Thursday, May 28; 6–9pm CT
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand-Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and short phrases.
Learn strategies for approaching composition and layout when lettering multiple words in this in-person workshop. We’ll cover key design concepts such as emphasis, consistency, harmony, and balance. Learn tips and tricks for getting started, ways to pivot, and how to visualize your work as the sum of its parts.
The majority of time will be spent hand-lettering an 8 x 10-inch poster featuring your unique phrase, quote, or words. Participants will work through a step-by-step process to hand-letter and illustrate their poster with guidance and feedback from the teaching artist.
Participants will walk away feeling more confident drawing individual letters and words as well as multiple-word designs. Design skills learned in this workshop can also be helpful when designing letterpress and screen prints, and page layout and design for artist’s books and zines
Level: Intermediate. Participants need to have already taken Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters or feel confident hand-lettering individual letters and short words.
Certificate: 3 hours, Category A or D; fulfills the Core design requirement
Pricing
$70 | $35 Scholarship | $105 Pay-It-Forward
$20 materials fee
Scholarships are available for individuals facing adversity as it relates to identity, income/wealth, and lack of access to arts resources. The Pay-It-Forward rate (tuition, plus 50%) supports MCBA’s efforts to make scholarships available. We leave it to you to choose the rate that is meaningful to you based on your income, wealth, and privilege status. MCBA members receive a 10% discount on tuition.
