Good morning, Reader! Watercolors and lettering are like chocolate and peanut butter. They are both fabulous on their own, but amplify each other when paired up. It looks difficult, but it's not. At least, it doesn't have to be. In this morning's Lettering Lagoon, I'm going to show you how to paint around your letters to create something stunning (like this) 👇. Sign Me Up! It's automatically accessible to members, but you can always register for this class for only ten bucks. Easy as pie. No...

I haven't always had a symbiotic relationship with painting. In fact, watercolors used to give me a TON of anxiety. Back in the day, I held a strong belief that nothing I made was worth the very paper I painted on. I'd get so stressed about making something amazing that I'd choke up and bail before my brush ever touched the paper. But there were two main "Aha!" moments that changed my unhealthy perspective. The first: I realized I could paint with watercolors in my journal. This was a game...

Hey, Reader! 👋 I wanted to reach out and remind you about our free Basics of Lettering class happening this Saturday at 11 am CST—trust me, you won't want to miss it! I remember when I first started lettering. For years, I was all about rugged individualism in my creativity—which really just meant I was too stubborn to learn the "proper" way to do it. I thought I could just wing it, ya know? But let me tell you, once I finally took the plunge and started learning those essential lettering...