About this item
A font of information on lettering styles!The Art of Whimsical Lettering is an artful instruction book on creating stylized fonts and expressive artwork with personal handwriting skills. Author Joanne Sharpe shows you how to create exuberant and personalized writing styles for your artworkwhether it be a journal, canvas art, or other projects that use text.After an overview of Joannes favorite tools and surfaces, take a peek into Joannes personal lettering journal to discover how you too can collect inspiration, hone your lettering skills, and tap into your natural creativity. Joanne then demonstrates twenty art techniques for creating a variety of lettering styles using many different tools. She provides you with fifteen basic alphabets, ranging from simple pen-and-ink renditions to increasingly elaborated texts that reference calligraphy, vintage fonts, and doodle art, among other styles.
About the Author
Joanne Sharpe is an energetic, whimsical artist dedicated to empowering women to embrace their own creativity through online classes and traveling workshops that explore art sewing, journaling, hand lettering, as well as mixed media and textile art. She is the author of the best-belling title The Art of Whimsical Lettering (Interweave 2014) , named an Amazon's Editor's Pick for a Best Craft Book of 2014. Joanne is proud to be a BERNINA Artisan Ambassador, sharing her love of threads and fabric with an audience eager to learn how to bring these expressive media into their own artwork. Look for her second book, The Art of Whimsical Stitching, a colorful handbook of ideas and techniques for playful art sewing. Joanne resides in Rochester, New York, with her very supportive husband, is the mom to a daughter, three sons and a first time grandma to a precious baby girl. Follow all Joanne's artful adventures and online classes at: joannesharpe.com
