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  • Hello!

  • Welcome to another Smiling Colors video!

  • This is Smitha here today sharing a Brush lettering Compilation video.

  • In this video I hand letter many short quotes and positive phrases using brush pens.

  • What you will need: Today I will be showing examples of brush lettering, and I am using

  • the Tombow Dual Brush pens.

  • I am part of the Tombow design team and I have all 96 colors of the pens, but really

  • to start off you don't need all the colors.

  • You can start with just 10 pens and my favorite is this set with the BRIGHT colors.

  • Each of these pens have the brush tip that is necessary to do brush lettering.

  • It is important to set yourself up with good supplies.

  • When you begin with quality supplies you results are so much better!

  • With my dual brush pens today, I am using a Mixed media sketchbook.

  • I love this particular book- it has a nice spiral binding and is a combat 5.5 by 8.5

  • inches.

  • I do watercoloring, lettering, and marker art in this sketchbook mainly.

  • The paper you use with your brush pens must be smooth and I strongly suggest that you

  • go read my new blog post where I talk more about the different supplies and papers you

  • can use while using these brush pens.

  • In brush lettering your main aim is to create thick downstrokes by adding pressure to the

  • brush tip of your pen and you let go of that pressure on your upstrokes to achieve those

  • thin strokes.

  • The dramatic contrast between the thick and thin lines is what makes modern calligraphy

  • so pretty and eye catching.

  • I started brush lettering more than a year ago and I'll share a secret with you- it

  • takes practice and practice alone to get better at your brush lettering.

  • Someone asked me the other day if I took a class or learnt this anywhere.

  • No, I'm self taught and I learnt by making a lot of mistakes.

  • Trial and error for the win!

  • While lettering, you don't always have to write your quote from the top down.

  • Like here, I am letteringBe your best selfand as you saw I started in the center

  • of the page and am working from there.

  • I went and made the letters of the word BE much larger here to align with the words below.

  • In this example here, I started similarly in the middle of the page and then since I

  • needed to fit a longer word at the top, I switched from the brush tip to the marker

  • tip to create a thin font style.

  • It is pretty neat that these Dual Brush pens come with both the marker and brush tips.

  • I often mix and match font styles while lettering a larger phrase or quote.

  • I used an all capital chunky style in one line and then a script like font on the next

  • line.

  • There are many fun font styles that you can try out and there are many free printable

  • available online that you can print and practice with.

  • I will link to a few of my favorites in my blog post.

  • For this particular quote, I took a few extra minutes to make it colorful and rainbow themed.

  • I used the blender pen to pick colors off of a blending palette to create softer shades

  • of the bright colored markers.

  • This is a great way to stretch your supplies and use your bright colored pens to create

  • pastel tones.

  • That's why I love that blender pen!

  • See more videos of this blender pen in action by clicking up here.

  • For me brush lettering is not just about the style of lettering, it is also a lot about

  • the words.

  • Simply sitting down with for a few minutes with my pen and paper and writing down some

  • positive thankful words changes my perspective of the day.

  • So that's my tip here: write it down.

  • This Handmade with love is one of my favorite letterings.

  • The orange color is a favorite of mine and I have used it over and over.

  • After many uses you might see that the brush tip starts to fray.

  • Frayed brush tips make it difficult to draw those thin upstrokes.

  • There are ways you can prevent your brush pens from fraying quickly.

  • The number one thing you need to pay attention to is the paper you are using.

  • The smoother the paper the more you will enjoy your lettering time and less you will end

  • up fraying your brush pen.

  • I list a bunch of my favorite sketchbooks and paper pads on my blog and if you are interested

  • you can find all of that information and links on my website smilingcolors.com.

  • If you liked this video, leave me a comment, share and and give it a thumbs up please!

  • Also let me know if you want me to do a video showing some brush lettering basics.

  • Click here to subscribe to my channel, click here to go to visit my website and click here

  • to watch more videos using my Tombows.

