Create a bespoke hand painted sign to hang out the front of your home, studio or office.

ASSIGNMENT

Hand paint your own house number on a small wooden block, to mount out the front of your abode. Working from research to sketching to painting, i'll show you my process for creating a simplistic hand painted sign, and hopefully inspire students to develop a style of their very own based on research and exploration...and practise!

DELIVERABLES

Remember to upload your projects to the project gallery - I'd love to see what you come up with.

Scans/photos of your sketches
Photos of your finished piece
Share your creations on social media! Use #simplesignpainting
Leave a review of your experience from this class - I'd genuinely love to hear your feedback on what worked for you, and what I could improve on.

What we'll cover:

Research
I'll direct you to some handy locations to discover existing examples of beautiful hand crafted signage.

Materials
Which paints are best (there's options for all budgets), paintbrushes, and stationary.

Brainstorming
Choose a location where you sign will be placed, and the digits which you will paint

Sketching
Take the measurements from your piece of wood and sketch your artwork onto paper.

Painting
Transfer your design onto your wood panel and get the paint brushes out!

RESOURCES

The Sign Painters movie website, where you can watch the trailer, download the movie, and check out their gallery.

My website -have a stalk through and see what else I've been up to.

A blog post on Indian sign painting examples

Horn Please - now free to watch! Beautiful examples of hand painted Indian truck art.

Check out a comprehensive galery of old but not forgotten Ghost Signs on the streets, from the comfort of your computer chair.

Kelly Spencer

Letterer, illustrator, muralist

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