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The next step is to form the basic
letters. This is a good time to make an adjustment if you want your
letters to rest at different heights or angles. Allow yourself a little
space between letters to make the little add-ons. Do all this base work
in a soft pencil, and don’t press down too hard on your paper, as it
will leave a pressure mark, even if you get all the pencil removed.
Now you start the embellishing
process. With the ideas that I have done with each of the letters, you
should be able to mix and match with each other. If you have to do two
letters side by side, then change the second to something slightly or
even totally different. Make them individual!
Once you have the letters how you
like them, you can go over them with a combination of the bullet and
fine tips of the Zig Twin Tip Writer.
After you are done with the pen
work, you erase the pencil lines. I’m sure that I have mentioned this
before, but try using a white polymer pencil eraser. They are my
favorite! It will pick up all the pencil markings, provided you haven’t
etched it into the paper. If you are using ink that takes a little
longer to dry, you will have to wait a few minutes before attempting to
erase over it.
And now for the final step. Add
some color! You can use colored pencils, crayons, chalk or markers to
complete your work. Don’t be afraid to use different products. I
recently discovered that there is acid-free alcohol-based pen available,
newly released by Cock-A-Doodle. They are great fun and don’t leave
the lines you get when trying to fill in solid color to a title or
journaling.
Be brave! And don’t forget, you
have to practice, practice, practice!
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