Enhancing Your Lettering: Embellishments, Shadows, And Illustrations

Course Level:
Beginner

Total Run Time:
37 minutes

Total Videos:
11

Course Description:

This course illuminates the path to enhancing your lettering projects by teaching you techniques like flourishing, borders, and decorative elements.

Discover how to add depth with outlines and inlines, create dimensionality with highlights, and introduce shadow effects for a polished look.

Learn to incorporate watercolor touches, emboss elements, and craft banners that compliment the narrative of your artwork.

Culminating in a hands-on project, this course sparks creativity and hones the artist’s skillset for an extraordinary lettering journey.

What You Will Learn:

How to use flourishes to guide the viewer’s eye and emphasize words
Techniques to craft outlines for a sticker-like effect and inlines for added depth
Creating highlights for a glossy finish and dimensional look
Incorporating decorative elements such as dots, stars, and botanical motifs
Designing borders that complement the theme of your lettering piece
Adding shadows and depth by understanding light source and consistency

Supplies You’ll Need:

Pencil
Pen
Paper

Inspiration:

In this course, your instructor will demonstrate exercises designed to help jumpstart your creativity and encourage you to create your own art pieces.

What’s In The Course?

11 Videos
2 Projects
Self-Paced

Course Level: Beginner
Run Time: 37 minutes

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Meet Your Instructor:

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.