Hand-Lettering for Beginners

Class Preview

Create your own hand-lettered designs with simple materials. You don’t have to be a graphic designer to pen the gorgeous hand-lettering that you see in logos, cards and even T-shirts! Designer Adam Vicarel uses a step-by-step approach to teach you how to create your own stunning designs using simple materials that you probably already have at home.

Starting a Project

Meet Adam and start by reviewing the key terms you’ll be using throughout class to increase your understanding of hand-lettering as a practice. After that, Adam leads you through some warm-up exercises.

Tracing & Transferring

Adam shares techniques to help you refine your sketch and achieve a clean tracing of your final design. Find out how to transfer your design to paper and get tips on making adjustments to your letterforms.

Inking & Variations

Adam walks you through inking your design, then shares various options for enhancing it, both around and inside the text.

Working With Multiple Words

Get started on your second project: a design that involves drawing multiple words. Adam takes you through the design considerations, and shows you how to create a composition that works with the meaning of the phrase.

Multiple Typographic Styles

Once you’re comfortable combining multiple words, focus on combining type styles. Adam shares a few different approaches to help you think of your words as shapes and create a design that’s interesting, yet cohesive.

Finishing & Surface Options

End class by tracing, transferring and inking your final design. Take a look at a variety of different surfaces to which you can transfer your design and complete it, including a wall!