Next up for my Life Book catch-up session was a bonus lesson by Joanne Sharpe. Sharpe had taken one of the first ever Life Book lessons I did and I had enjoyed it immensely, especially the liberating message that my own handwriting was good enough for my art. Since I still have not gotten around to developing my skills with typography, it was good to have that reinforced. The focus of the lesson was on using either a paint brush or water brush with watercolour as a tool for writing and to write empowering or inspirational words and phrases on a full sized piece of paper and on smaller cards.
I did both projects and it was pleasingly quick to create them. My Dad is a very skilled and experienced painter of vehicles including an ability to do sign-writing by hand. Apparently I have not inherited his ability to write in straight lines or to achieve consistency because my text is very skew-wiff on the page. Never mind. I enjoyed the lesson and certainly feel more confident with writing with a paint brush than I did before. I also think I have potential to develop my skills to achieve greater precision.
A Pict in PA 
More work for me I see – my lettering needs LOTS of work! I like the quote.
Thanks. The quotation is just one I scribbled down in a notebook some time ago. I’m not sure where I saw it but I had to google to find the attribution. As you can see, my lettering needs work too but I like the idea of just embracing my own handwriting as my “go to” typography.
These look GREAT!
Thank you. That’s very kind of you.
Those are awesome Laura. I love what you said that you like the idea of embracing your own handwriting as your go to typography. I love that thought it is very encouraging.
Thank you. Part of me thinks it’s a lazy cop out but mostly I think I really ought to just accept my own handwriting as my default.
I am also learning to accept mine and its also my go to when the need arises. So, maybe we should really just be happy we can tweak our handwriting and make the most of it.