First Friday Art Class for February 2015 - 3 Types of Lettering

We always seem to do some sort of lettering in February--I guess our thoughts turn to Valentines.

For today's class I decided to do 3 different types of lettering with the girls. All three are seen in the picture above--Faux Calligraphy (as seen in the words "february 2015"), a style I haven't named yet (as seen in the words "art Class"), and Art Deco Lettering (as seen in the word "Lettering").

(TIP: We found that working with our trusty Papermate Flair pens worked MUCH better than Sharpies! Of course Micron Pens are my first choice, but a little too pricey for kids.)

We began by talking about some general tips to keep in mind when doing any lettering...

We then dove right into style #1...

Faux Calligraph was our next style. I gave the girls a handout with basic cursive letters on it with the instructions to change any letters they didn't like. It's also OK to mix uppercase and lowercase. NO RULES--that's our mantra!

(Not sure why I wrote "cursive" instead of "calligraphy". I corrected it--post production).  :)

Our last style was the Art Deco Lettering...

Everyone did an amazing job!

Everyone's lettering has its own unique personality...all are lovely and wonderful!!

See you next month!