Thursday, March 19, 2015

Hand Lettering


Yesterday I had a day off (score!) and I felt like doing something creative, so I had a play with some hand painted lettering using water colour, brushes, and an ink brush pen. When I was younger I was quite into calligraphy, and I was reminded of it by all the beautiful hand lettering and typography that is around at the moment. I used to use calligraphy pens and ink back then, so it was really fun to have my first real go at hand lettering with brushes! 

I have always had a habit of writing in different handwriting styles and doodling words in fancy cursive or different lettering styles. I'll sometimes just doodle words that are being said in the conversation around me! Does anyone else do this? Or is that kind of weird...


Of course my cat Stella wanted to come and lie on whatever I was taking photos of. Lucky she's such a beautiful model and didn't seemed phased by a lens being put in her face! I think she might have what it takes to be Australia's Next Top Model, what do you think? ;) (She is getting seriously podgy though... too many cat biscuits for you Stella.)


I decided to hand letter a kind of title page for a letter I'm writing to my friend KD in the U.S. He studies art and does great screen prints so hopefully he'll like this! 


I only have very cheap brushes and pens at the moment, but I'm excited to see the brush pens, brushes and ink available in Japan when I'm there in just over a week! Japanese calligraphy is amazing, so I'm sure there will be lots of inspiration to be found!

Nina xo

8 comments:

  1. I definitely doodle words from conversations happening around me- sometimes I even practice my handwriting by rewriting the headlines in newspapers as well- weird? Maybe. I love how your 'Little Pink Cactus' hand lettered logo came out- so pretty! You should use that in your site branding :) Thanks for sharing!

    xo Mary
    Mostly Salty Blog

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    1. Thank you so much Mary! Oh I love that you write the newspaper headlines. I do things like that too, I just love handwriting things! Wow thanks for the encouragement to use my hand lettered logo in my site branding too :)

      Nina xo

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  2. Wow! I love how it turned out! I wish I was that talented. It's amazing!

    xx, Be || lovefrombe

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    1. Oh thank you so much for your comment!!! :D It means so much!

      Nina xo

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  3. ughhh you are soooo good at hand lettering!! I love the style you have! I'm so jealous I wish I could do this!! I really like your blog! And all your little plants!! Can't wait to read more!!

    Have a great day!

    Keely | www.keelyashton.blogspot.com

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    1. Wow Keely thank you soooo much for your lovely comment!! I really appreciate it! Hope you're having a wonderful day

      Nina xo

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  4. These are so good! I've wanted to start doing a bit of hand lettering but have no idea where to start x
    Arora / teachingswithtea.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thank you so much for your comment! I think starting with either a brush pen, or some brushes and ink is a good idea. :) Then just see what comes out! :)

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