(Scroll to the bottom of this post to download your own copy of the “Let It Go” Coloring Print!)
A few weeks ago, I was sent a copy of Amy Doh’s latest book, Creative Lettering, and while I enjoy most of their publications, I looooooove this book so much! It’s been on my bedside table ever since I received it because I pour over each and every hand-drawn letter before I fall asleep each night. It kinda makes for funky, alphabet-loaded dreams but it’s just so much fun to look at.
I’m funny when it comes to craft books. I thoroughly enjoy reading them and flipping through all the beautiful pictures but I very rarely read through a craft book more than once. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to be too influenced by the ideas and begin to think they’re my own (I hate it when that happens!).
That’s so not the case with this book! It’s all about inspiration and becoming a better artist. I loved reading about the different pens and pencils each of the artist enjoys using. I’m a mechanical pencil/Pigma Micron 01 kind of girl. As for my favorite letter…hmm, I’m still on the fence on that one. Maybe “A?”
Each of the artists featured by Jenny Doh also share one of their original alphabets which are all just amazing. One of my favorites is Lighthearted Gothic from Madeline Tompkins. Makes me want to break out my calligraphy set!
Inspired by Creative Lettering, I thought it might be fun to show you guys how one of my Coloring Prints starts off. You can see that my “Let It Go” print started as just a small image I penciled onto gridded paper. After I was happy with the letter and image placement, I went over the pencil with a thin-tipped pen (Pigma Micron 01) and carefully erased all the pencil markings.
I then scanned the image into my computer (with my phone!), cleaned up the lines a bit in Photoshop and adjusted anything that just doesn’t look right. If you look closely you can see I decided to change the “J” from lower case to upper case. Can’t give you the theory behind why I did that…just didn’t look right, you know?
Then I just format the page to the desired size and upload it to the world wide web. All you have to do is print out the PDF file and color it any way you’d like! I used my Spectrum Noir markers again because of the paper I used. If you’ve seen some of my other Coloring Prints, you know I usually print out my images on heavy-textured watercolor paper but I decided to change things up a bit and go with vellum paper this time. Seemed to worked nicely with the airy feel of this print. What do you think?
Want to win your own copy of Creative Lettering? Just enter below and soon you’ll be having lovely dreams of hand-lettered alphabets!
You can follow this link to download your own copy or just click on the image: “Let It Go” Coloring Print – A Tried & True Print
Enjoy!
Disclosure: I received a copy of Creative Lettering to review and giveaway. All the opinions mentioned above are entirely my own.
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Tatertots and Jello
Janel from NellieBellie says
Have I told you you are brilliant? And oh so creative!!!
Vanessa Brady says
Coming from you, that means a lot!
Janel from NellieBellie says
P.S….J
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
What a fun printable, I love it! And I think my favorite letter of the alphabet is probably K. It’s the most fun to write (for me at least :-p)
Vanessa Brady says
Thanks, Jessi! That’s a solid choice, I like “K” too.
Sarah says
I love it! Your prints are encouraging me to play with watercolors for the first time in years!
Vanessa Brady says
Awh, that makes me happy!
Jacque says
Okay #1 this printable is FABULOUS and #2 my favorite letter of the alphabet is K … it’s so symmetrical!
Vanessa Brady says
1. Glad you liked it. 2. K seems to be a favorite around here!
Meghan says
My favorite letter is M
Lindsey says
My favorite letter (if you twist my arm to pick *just* one) is probably L. I love how many different ways it can be written in both upper and lower case… and its my initial!
Teresa says
My Fave letter is C
Gwen says
Gobsmacked. That’s what I am.
I’d love to try my hand at this. You’re so amazing!
Vanessa Brady says
You totally should! I’d love to see what you come up with!
Teresa Young says
I love all of your prints; they are so beautiful! My favorite letter is probably z – I like the cursive loopy z that I was taught in second grade (:
Vanessa Brady says
Thank you for the kind compliment, Teresa!
dana says
lovely giveaway : ) my favorite letter is……. J
Vanessa Brady says
Thanks for stopping by!
Sandra says
My favourite letter of the alphabet is S; my favourite symbol is an ampersand ‘&’, pretty well a backwards S embellished.
Vanessa Brady says
Ooo, I love ampersands!
Sandra says
A woman with excellent taste 🙂
Andrea says
My favorite letter is A 🙂
Kate says
thinking about ordering this book now!
(i love the letter k)
Genevieve Caskey says
My favorite letter…G. Can you guess why?
Rhiannon says
Just found your site, and I love these prints so much! My favorite letter is J, it just seems so fancy to me for some reason. 🙂
[email protected] says
cute! I like “E.” I’m a vowel person and “E” just makes me feel good.
[email protected] says
…and I get warm fuzzies every time I hit the “submit comment” button and it says “Yay” and hearts. Love that.
Vanessa Brady says
That’s pretty much how I feel every time I get a new comment!
Tanya says
Love your post. I used to do lots of lettering, I should start doing this again. My favorite letter is R.
Leslie says
Cute printable! My favourite letter is L, because in capitals it’s incredibly elegant.
Sam @ Thrive 360 Living says
Love this print and I’m so excited to check out Creative Lettering! Also, I’m a new fan of your site. I adore all of your fun projects. Oh and almost forgot, my favorite letter is S.
Lynn Van Slyke says
Just found your site and I am in love!!! This printable is just too cute! Can Not wait to make it my own. BTW, My favorite letter is L.
Jessa says
My favorite letter of the alphabet is “G” 🙂 I also love ZenTangles, so I’m thinking this Creative Lettering book would be RIGHT up my alley!
Ivana says
My favourite letter is E 🙂
Just Vegas says
I love your printables! This book looks AWESOME. Oh, and I think my favorite letter is K.
Just Vegas says
BTW, I can’t find Gerbera Designs on Twitter to follow them. The link was dead and my search came up empty!
Marge says
I’m going to have to try this technique – looks like fun. My favorite letter is J – love making the loops.
Amy says
When I’m writing in script I love to make upper case L. The loops are fun. In print, I like to make upper case P.
Jodi A. says
I love the letter D!
Judy says
this is wonderful. My favorite letter is A, followed by K and J! hard to pick!!!!
kim says
Great prints! My favorite letter is E!
Gwen says
I couldn’t sleep, so I popped over here to find this book and order it! It’s been on my mind ever since I read this post… I can’t wait to get it. 🙂
Vanessa Brady says
Can’t wait to see what it inspires in you!