Negative Space Lettering with Watercolours

This is an introductory class on how to paint negative space letters with watercolor. Discover here how you can take your hand lettering and watercolour skills to the next level using negative painting and layering techniques that you cannot achieve with any other medium.

In this class you will learn:

• What is negative painting and how to achieve it? 
• What is negative space and it’s significance in art and design?
• Brush control techniques to master painting around shapes and inside tight spaces
• Basic differences between the Wet-On-Wet and Wet-On-Dry techniques of watercolour painting
• Colour blending techniques with watercolours
• The significance of picking colors that work well together
• Tips to discover hand lettering through the faux calligraphy technique.
• How to plan your lettering piece taking advantage of negative painting techniques
• Tips for sketching out a great composition
• Negative space lettering with watercolours using two class project pieces.

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