Boxes
  • DIY Sharpie Mugs
  • Chalkboard Style Wood Sign
  • DIY Postcards
  • Nature Words
  • Watercolor Lettered Print
  • Painted Rock Paperweight
  • DIY Bookmarks

With the easy step-by-step lessons in the art of hand lettering and illustration, artists of any age can learn to create letter art. Make new art every day, and see how your skills grow just by practicing this simple art form. Draw, letter, and doodle just for the sake of simply creating—and have fun doing it!

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About the Author

Dawn Nicole Warnaar is the DIY & Lifestyle Blogger/Graphic Designer behind the blog Dawn Nicole (bydawnnicole.com). She is an Air Force wife and mother of three who believes that kindness changes everything. While Dawn loves all things creative, she has a passion for drawing and hand-lettered typography. She loves the nuances, imperfections, and organic feeling that doing art by hand creates. You can usually find her with a marker in one hand and a dark roast coffee in the other.

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Publisher
Walter Foster Jr.
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1633221008
ISBN 13 
9781633221000
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128
Rating
  • 4.29 out of 5 stars
    49 ratings by Goodreads