Join me in Nashville at the famous calligraphy store Paper & Ink Arts for a 5-hour exclusive workshop dedicated to brush pen lettering. Click HERE for more info and to register! LIMITED TO 20 SPOTS. Read more…
New Free Practice Guide Sheets
Lately I have been teaching a lot of Beginners in my Facebook groups and in person, and I have been telling them that lined guide sheets are a very important part of practice. Actually, I have come across a very common question of “How do I write straight on blank paper?” My answer is “Don’t use blank paper.” People […] Read more…
Edmonton Brush Lettering Basics
Join me at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Festival in Millenium Place, Sherwood Park, where I will teach a 2-hour introduction to brush lettering on Friday Sept 8, 2017 from 1 – 3 pm. Click HERE for more info and to register. Registration opens August 1, 2017. Read more…
New Bouncy Worksheets & Free Drills
So what exactly is “Bouncy” lettering? It is a more relaxed and playful style of brush calligraphy where the letters don’t always sit in a row on a baseline, but rather appear to ‘bounce’ up and down in an appealing way. If you would like to try out a free alphabet sheet, click HERE to […] Read more…
Calligraphy Tips: How to Connect Strokes and Letters
Let’s say you have already started to learn brush lettering or calligraphy of any kind. As a beginner, you start by focusing on drills and basic strokes, then graduate to letters from simplest to most challenging. (To read my blog post about how to study the alphabet, click HERE). Using my practice guide worksheets and […] Read more…
The Art of Brush Lettering: A How-To Book
I have always been an avid reader. I learned to read when I was 4 years old when my brother was in Grade 1. I would take his readers he brought home from school, and my mom would help me. When I started school a couple years later, I could read so well, that I was placed in […] Read more…
Watercolor Brush Lettering with Mermaid Markers
If you don’t already know this about me, I LOVE WATERCOLOURS! (and yes, that is how we spell it in Canada ha ha) If for some reason I could not do calligraphy anymore, I would dive right into watercolor art full time. Maybe it’s because I’m a Pisces. I don’t know. But the beauty of watercolor speaks […] Read more…
Calligraphy with Capital Letters Video & Freebies
The uppercase alphabet is often avoided by beginners and even seasoned lettering artists. At first even I was reluctant to write capital letters and spent all my time practicing the lowercase only. But when I became proficient, I knew it was time to move on and while I was writing words, I definitely needed to […] Read more…