Love your sketchbook lettering: Tips, tricks and tools

Combining words and pictures makes for gorgeous (and useful) sketchbooks. I've been doing it for 25 years and I have a lot of tools and ideas to share with you. Including some amazing new pens from Pentel Arts.
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[JF-kvgm]

Fantastic video, Danny! Loads of suggestions and inspiring examples. At the moment, I'm finding lettering hard due to constant pain. Maybe I'll try with brush pens which require a bit less "pressure" and grip. Looking forward to playing with words.

[cathyfield]

I was drawn to your comment, "...drawing your writing." I used that strategy teaching 2nd grade rookie writers to get their thoughts on paper.

[claire]

Honestly, I could listen to you talk about your art all day long. You seem so happy and peaceful. I love that. And it makes me calm too. Thank you so much for your amazing channel!

[SylviaHowell-oe]

Yay! I LOVE lettering and art together. Thank you, Danny Gregory. "Gorgeous illustrations surrounded by this river of text"

[Neiltendo.]

Hi Danny. I turned 40 a few months ago and the YouTube algorithm brought you to my attention. Love your videos. I had a sketchbook and pen delivered yesterday and I’m very much enjoying filling it up. I just hope I can stay motivated. Thank you!

[MNGirl]

Now this is the kind of journaling I love to do! Its been so therapeutic for my depression. Thank you for the video of inspiration!

[lesleyevans]

love the way you design your sketchbook pages.

[CanineArtsCenter]

Wow! ‘If you make a mistake, cross it out’ is an awesome suggestion. When you said that, I sudden, y realized that has been a huge stumbling block for me when I want to add words to a drawing, or worse, when I want to make a nice card for someone, and I inevitably screw up a letter at the very end, and then procrastinate because I feel I have to do another card to fix it, then I make another mistake, etc…. which causes me to not send as many cards as I’d like…I am going to start owning the crossouts 😊 So cool how you framed it, to think of crossouts actually capturing the mind changing…I’m definitely going to start owning the crossouts now:) And your sketchbooks are absolutely captivating btw:)

[lorrainesaliba]

Hi Danny ! I just love your sketch books …the way you draw and your calligraphy is something that really grabs me ! Thank you for always sharing your artistic ideas, creations and for your inspiration ! Much appreciated ! Warmest regards to You and JJ……Lorraine 😁🎨👋

[jodycourt]

The "slow down" is one of my main issues. Thanks for showing us this in real time. I sometimes wonder if the sped up time videos cause me to think I can do these things faster than humanly possible with similar results. Great suggestions and tips. I like your writing style.

[karenharnish]

Thanks! I appreciate your voice (so calming) and encouragement.

[nocturnus]

As I wait for my NYPL hold for Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra I was re-listening to Peter Ackroyd’s William Shakespeare biology. What he did as a serial reviser & editor of his & his contemporaries feels so familiar to all of this. So many lessons we can gleam when putting our Creative Licenses to action.

[jonr]

I have a compulsion to record life experiences in text, and like most people (?) have always taken photos. Technology has enabled this process... I feel it is enriching in the moment and a vital aid to staving off amnesia...

Each page of YOUR beautiful obsession shows me in an instant how much depth of engagement you must be having in your life experiences... The cultivation of this appreciation of the moment is my no1 takeaway from your art.

Without being cheesy, your creative output astonishes me, not only the art itself but these videos with flawless lighting, scripting, presentation...

[navigatorsnursery]

Hi Danny.. I saw in your journal that you’re having a little struggle with getting your gardenias to bloom .. try Charlie Carp or fish emulsion .. (not seaweed but fish- now there’s another pic) It works a treat on them. I put some on our potted G.Floridas and they really greened up well and put buds on .. within a week !! (During spring and summer) Hope that helps .. cheers, Lisa.

[malvenachristianmusicbaxte]

I have never thought of looking at examples of page layouts to give me ideas!! Thank you!! I have gotten so many ideas from this video. Thank you so very much. ❤

[cosmopoliteancie]

You made me order pentel gold/silver pens right now 😁

[malvenachristianmusicbaxte]

Expressive, neat, and slow down!! Yes!! Thank you.

[sn]

Ah Danny, you're always inspiring! Thanks for this!

[wafausman]

Listening to you was meditative...Thank you!

[jamesriesenberger]

Thanks for putting this together. So well done and helpful.