Hello there! I am Nikki Jouppe a.k.a. Nikalola! I am super into art journaling and I also specialize in hand lettering in my Etsy shop!

In this class, I'm going to teach you a few of my favorite styles of hand lettering that I use in my art journal. I also use these styles when I design stickers and cards as well!

I will show you the step by step process of each of them so you feel confident to incorporate them into your artistic practice; whether you have an art journal or not!

In the first lesson we'll talk about some of my most-used lettering supplies, and some resources that are available for you to download.

Canson Multimedia Art Journal

Tombow Fudenosuke Pen

Big Ink Brush Pen

Medium ink brush pen

Tombow Dual Brush Pen

Prima Marketing Watercolor Set

Pentel Water Brush

Then, we'll jump in to four different styles!

First: "grocery list" style.... In this style we're trying to write as much as we can as fast as we can. This is perfect for journaling around the edges of a page or filling in spaces. It will be as unique as each artist! I think your personality can show through in your everyday handwriting!!

Next: bubble letters.... For this one I'll demonstrate how I QUICKLY can make certain words POP with a loose, casual style that really adds a playful feeling to a page. I will show you how you can get started with some printable downloads, so you can trace the letterforms with your pen and develop confidence. Kind of like training wheels!

In the next lesson we'll talk about Brush Lettering.... This style is really having a moment right now; you'll see it all over Instagram and there are countless tutorials on Skillshare to teach it even more in-depth... but for this quick lesson we'll quickly touch on the downstrokes and upstrokes and how a flexible pen tip will give you varied "line-weights."

For the final lesson I'll show you Watercolor Lettering which is combining my love of watercolor with letterforms and we'll show how you can blend each letter into the next with a few easy steps.

I will also show you a few bonus styles in a rapid-fire round just to inspire you further and get your creative juices flowing!

Arlene Neiman

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