posted
Do a "search" here on the BB.Subject matter being SPEEDBALL LETTERING BOOK! Print out the download Enlarge (Single Stroke Roman) at local KINKOS Place under sheet of pane glass Follow arrows marking direction of strokes Complete entire glass pane Clean off paint Repeat everyday
For as long as you start to feel comfortable with paint mix,and feel of the brush!
Only took me 35 years
hope this helps
P.S.Go to a live letterhead meet to watch others You will STILL have to practice alone
-------------------- PKing is Pat King The Professor of SIGNOLOGY Posts: 3113 | From: Pompano Beach, FL. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
pat get duckette with a video camera, and you make a tape on hand lettering........and sell it for $49.95 + S&H.............but like pat said, practice, and a live letternead meet are what you need....or find one of us old guys near you who know what a brush is......and let em show you how its done. learning hand lettering is nothing like learnin a computer program....and its a hands on, touchy feely kinda thing.....iam 59 and still am learnin.......and i started at 12!!!!!!!
[ July 09, 2004, 12:49 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
Yesterday I was talking with a man who makes videos and DVD's about doing some for a hand lettering demonstration and also of my layout and design workshop information. Nothing concrete yet, but we are discussing the possibilities.
They would probably be done originally on video tape and then edited onto DVD's.
I'll keep you informed.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
I ordered the Paul Merrills 2 tape package and hope to get my hands on the Speedball book. Then it will be me, a hairy stick and the paint, plus a ton of time.
Thanx
-------------------- Craig Lewis Lone Wolf Graphics W6036 Lost Arrow Rd. Fond du Lac, WI. 54937 920-921-8721 clewis@excel.net Posts: 15 | From: Fond du Lac, WI. | Registered: Sep 2002
| IP: Logged |
posted
I have been out of town and I missed this post. I would suggest exactly what Pat has said. Do you have any good brushes and paint to go with your videos? They are available from Letterville merchants- just click the blue button to check. I think Luco quills in sizes #2 #4 #6 #8 are good for a beginner. They are not so expensive that you feel bad ruining a brush. Another thing that I use often is a 1" foam brush. Grab some scrap Coroplast and draw guidelines lines on it with a good permanent marker. Dabble around with your brushes or a foamie, wipe off, and try again. Remember that Coro generates static. I would also practice on glass and an old car door to get the feel of various substrates. Many people paint straight up. I prefer to lay my panels flat. Altho it is harder on your back, at least the paint doesn't drip. Get the Mike Stevens Mastering Layout book too. Remember that round letters like Os and Ss are always bigger than straight letters. I dunno why, but they look wrong if you make them the same size. Best of all, go to a live meet. There are enuff around this summer that you should be able to find one. Good Luck! Love...Jill
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
| IP: Logged |
posted
Learning to practice is harder than learning to letter...be sure to allow yourself 2 or 3 hours a day (Guaranteed)it will create the muscle memory you need and after a month or two you'll begin seeing progress.
Get to a meet before you create a lot of bad habits and for god sake don't mess with a mahl stick til your ready for it.
Practice...practice...practice!
Then practice some more
[ July 19, 2004, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Monte Jumper ]
-------------------- "Werks fer me...it'll werk fer you"
posted
Monte, I think i know what you mean...learn hand down, or "showcard" method of lettering first, getting that two finger twirl down, and corners, and all the little nuances(love that word!) first. Then introduce the mahlstick, you've already got well into brush manipulation, after all that's all hand lettering is, eh!and it's SO MUCH FUN!
Also, I would learn to hold your paint/pallete with your stick, and not depend on having your paint on a box or stool, etc. Of course, if that's how you do it, cool, it's works. But if learning afresh.... holding all your gear in both hands, so to speak, is the way to go. My, how I go on, better go out and do some work?
John Lennig / SignRider
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
| IP: Logged |
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic