Hand lettering on pinboard

Decorative idea featuring your favourite quotes

Almost every day, we come across amazing quotes and sayings – on the Internet, in books and even on calendars – and some of them are well worth noting down. Hand lettering is a lovely way to display them on paper, so we’ve used this technique to design and decorate our favourite quotes on a pinboard – and ended up with a ready-made decoration that’s great for a hallway! A decorative picture on the wall can cheer you up as soon as you walk through the door and will suit any size of hallway. Try combining edding 1340 brush pens with the edding 1800 profipen - you’ll find that creating impressive hand lettering is actually really easy! For our example, we chose the quote: “Do more of what makes you happy”.

Category: Hand lettering
Products: Fibre and felt pens
Fineliners
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

The first quote in our example reads: “Life is about the people you meet.” Plan your layout in advance and how you want to divide up the words. Using the ultra fine-tipped edding 1800, write the individual words in capital letters or in a flat, wide font, adding a frame if you like – it’s entirely up to you. Or you may wish to emphasise certain strokes and embellish them with flourishes or other motifs. We used a black edding 1340 brush pen for this.

Step 2

Thanks to the versatile brush tip of the edding 1340 brush pen, you can produce hand lettering without even trying – well, almost! Vary the width of your upward and downward brushstrokes by changing the pressure on the tip as you write. Tip: experiment with different font styles and vary the letterforms until you find the ones you like best.