Brush Lettering: Flourishes & Ornamentation
Offered By: CreativeLive
Course Description
Overview
Be sure to check out our other Brush Lettering classes on Brush Lettering Basics and Putting Together a Final Piece.
Lend grace and beauty to your words. Flourishes are an opportunity to loosen your grip and add a bit of personal style to your brush lettering. Join type designer Laura Worthington for this class, and you'll learn:
- Different styles of flourishes per letter
- Ligatures as flourishes and how to letter flourishes
- Adding in ornamentation (similar to flourishes, but not attached to the letters)
Syllabus
- Class Introduction
- Overview of Flourish Parts, Styles & Functions
- What Makes a Good Flourish
- Flourishes for Lowercase letters
- Flourishes for Uppercase letters
- Flourishes for numerals
- Embellishment & Ornamentation
- Revise and Refine with a Pencil Skeleton
Taught by
Laura Worthington
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