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Brush Lettering Foundations: Building Confident Letterforms by Hand

Project Instructions

Pick one short phrase — four words at most — and letter it three times: once with a pointed brush, once with a chisel marker, once in pencil only. Keep every version on the same 14 cm baseline so the differences in weight and rhythm stay easy to read.

Photograph the three passes side by side in daylight and upload them together. Note which tool fought you the hardest; that is usually the one worth another hour.

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