LETTERING INFORMATION
The ABC’s of Lettering I have owned for many years and it’s one of the best books avail-
able on the subject of lettering.. While I have many books (mostly older out of print), this
book for me has helped more than any other. It starts out with brush exercises and goes
into making letters with a brush, pen nib, etc. The A B C of Lettering by J.I. Biegeleisen has
been around since 1940 is still available from many sources. Very easy to understand and
each chapter on letter styles has valuable information on how to use the styles. It does not
matter if you are new to this subject or have been at it for forty years you’ll fimd this is a
very good book. I hope this article has helped you understand lettering better and maybe
motivated you to try your hand at lettering. Remember lettering skills can be learned by
almost anyone with an interest. By learning to do lettering you can add this skill to your air-
brushing and pin striping skills and open a whole new world on what you can offer your customers. In closing I want to thank Dee
Peterson for the photos and all of you who have helped me improve my airbrushing and pin striping skills. And also thanks goes
out to Don Johnson for a great magazine and airbrush forum. For more information on this subject and the art of airbrushing
and other art forms I recommend Airbrush Technique Forum, and Airbrush Technique magazine.
Hey everyone, it’s “Kwit” here with another How-To. This time the initial layout of the subject. This will insure all key features
I am going to show you the technique I use to build the lay- are within proportions and allow you to concentrate on the
ers of short hair when doing pet portraits. I find this technique artwork itself. So we start by creating a custom stencil to the
to be the easiest to cover mistakes and overall less trouble exact size.
than doing all those dagger strokes. Using a high quality ref- Supplies used during for this How To were....ETAC EFX paints,
erence photo of your subject will make doing portraits much Cresent 9218.3 Hot Press Illustration Board, Various eras-
easier. This time it is “Peanut” a 300 plus pound grand prize ers, Magnets, gloves, masking tape, Xacto Knife and a double
winning show goat who has won numerous sanctioned shows action airbrush.
in Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee. I like doing stencil work for
I like using Microsoft Publisher for sizing and printing larger than normal images. Free
Poster Creating software can be found on the internet if you do not have Publisher. To
get started open up a New Publisher File and Create a “Custom Size Page”. The Illus-
tration Board ( Cresent 9218.3 Hot Press ) that I am using is 15 X 20 so that is the
custom size I use. I then insert the image and layout the text to see how it will look.
Once I’m satisfied with the layout I select print preview. If I’m happy with the preview I
go ahead and print it out. Notice this one was 4 sheets after it is printed. I cut the inner
edges off and align all four sheets together taping the front and back of the seams to-
gether with Scotch Tape. Now I have a full size image to start cutting the main areas.....
eyes, nostrils, ears and whatever other key points you may find as important.
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