Inspiration — Andra

Try metallic brush lettering on black paper for shimmering results

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Try metallic brush lettering on black paper for shimmering results
Metallic inks can elevate any piece of lettering from good to truly exceptional. Take a look at how stunning the Zig metallic brush pens look on black paper.

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Calling all purple lovers! Check out the violet blending range of Zig brush markers

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Calling all purple lovers! Check out the violet blending range of Zig brush markers

Live your life in colour Colour is one of the greatest joys in life, and stationery lets you express that joy in a truly personal way. The Zig Fudebiyori brush marker range from Kuretake has a fantastic range of colours to choose from catering to every part of the rainbow. To make life a little easier, Pen Pusher has picked out sets of three brush pens that coordinate with one another beautifully, giving you an ideal blending palette for modern calligraphy or your artworks. A purple lover at heart, Andra from Adadletters was drawn to the lustrous violet set and put...

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Mix type sizes and colours to create lettering art - Andra shows us how

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Mix type sizes and colours to create lettering art - Andra shows us how
Mixing different colours and sizes of brush lettering can be an effective way of adding more variety and impact to your lettering designs. In this video, Andra from Adadletters shows us how effective this technique can be using pastel brush pens from ONLINE and black calligraphy using a Tombow Fudenosuke marker.

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Add shadows to your lettering - Andra shows us how

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Add shadows to your lettering - Andra shows us how

  For her latest lettering process video, Andra from Adadletters revisted a quote she first lettered a year ago. Rather than comparing your modern calligraphy against other people's who may have been practising far longer than you, it's much more beneficial to compare your progress against where you came from. This way you can see just how far your brush lettering skills have progress. Here's a side-by-side look at Andra's work from a year ago and now.   In the video below, Andra shows you the process of creating her latest modern calligraphy art and demonstrates how to add shadows to...

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Try pastel brush lettering with Andra from Adadletters

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Try pastel brush lettering with Andra from Adadletters

Try pastel brush lettering There's a wonderful range of brush lettering pens available now, giving you a range of tip sizes, firmness and colours to choose from. Rich, bold colours in all the tones of the rainbow can be picked up from a range of brand. If you're looking for something a little softer, your options are a little more limited Pastel Edition pens from ONLINE German stationery ONLINE has its own range of dual-tip brush markers, known as Calli.Brush. The difference with the Calli.Brush pens is that they have a large flexible brush nib on one end and a...

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