Watercolor Lettering: Learn To Blend Colors And Letter Boldly With Watercolors

Class Description:

By themselves, lettering and watercoloring are two very lovely art forms. Put them together, and you have a dynamite combination that will create some truly stellar pieces.

In this class, I’ll be sharing how you can harness this skill to make some lovely lettering. First, I’ll run through a quick lettering refresher before touching on basic color theory. Then I’ll demonstrate how to control water and pigment to achieve different effects before jumping into showing you two very different lettering styles.

Finally, we’ll create three gorgeous lettering projects together, starting with a simple project and working our way to lettering with all the colors of the rainbow. By the time the course is over, you’ll have the skills to create a huge array of colors, forms, and styles that will leave you feeling like a lettering champ.

What You Will Learn:

  • Basic lettering techniques review
  • Color mixing principles
  • Water control
  • 2 styles of watercolor lettering
  • 3 hands-on watercolor lettering projects

Supplies You'll Need:

  • Watercolor paint
  • Watercolor paper (or mixed media paper)
  • Watercolor brushes (flat and round)
  • Drill Sheet PDF (included)
  • 2 jars of water
  • Cotton rag (optional)
  • Paper towels (optional)
  • Masking tape (optional)
  • Ruler (optional)
  • Pencil (optional)

Explore Class Projects:

In this class, you'll learn to create these amazing class projects, but more importantly, you'll learn how to create your own pieces in the future.

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

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Class Details:

  • 📊Level: Intermediate
  • Time: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Class Pass includes:

  • Lifetime Access To Class

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Jisuki
Posted 1 year ago
Great Beginners Course for Watercoloring Letters!

This course was so fun! I'm a beginner to watercolors and implementing this beautiful technique to hand lettering has expanded my interest further. There's so much information and Shelby explains it very clearly. The pacing is fast but I didn't mind - thank you for the replays as it helps me understand it more when I review it at my pace. Thank you!

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linda-f
Posted 1 year ago
In Awe of those who can do Letters

I really liked this course, it was instructive and the finished products was amazing. Shelby demonstrates and teaches in a way that is very practical as well as showing how fun it can be to do this task. I loved the colours and the layouts!

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StephaniAustin
Posted 1 year ago
Super fun!

The projects were my favorite part. Though I’ve dabbled in watercolor for a while, lettering with it was newer to me. The engaging projects and clear instructions were easy to follow and helpful.

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CarolRiordan
Posted 4 years ago
My review

I learned a lot in this lettering course. I know my lettering skills will take time, but with some of the techniques that I learned in this course to enhance my lettering, I will now have more reason to work on them. I usually complete each project several times before submitting my work. By doing this, I am able to work out any difficulties I have and am able to submit a better final project. I have enjoyed this platform and the courses so much. Thank you.

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