Practice the Alphabet in Brush Pen

1. Intro to Basic Lettering: Hi. My name is Karen Rosen Quiz Shager. I am a lettering artist and graphic designer based in Stockholm Sweden. In this class, we are going to work on the very basic alphabet in brush lettering, especially on the very essentials of brush lettering, which is the thin and thick strokes. 2. Lower case Alphabet 1: In this class, we are going to work on the lower case alphabet in brush lettering. When you write brush calligraphy, picking a pen that is the right size for your project is essential. I am using for this project a Stadler pigment brush pen because it's a pretty big brush and these letters are pretty big. When writing, I am pushing down really hard on my downstrokes, and you can see that I'm using the entire surface of this brush. Okay. Just simply following these arrows, and this first is the enter stroke, which is included in all these letters because when you tie the letters together to create a word, stroke, the entrance stroke is what ties your letters together. So it's a good practice to involve that in your first warm ups. So a thin stroke followed by a thick downstroke that turns into a thick stroke and a thick downstroke. A thin upstroke turns into a thick downstroke, thick and thin. If I wanted to include a entrance stroke to my t, it would go like this. Okay. Okay. I usually get the question if I take breaks in my lettering, yes, even in a letter, I take a break if I need to. For here, for example, it's a perfect spot to take a break before my thick downstroke. Then, there's many different ways to make an X. This is how I make mine. I have the entrance stroke and then I do a thick downstroke and then I start at the bottom to do a thin upstroke. 3. Lower case Alphabet 2: So now that we have practiced the lowercase alphabet following the arrows, we are now going to continue the lowercase alphabet, but without the arrows and just to trace the letters yourselves and then just write it free hand. This practice looks a little bit different. It's the same alphabet and it's the same style. But these letters are a little bit smaller. I am going to use a smaller nib. This one is the TomboFsuki the blue version that is a little bit harder. It has a perfect nib for a little bit smaller letters. Same thing, I am just going to do a thick downstroke, thin upstroke. And then to continue free handing the letters. M. 4. Upper case Alphabet: Now that we're done with the lowercase alphabet, we're going to move on to the uppercase alphabet, and we're going to do the exact same thing as before. We're going to follow the red arrows and trace the gray letters. In this practice, we are simply again just going to follow the red arrows and fill in and trace the gray letters. M. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Mm. Yeah. 5. BASIC Alphabet PROJECT: And now for the class project. Write a word name or sentence of your choice. Use thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes and use the entrance strokes to tie your letters together. And don't forget to submit your project so I can give you feedback. Thank you so much for taking this class. Okay.