  • Hope you have a great day and get creating!

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Keywords

perspective

US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

UK /pə'spektɪv/

  • noun
  • The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.
  • The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.
  • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • A sense of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion.
  • The appearance of objects to an observer, especially concerning their relative distance and position.
  • Ability to understand what is important in life
  • A particular way of considering something; a point of view.
  • other
  • The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.
  • The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.
  • The capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance.
  • The capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance.
phrase

US /frez/

UK /freɪz/

  • other
  • To express something in a particular way.
  • To express something in a particular way.
  • noun
  • A short expression that is commonly used.
  • A group of words that form a conceptual unit, though not a complete sentence.
  • A musical unit, often part of a larger melody.
  • Common expression or saying
  • A short expression that is commonly used.
  • A group of words that form a conceptual unit, though not necessarily a complete sentence.
  • Section of musical notes in a piece of music
  • A set of words used together
  • verb
  • To choose words to say what you mean clearly
bunch

US /bʌntʃ/

UK /bʌntʃ/

  • other
  • (of a fabric) gather or cause to gather into folds or wrinkles.
  • other
  • Collect or gather together.
  • noun
  • A group of things of the same kind
  • A group of people regarded as a unit; a company.
  • A group of people.
  • verb
  • To group people or things closely together
  • (Cloth) to gather/be gathered together in folds
stretch

US /strɛtʃ/

UK /stretʃ/

  • noun
  • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
  • A consecutive row of things
  • A period of time
  • verb
  • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • To make something bigger by pulling on it
practice

US /ˈpræktɪs/

UK /'præktɪs/

  • other
  • To carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
  • To carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
  • To perform an activity or exercise a skill repeatedly in order to improve or maintain proficiency.
  • To perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.
  • To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled at it.
  • noun
  • A customary way of doing something.
  • A usual or customary action or proceeding.
  • A doctor's or lawyer's business.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something.
  • The office and place for legal or medical work
  • Doing something many times to become better at it
  • other
  • A customary way of doing something.
  • The business or work of a professional person, such as a doctor or lawyer.
  • other
  • The customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something.
  • Repeated exercise of an activity or skill in order to improve or maintain proficiency.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  • other
  • Work at or be engaged in (a profession).
  • verb
  • To perform an activity or exercise a skill repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To live according to the teachings of a religion
  • To do something many times to improve a skill
positive

US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

  • adjective
  • Completely certain or sure that something is correct or true
  • Showing agreement or support for something
  • Favorable or advantageous.
  • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
  • Indicating the presence of a disease or condition.
  • Carrying a positive electric charge
  • Having the charge produced by electrons
  • Having a good effect; helpful or useful
  • Being good or useful
  • Expressing a quality without comparison
  • Greater than zero
  • Showing the presence of a particular substance, disease, or condition
  • Feeling sure that something good will happen; optimistic
  • Showing a photographic image in natural colors or shades.
  • Showing that a chemical is present in a test
  • noun
  • A photograph in which the tones correspond to those of the original subject.
  • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
achieve

US /əˈtʃiv/

UK /ə'tʃi:v/

  • verb
  • To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
  • To successfully bring about or accomplish a desired result or aim.
  • other
  • To succeed in reaching a particular goal, status, or standard, often after effort or perseverance.
  • other
  • To successfully bring about or accomplish a desired result or aim.
script

US /skrɪpt/

UK /skrɪpt/

  • noun
  • Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
  • Set of letters or characters of a written language
  • verb
  • To write a text for a movie, play or speech
combat

US /kəmˈbæt, ˈkɑmˌbæt/

UK /'kɒmbæt/

  • verb
  • To fight someone or something physically
neat

US /nit/

UK /ni:t/

  • adjective
  • That you approve of; cool
  • (Of alcohol) not weakened with water or a mixer
  • Not messy; clean and orderly; simple and effective