Brush Lettering Basics

Be sure to check out our other Brush Lettering classes on Flourishes & Ornamentation and Putting Together a Final Piece.
Brush Lettering is a fun, analog activity that can be applied to personal and professional projects. Put a personal touch on your brand, and evoke a playful spirit without changing the words themselves. In this class, type designer Laura Worthington covers the tools and techniques you need to get started brush lettering, including:

• How to hold the brush, best posture, body mechanics
• Basic strokes
• Trying different styles of lettering using adjectives and themes

You’ll learn the basic strokes that are the building blocks of the alphabet, and you'll start rendering upper- and lower-case characters and numerals. Take this class, and you'll receive an easy-to follow guide you can use to practice.

• Class Introduction
• Tools & Materials
• How to hold the Brush, Posture & Body Mechanics
• Learn Basic Strokes
• Basic Strokes: Picket Fences
• Basic Strokes: Tapered Strokes
• Basic Strokes: Pressure and Release
• Basic Strokes: Transitional Strokes
• Learn Lowercase Letters
• Practice Uppercase letters
• Write Numerals
• Understand Brush Lettering Styles
• Practice Lettering with Your Name