Beginner Hand Lettering Tutorial | 10 Things I Wish I Knew As A Beginner | Learn How To Hand Letter

This video is everything that I wish someone had told me when I was a beginner trying to learn how to handletter! These tips and tricks will hopefully help you letter better. Click "show more" for links to things mentioned in this video!

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[froufrouzombie]

For about a week now I’ve been trying to a watercolour birthday card but I mess up the lettering every. Single. Time. No matter what it always just looked off. I watched I’m ashamed to admit how many hours of lettering tutorials, looked at free font sites and it still looked like crap. I finally stumbled onto your video and, at the risk of sounding like one of those cheesy infomercial testimonials… it’s now 11:45pm, the card is done, lettering and all and I’m pretty sure it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever created. Best part? Not only does the lettering look AMAZING, by changing one or two things I was doing out for what you did in the video… I wrote 28 beautiful letters big and bold, dead centre on the front of the card in less than ten minutes. I wish I had discovered your channel sooner haha

[Surlywench]

Learn cursive. If you weren’t taught it, learn it. Learning cursive actually increases your reading comprehension and written expression. There’s a specific process that happens in your brain when you’re translating thoughts into written cursive sentences that doesn’t happen with regular printing. Writing from people who are fluent in cursive is more complex in sentence structure and more expressive.
It’s a skill that should be much more heavily emphasized 💜

[thewindrises_]

The most important tip for me is 'it's okay to lift your brush pen frequently' thanks!! ❤️

[sarajhodges]

Being 78 yrs old, I am from the "old school" of learning penmanship.
I always marveled at my mother's beautiful handwriting which was taught to her while attending Catholic school. She said it was called the "Palmer Method"...the "r" as I recall, was a bit strange.
I was taught penmanship in a public school during my 3 rd and 4th grades. The goal for completing your practice book was to be given your own pen and ink...yes, we had inkwells in our desks and it was awesome to achieve a higher level of something you loved to do...peacock blue became my ink color of choice To this day, I take pride in my handwriting and believe this site could be beneficial to furthering my interests.

[waffleswithburberrysauce]

For me, the only problem is actually getting the letter style yknow? Like the font itself :/

[iiFiingkSoo]

Such a pleasure watching all those beautiful strokes! Who else here is obsessed with paper and writing on it??

[jadalowman]

LOVE the "it doesn't matter what pen you use." You should have seen my face when you pulled out that crayola marker. TECNIQUE IS EVERYTHING. This video was more than helpful. So glad I found you!!!!

[tiff]

I like how you show that you don’t need expensive tools to start hand lettering. I Really enjoyed this video. It was very informative.

[susanrossman]

I totally agree that cursive writing is so important. Most folks print sloppy and when writing any length of time, is uncomfortable. Cursive writing feels more like a fluid movement and helps me think about the content/context more fluidly. Teach your kids to write in cursive. It makes a difference.

[amyr]

I've learned to write in cursive since I was a kid, and as an adult I was the only one in college who still wrote in cursive. I'm glad that so many years of cursive is coming in handy now that I'm into lettering 😅

[heatherburton]

Thank you for creating this! I'm a beginner with hand lettering, so to know these 10 tips in advance is beneficial! Bonus: You have a very soothing voice. :) It was a great pause in my regular day.

[notfiremelon]

I sent this to my doctor and he blocked me

[CheriBomzArt]

I did Led Zepellin lyrics when I practiced years ago. Lol. Doing favorite lyrics or poems to music, makes it more fun!😁

[jankerslake]

This is so, so helpful. Clear, straightforward and, you’re absolutely right - practice, practice, practice. There are no shortcuts to becoming good and confident at something. I need to keep at it! Thank you very much for this video.

[rjvasquez]

my handwriting's naturally cursive and i find it easy to do this type of lettering. Still, this vid helped me learn about how some print letters look better than cursive. thank you!

[hannahkristen]

hand lettering gurus: TOMBOW TOMBOW TOMBOW TOMBOW TOMBOW - this video: *pulls out a crayola*

[lamarrharding]

Years ago, I had to learn printing in the proper directions with pencils, before we were allowed to learn script, we used a flexible quilt and an ink bottle. Our school desks had a slot for the pen and a round indentation for the inkwell. Speedball Points was the major brand elementary schools used!
Felt tipped markers were small glass bottles filled with felt with a brass eyelet with a piece of felt sticking through it. They were refillable and cans of marker ink looked similar to 3 in 1 oil.
The tyranny of qwerty wasn't learned until 7th grade on manual Typewriters.

[thescranline]

oh wow! I tried this out and it taught me a lot!

[ketherwhale]

You sound like Rapunzel. A.k.A. Mandy Moore. Your hand writing- lettering is so beautiful and effortless!

[queena]

YOU ARE GREAT! You speak clear & calm, peaceful almost. But more importantly, very relatable & the way you explain things are very simple, to the point & make it super clear.