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Hand and Brush Lettering

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Get to know the world of beautiful lettering with STABILO pen and pencils! On this page we want to give you some insights and inspiration for Hand and Brush Lettering. Discover the basic principles, techniques and effects of lettering with the STABILO Hand and Brush Lettering Guide by Hannah Rabenstein and the tutorials and templates below. Have fun discovering!

Get inspired!

Artist: Gloria @_wolfskunst_

Hand- & Brushlettering: Cozy Time

Step 1: Draw the layout with the STABILO pencil 160.
Step 2: Draw the letters with the STABILO Pen 68 brush.
Step 3: Create color gradients with two colors of the STABILO Pen 68 brush and blend these two colors with a little water and a brush.
Step 4: Paint the color of the STABILO Pen 68 brush to create great watercolor effects for the leaves and berries.
Step 5: Paint small fir branches with the STABILO pointMax.

Hand- & Brushlettering: Snowflake kisses

Step 1: Draw the layout with the STABILO Ohtello.
Step 2: Use the STABILO Pen 68 and the STABILO Pen 68 brush and mix them with a brush and some water to create impressive gradients.
Step 3: Color the snowflakes with the same technique.
Step 4: Put some color of the STABILO Pen 68 Brush on a brush. Then tap the brush with a finger to create small splashes of color on your handlettering.
Step 5: Draw the letters with the STABILO SENSOR M.
Step 6: Outline your lettering with the STABILO SENSOR F.

Artist: Melli Stelzl @the.handwriting

Hand- & Brushlettering: No rain, no flowers

Step 1: Use the STABILO Othello 282 to write "No rain, no flowers" on your card. Then go over the letters with an eraser to make them only slightly recognizable.
Step 2: Letter the words "No" with the STABILO pointMax and the word "rain" with a green STABILO Pen 68 brush. For the word "flower" use the colors green, blue and pink of the STABILO Pen 68 brush. Watercolor the color transitions with a brush.
Step 3: Draw small flowers on your picture with the brush tip of the pink and green STABILO Pen 68 brush. Paint small raindrops with the blue STABILO Pen 68 brush.
Step 4: Outline the word "rain" with a grey STABILO Pen 68 brush to create a shading effect.

Artist: Moira Schweiger @hellohoney_nbg

Hand- & Brushlettering: Love and Pizza

Step 1: Letter in pencil the saying "All you need is love and pizza" on watercolor paper.
Step 2: Draw on a transparent foil with an apricot and a dark red STABILO Pen 68. Spray the colors on the transparent foil and place it upside down on your watercolor paper. Place the foil in different places.
Step 3: Repeat the process from step 2 again with the apricot-colored STABILO Pen 68.
Step 4: Letter the saying "All you need" with a dark grey STABILO Pen 68, then trace the outlines of the word "is" and "and" with a black STABILO pointMax.
Step 5: Letter the word "Love" with a red STABILO Pen 68 brush and repeat the process for the word "Pizza" in grey.
Step 6: Draw on a transparent foil with a red STABILO Pen 68 and trace the word "Love" with a water tank brush. Repeat the same process with a black STABILO Pen 68 brush for the word "Pizza".
Step 7: Finally, paint a parallel line to the right of the word "Love" using a dark grey STABILO pointMax. Repeat the process with the color light grey for "Pizza" and "All you need".

Artist: Moira Schweiger @hellohoney_nbg

Hand- & Brushlettering: Perfect Match

Step 1: Use the STABILO pencil 160 to draw the lettering in different font styles as well as the match and the box.
Step 2: Draw the letters with different colors of STABILO Pen 68 or STABILO Pen 68 brush.
Step 3: Use a STABILO Pen 68 to draw on a transparent foil. Then pick up the color with a brush and transfer it to the paper.
Step 4: Use the STABILO point 88 to add highlights to the lettering.
Step 5: Draw the outlines of the matchstick and the box and color them both afterwards.

Hand- & Brushlettering: I need a coffee

Step 1: Draw the lettering on watercolor paper using the STABILO pencil 160.
Step 2: Watercolor the background by applying different colors of STABILO pen 68 to a foil and then using a brush to apply them to the watercolor paper.
Step 3: Draw the letters with the STABILO pointMax.
Step 4: Use the STABILO Pen 68 brush to paint small coffee beans as decoration around the lettering.
Step 5: Letter the words "quote" and "coffee" with the STABILO Pen 68 brush.
Step 6: Decorate the letters with different colors of STABILO Pen 68 or STABILO Pen 68 brush and the brush.

More videos

Lettering - Templates

Do small things with great love

Always be an optimist

Create don't hate

Eat, drink and be happy

Believe

Dream big

Amore

Create positivity

Actually you can

A pop of color in a black and white world

Keep it happy

Good things take time

Kindness

Hooray

Think outside the box

I love to create

Hola, Ciao, Bonjour

Positive vibes

You are my type