Free video: Brush-letter a springtime alphabet
A garden of letters in watercolor
Here we are, just a few days before the equinox, but in many places Spring still seems far away. Tonight a bitter squall line will pass through the central states, trailed by more freezing weather. But while we wait for the year to get winter well and truly out of its system, we can paint letter gardens to remind us of balmy days to come.
Using two brushes and some watercolor, you can create letters and fill them with any motif you like. Here is a step-by-step video, and a collection of printable pages to spark your ideas.
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If you don’t have the exact brushes in the video, that’s ok - you can use the same technique to create brush letters with a plain old round watercolor brush: