That’s the beauty of the airbrush in lettering it allows you to shape the letter, if you’re not happy with the shape make anoth- er pass and correct the problem.EVERY INDIVIDUAL LET- TER MUST HAVE CARE IN THE MAKING FOR IT HAS AS MUCH TO DO WITH THE LOOKS OF A FINISHED WORD AS FEATURES HAVE TO A FACE. As you practice, make every effort to forget about the letter you just completed. It’s also unwise to think of the letters you have coming up, the task at hand is the letter in front of you. Do it justice and consis- tently make it a pretty one. I think it would be helpful to include an alphabet sheet to aid in your practice. You can’t be expected to letter well if you haven’t any idea what the letter should look like. This sheet shows the basic Egyptian letters along with a thick and thin w/serif that you make using your basic letter. I’ve also included the lower case letters because they often come in handy and are well worth learning. Although the lettering on this sheet is far from perfect you will find it a challenge to duplicate. It will take a great deal of practice; your goal should be to get it as close as possible. Remember the care or carelessness of your practice will determine whether you will be a first class hand letterer or not. Good luck to all who venture down this exciting path.


I would always advise practicing with black. A practice session should include hundreds of letters and black is easier on the eyes. It’s also very unforgiving, (as it should be), as it’s much more dif- ficult to cover any mistakes. By all means don’t fear mistakes, as they are the best things that can happen to you as a beginner, they are your teachers and they gauge your progress. When you make a mistake try to disregard it and continue with your practice, spi- dering is the least of your worries it will happen less and less with practice. Try your best to achieve some precision; knowing full well that hand lettering is not precise. If you seek a perfect sharp edged severely precise letter then you need to mask and cut it out, or get a decal. One of the biggest misconceptions that beginners have is that they believe each brush stroke they make needs to be perfect the moment they lay it down and if it’s not they’re sunk. Not so!! When I lay a brush stroke down as a general rule I follow right back over it as this will even it out and finish it up. Rarely is a stroke finished on the first pass. If I’m making the leg of a letter say the “B” for instance, I’m subject to work the line up and down 2 or 3 times, until I’m satisfied with it’s appearance. I will then move on to the double curve of the “B” and work that stroke until it looks good, and on to the next letter one after another.


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