Handwritten lettering artwork

Brush lettering for fun

The art of brush lettering simply brings style into our lives, lending a very personal, expressive touch to cards, invitations and wall art. It’s up to you whether you use large or small letterforms or enhance them with shading, flourishes and dots – just let your imagination take you wherever it wants to.

Fonts with beautiful curves are particularly easy to achieve using the edding 1340 flexible brushpens, included in the Colour Happy Box. And for a virtually endless range of different shades, the Box also features a Brushpen Colour Mixer, an ingenious tool that can create up to 190 additional shades from just 20 base colours. Why not give it a try!

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

Step-by-step

Step 1

We recommend you first practise the words you want to write so you can see what layout you like best. Alternatively, you could pick a saying or motto and reproduce it using brush lettering. There are no set rules when it comes to brush lettering – anything goes. You can use a variety of fonts, such as script or block letters, narrow or broad letterforms. It’s a good idea to try out a range of styles beforehand.

Step 2

The edding 1340 brushpen allows you to create really beautiful, expressive fonts: to achieve the effect, apply pressure on the downstrokes and contrast these by making the upstrokes really light. Start by drawing guidelines to help keep all the letters the same height. Using the brushpen, add finishing touches in the form of shading or delicate decorative details such as borders, dots or motifs.