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hand painted signage: the paddock
Well its my best side!!
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well thats a bit of a pig it wont let me upload it!
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try again mate ive had a look at the upload settings 😉
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da da!!
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thank you kindly 😀
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nice one mate, did you paint that yourself then? looks great!
by the way, do we always get a side shot of you? 😆 😆
thanks for taking the time tyo load mate
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This was one of my first, the letters where traced on, so part of it was made easy!, I dont have the steadyest of hands so for me its a major acheivement!!!
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A painter!
What a sight for sore eyes!
The sign looks good too! hahaha
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Ive been told by reliable sources that Jill of the beans is somewhat an expert in the field of painting, have you any images for us mere novice’s to admire?, If so please share, (prehaps on a different post, so’s not to show me up too much)
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Hi Lawrence….
When I first joined this site, I emailed Rob some pix of my work.
I think they are on the traditional area of this place.
I am no expert. I just love to paint. I’m really not that good.
Rob & Dewi are recipients of my panels from Letterhead meets.
Nik is next in line, and it looks like I’ll do one for you eventually!
I didn’t know that you were a painter, and I’m glad to see that you are!
Now we need to get you to a live meet so you can wallow in the 1-Shot.
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Great work Lawrence! 😀 You weren’t codding when you said you done a little painting, thats huge! Traced letters or not, to get that quality of finish can’t be easy. Did you paint the horse as well?
Cheers, Dewi
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Lawrence, you are right about Cooper being easier to paint for a Newbie.
(Dewi, make a note of that)
But it is quite easy with a bit of practice to get sharp edges.
All you do, is when painting the initial outline of the letter,
is to “twirl” your brush about 45 to 90 degrees so that the tip makes a really thin line or point out to the edges of the letter.
The you fill it in and boom! Hellvetica.
I still like to “cheat” with a nice soft serif, or a rounded serif.
Lots of folks use fine-line striping tape (available @ the auto parts store)
to get straight edges. Remember, when using this method, that you still
have to make your “round” letters (Q,O,S,G,C, & the bottom of the U)
bigger than that straight line so that they are optically correct.
Practice makes perfect, and you are off to a great start.
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This was all painted in gloss, none of that proffessional stuff here 😀 , the horse was painted also, and was probably the easiest part, being that the edges are more random so any small mistakes arnt noticed!
I think the hardest thing to get to grips with is the 90 degree corners you would get on most lettering, if you look at this one you’ll see there arnt any, probably a better font being a begginer 😀Lawrence
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Well done Lawrence
Good to see you having a bash and to get that finish using ordinary gloss is very good.
If you can get hold of some one shot (from Handovers) you’ll find it a lot easier to work with.
I see you got to grips with the mahl stick
As Jills says there is a little technique with the brush in acheiving a nice sans serif.
Bill Stewart has book on signwriting techniques which might prove useful.
Mind you! You seem to be getting on just fine
John
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Hello thanks for all the comments!!
Bill Stewart that name rings a bell!!, Its his second edition book that first got me interested in signs! Very informative! I think I remember seeing a post where you said you paint john? Do you find there is much call for it? Personally speaking I find it more rewarding to have painted a sign, its almost as though you’ve created something out of nothing! Mind you the speed I paint at I reckon I’d have to charge about 50 pence an hour to be competative with other signwriters 😮
Lawrence
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quote :Bill Stewart that name rings a bell!!, Its his second edition book that first got me interested in signs!
what a coincidence! ive started reading the same book! and finding it very helpful too! (drain) ,rachel
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