This blog post has been on my to-do list for a while, and I finally got the time to put it together. I’m so excited to be sharing these resources I found with you. If you haven’t noticed, the blogosphere is obsessed with brush lettering. My previous hand lettering tutorials roundup was so popular that I decided to see what I can find on the topic of brush lettering only.
If you’re interested in learning brush lettering, check out these free tutorials / tips that talented people on the web have shared.
Free Brush Lettering Tutorials and Tips
1. Brush lettering: a how to by Angie Makes
2. Behind the scenes of Jasmine’s brush lettering
3. Brush lettering in action (video)
4. Lettering basics: brush pens and where to add pressure
5. Writing with brush markers
6. Brush script tips
7. See how Emma has been learning how to use a brush pen
8. Digital brush lettering in Illustrator
9. Mastering brush script
Extra:
10. A simple guide to brush markers
11. DIY Handlettering: materials needed and tips for digitizing your lettering (in German)
12. Brush lettering with different media (plus videos)
13. Getting started with brush lettering (part 1)
14. How to use your brush pen (part 2)
15. 20 hand lettering YouTube videos for beginners
Premium Brush Lettering Courses
Brush letter practice guide
Practice brush lettering with this practice guide from Random Olive. The guide includes printable practice sheets for uppercase & lowercase characters and numerals. I’ve been using this guide and it’s so addictive and fun 🙂 Read more here (that’s my affiliate link).
Waterbrush Lettering Essentials
Learn how to create your own waterbrush lettered greeting cards. So far, this is the best online class about brush lettering I have found! Learn more about it here. Check out Teela’s, (the teacher) two free YouTube tutorials on brush lettering here and here.
Fundamentals for Drawing Letters
This Skillshare course by Andrea Campos teaches you the fundamentals of drawing letters. Andrea shares the questions she had when she wanted to learn lettering, and how she taught herself. Discover the pens and paper to use and how to teach yourself lettering. Read more here (that’s my affiliate link).
If lettering isn’t your thing, or you’re looking for a quick solution to add some brush lettering to your designs, check out these fonts.
Free Brush Fonts
1. Cheddar Jack
2. Manus
3. Besom
4. Painted
5. Paperweight
Premium Brush Fonts
I’ve been adding these brush fonts to my wish list over the last few weeks. I currently own Amelian Script and Manhattan Darling and can wholeheartedly recommend them. Here are a few others that I’ve been eyeing.
1. Amelian Script
2. Manhattan Darling
3. Sortdecai
4. Wanderlust
5. Snowberry
6. Heartwell
Have fun!
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Oooh! Fun post. Thanks for featuring a few of my things. 🙂
You’re welcome, Angie! Love your work 🙂
Thanks for including my post, Carmia! 🙂
You are welcome, Daniel! Love your work 🙂
Hi may I ask what’s the name of free font no.2? It will be great if there’s a link! Thanks
Hi! I totally forgot to include the names and links of those fonts! Sorry about that. The name of font #2 is Manus. Here is the download link: http://www.dafont.com/manus.font
This is perfect! When I was a kid, I really wanted to learn calligraphy but never committed to it. Now that brush lettering is everywhere, I would love to get into it a little! I can’t wait to check out all these links, thanks Carmia!
That’s so awesome, Robyn! I’m glad to hear that this list was helpful, and I hope you enjoy learning new things 🙂
Thanks for the shout-out Carmia 🙂 And what a useful roundup, pretty too!
You’re welcome, Natalie!
I love brush lettering, I need to try it again.
O clementina gostava de saber como se usa as fontes no pic monkey eu não tenho photoshop e muitas pessoas também não, sei tirar as fontes, instalar, depois acabou, porque no photoshop vai directo, mas nos outros editores não vai tem de ser manual, e no pick Monkey vem l´uma parte quando é para escrever, onde diz as vossas fontes, mas não sei como fazer? tenho percorrido quase toda os blogs e em nenhum existe um tutorial a explicar, é possÃvel, fazer um tutorial ?
brigado e obrigado por partilhar maravilhas, simplicityviralbeauty.blogspot.com é o meu novo blog ando numa luta diária para ser melhor, o tempo o dira, amei as letras escova, são lindas, gostava muito de usar, mas tenho este problema, se me poder ajudar agradecia muito, e claro os créditos eram seus.
Tenha uma boa semana
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Hi Sofia, unfortunately I don’t understand Portuguese! Would you mind sending me your comment in English?
Can’t wait to get started these are some great resources! I was recently inspired to research hand lettering and brush lettering when I stumbled on this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600583970/ref=s9_wish_gw_d32_g14_i5?ie=UTF8&colid=38BRD1V3I3FZR&coliid=I3K6MXHIJEXCKT&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0JJZ3Y1WCDSNBJ811W4J&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop
It’s fantastic for inspiration!
It looks like a beautiful book! Thanks for sharing that with us, Alanna 🙂
I recently love brush lettering, and I’m so interested to try. Can you mention what type of pen do you use for lettering? thank you so much 😀
Hey Hasna, I’m using a Tombow brush pen and a Pentel Aquash Water Brush (medium).
Hey! Thanks for featuring 🙂 This is a really good list, I must say, thanks for all these helpful links in one place!
You’re welcome, Aaria! I loved the tutorials on your site 🙂
Thank you Carmia for this truly amazing collection! I can’t wait to start learning.
Happy learning, Viktoria!
Will try out some of these soon. Thanks for inspiring newbies like me, Carmia!
Hello Carmia, I have just discovered your spot and am really excited to connect as I want to teach myself how to do hand lettering. Your style is lovely.
That’s so awesome, Lizann! It’s so much fun 🙂
Adorable Fonts! I love your designs!!! 🙂