(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
8 March 2013 at 8:14 amHave I told you you are brilliant? And oh so creative!!!
Vanessa Brady says
8 March 2013 at 2:59 pmComing from you, that means a lot!
Janel from NellieBellie says
8 March 2013 at 8:15 amP.S….J
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
8 March 2013 at 8:23 amWhat 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
8 March 2013 at 3:00 pmThanks, Jessi! That’s a solid choice, I like “K” too.
Sarah says
8 March 2013 at 8:31 amI love it! Your prints are encouraging me to play with watercolors for the first time in years!
Vanessa Brady says
8 March 2013 at 3:01 pmAwh, that makes me happy!
Jacque says
8 March 2013 at 8:55 amOkay #1 this printable is FABULOUS and #2 my favorite letter of the alphabet is K … it’s so symmetrical!
Vanessa Brady says
8 March 2013 at 3:04 pm1. Glad you liked it. 2. K seems to be a favorite around here!
Meghan says
8 March 2013 at 8:59 amMy favorite letter is M
Lindsey says
8 March 2013 at 9:04 amMy 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
8 March 2013 at 9:31 amMy Fave letter is C
Gwen says
8 March 2013 at 9:51 amGobsmacked. That’s what I am.
I’d love to try my hand at this. You’re so amazing!
Vanessa Brady says
8 March 2013 at 3:06 pmYou totally should! I’d love to see what you come up with!
Teresa Young says
8 March 2013 at 10:04 amI 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
8 March 2013 at 3:07 pmThank you for the kind compliment, Teresa!
dana says
8 March 2013 at 10:50 amlovely giveaway : ) my favorite letter is……. J
Vanessa Brady says
9 March 2013 at 6:10 amThanks for stopping by!
Sandra says
8 March 2013 at 7:33 pmMy favourite letter of the alphabet is S; my favourite symbol is an ampersand ‘&’, pretty well a backwards S embellished.
Vanessa Brady says
9 March 2013 at 6:11 amOoo, I love ampersands!
Sandra says
16 March 2013 at 2:01 pmA woman with excellent taste 🙂
Andrea says
8 March 2013 at 7:49 pmMy favorite letter is A 🙂
Kate says
8 March 2013 at 8:49 pmthinking about ordering this book now!
(i love the letter k)
Genevieve Caskey says
8 March 2013 at 9:40 pmMy favorite letter…G. Can you guess why?
Rhiannon says
9 March 2013 at 12:12 amJust 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. 🙂
jenny@birdsandsoap says
9 March 2013 at 2:05 amcute! I like “E.” I’m a vowel person and “E” just makes me feel good.
jenny@birdsandsoap says
9 March 2013 at 2:06 am…and I get warm fuzzies every time I hit the “submit comment” button and it says “Yay” and hearts. Love that.
Vanessa Brady says
9 March 2013 at 6:13 amThat’s pretty much how I feel every time I get a new comment!
Tanya says
9 March 2013 at 9:17 amLove your post. I used to do lots of lettering, I should start doing this again. My favorite letter is R.
Leslie says
9 March 2013 at 2:53 pmCute printable! My favourite letter is L, because in capitals it’s incredibly elegant.
Sam @ Thrive 360 Living says
9 March 2013 at 3:37 pmLove 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
9 March 2013 at 7:11 pmJust 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
9 March 2013 at 9:33 pmMy 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
10 March 2013 at 7:51 amMy favourite letter is E 🙂
Just Vegas says
10 March 2013 at 8:57 pmI love your printables! This book looks AWESOME. Oh, and I think my favorite letter is K.
Just Vegas says
10 March 2013 at 8:58 pmBTW, I can’t find Gerbera Designs on Twitter to follow them. The link was dead and my search came up empty!
Marge says
11 March 2013 at 5:35 amI’m going to have to try this technique – looks like fun. My favorite letter is J – love making the loops.
Amy says
12 March 2013 at 1:06 pmWhen 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
12 March 2013 at 1:09 pmI love the letter D!
Judy says
12 March 2013 at 2:16 pmthis is wonderful. My favorite letter is A, followed by K and J! hard to pick!!!!
kim says
12 March 2013 at 6:40 pmGreat prints! My favorite letter is E!
Gwen says
22 March 2013 at 3:39 amI 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
22 March 2013 at 9:58 amCan’t wait to see what it inspires in you!