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Using rainbow color palettes is the perfect way to make your artwork stand out! It’s time to level up your lettering in this colorful course led by Alyssa (known on Instagram and YouTube as Lyssa’s Letters). You’ll be introduced to several simple and fun techniques using water-based brush pens to add a whole lot of color to your hand lettering artwork!

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Perfect for lettering-lovers at any level, this course will empower you to boldly add rainbow blends of all types to your letters. Each lesson is jam-packed with demonstrations and examples to help guide you as you learn the essentials of blending and how to add gorgeous rainbows inside and outside of your letters.

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Lessons will include the following topics:

-Making a basic horizontal rainbow

-Blending with water

-Blending with the brush pens on marker paper

-Creating unique rainbow color palettes

-Designing and executing a vertical rainbow in your letters

-Fun ways to add rainbow illustrations to your lettering

Students are encouraged to post all of their practice and finished pieces of artwork that incorporate the blending techniques taught in this class under the projects tab.

For your daily dose of colorful inspirational art, check out Alyssa’s Instagram Page

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Alyssa (known on Social Media as Lyssa’s Letters) began brush lettering in August 2018. Through her artwork and videos, she hopes to share a message of self-empowerment and to inspire others to create from their hearts! She currently teaches two classes on Skillshare.com and is in the process of designing more classes.

You can check out her Youtube channel: Lyssa's Letters on Youtube

Royalty-free music from BenSound.com, InShot app (@iksonofficial), and Incompetech.filmmusic.io (by Kevin MacLeod).

*********Recommendations for brush pens and paper:

1. Tombow Dual Brush Pens: best when used on Canson marker paper, Strathmore marker paper, or any brand of bristol board. Use cautiously on mix media paper and VERY rarely on watercolor paper, as the brush nibs fray easily. I also use Tombows on hp premium paper; however, they do not blend on this paper because the ink dries immediately on it. You can layer colors on hp premium paper, though (similar to how one would blend with alcohol markers).

2. Ecoline Brush Pens: best when used on watercolor paper or mix media paper. I prefer Arteza 100% cotton expert watercolor paper and arches cold press watercolor paper. I use Canson mix media paper.

3. Tombow Fudenosuke colors: Best when used on hp premium paper, marker paper, or mix media paper. They tend to look dry and uneven on watercolor paper.

4. Pentel Sign Touch Brush Pens: Can be used on any type of paper!

5. Arteza TwiMarkers: Not great for creating letter shapes but awesome for blending with water. I use them exclusively on mix media paper and watercolor paper.

Melissa Clarkson

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