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Brush Lettering: Flourishes & Ornamentation

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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)
Enhance your brush lettering practice, and draw extra attention to your work!  

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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