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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! 

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Hand and Brush Lettering Guide

Dive into the world of letters and learn the art of brush lettering! Print the Hand and Brush Lettering Guide for free! 

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Artist: Gloria @_wolfskunst_

Hand- & Brushlettering: Winter Wonderland

  • Step 1: Draw the layout with the STABILO pencil 160.
  • Step 2: Draw the letters with the STABILO Pen 68 brush.
  • Step 3: Use a second colour of the STABILO Pen 68 brush and create great colour gradients.
  • Step 4: Decorate your lettering with great snowflakes and wintry elements using the STABILO Pen 68 brush.
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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 colour gradients with two colours of the STABILO Pen 68 brush and blend these two colours with a little water and a brush.
  • Step 4: Paint the colour of the STABILO Pen 68 brush to create great watercolour effects for the leaves and berries.
  • Step 5: Paint small fir branches with the STABILO pointMax.

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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: Colour the snowflakes with the same technique.
  • Step 4: Put some colour of the STABILO Pen 68 Brush on a brush. Then tap the brush with a finger to create small splashes of colour on your handlettering.
  • Step 5: Draw the letters with the STABILO SENSOR M.
  • Step 6: Outline your lettering with the STABILO SENSOR F.

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Artist: Moira Schweiger @hellohoney_nbg

Hand- & Brushlettering: Santa please stop here

  • Step 1: Draw the layout with the STABILO pencil 160.
  • Step 2: Draw the bush letters with the STABILO Pen 68 metallic.
  • Step 3: Add shading and the arrow.

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Artist: Marion Kaiser @marion_kaiser_art

Hand- & Brushlettering: Halloween

  • Step 1: Draw the layout with the STABILOaquacolor on a black paper.
  • Step 2: Draw the letters with the STABILO Pen 68 metallic.
  • Step 3: Colour the witch's hat with the STABILO Pen 68 metallic silver, metallic purple and copper.
  • Step 4: Paint the spider's web with the silver STABILO Pen 68 metallic.

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Hand- & Brushlettering: Sunshine

  • Step 1: Draw the letters with the STABILO Pen 68.
  • Step 2: Create colour gradients with two colours of the STABILO Pen 68 and blend these two colours with a little water and a brush.
  • Step 3: Use the STABILO point 88 to create shadows. This is how your lettering really comes into its own!

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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 colours green, blue and pink of the STABILO Pen 68 brush. Watercolour the colour 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.

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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 watercolour paper.
  • Step 2: Draw on a transparent foil with an apricot and a dark red STABILO Pen 68. Spray the colours on the transparent foil and place it upside down on your watercolour paper. Place the foil in different places.
  • Step 3: Repeat the process from step 2 again with the apricot-coloured 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 colour light grey for "Pizza" and "All you need".

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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 colours 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 colour 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 colour them both afterwards.

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Hand- & Brushlettering: I need a coffee

  • Step 1: Draw the lettering on watercolour paper using the STABILO pencil 160.
  • Step 2: Watercolour the background by applying different colours of STABILO pen 68 to a foil and then using a brush to apply them to the watercolour 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 colours of STABILO Pen 68 or STABILO Pen 68 brush and the brush.

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