Art of Brush Lettering: A Stroke-by-Stroke Guide to the Practice and Techniques of Creative Lettering and Calligraphy

So i wasn't expecting much out of this one... but it really turned out to be of pretty good quality...The pages are of decently good quality and the instructions are really helpful...Note- its not a practice book, it has more of theory and basics of calligraphy... practice sheets are only few, present at the end of the book.Its good for someone who wants to learn calligraphy from scratch,But for the ones, who need just practice sheets to refine their art, it might b disappointing

This book is so thorough! I love how Kelly has broken down each set of letters! Not only that, she has given tips on how we can take care of ourselves when writing! The book can make anyone an expert in hand lettering, and the paper is just beautiful! I absolutely LOVE this book it is one of my favorites! Thank you Kelly!! ❤️ Also, side note: the book arrived way ahead of time!

Kelly is a pro when it comes to teaching brush lettering for the novice. Highly recommended.

Before buying this book I did a quick internet search to see whether brush lettering was something I might enjoy. It was, so I ordered this book along with brush pens, papers and a blender. Unfortunately, this book doesn't contain any information which I hadn't already seen in my 5-10min search. Basically, you apply firm pressure on downward strokes and light pressure on upward strokes and try to make the transition between the 2 as smooth as possible. Somehow the author manages to stretch this information out over most of the 160 pages of the book. She goes through every letter of the alphabet - upper and lower case - repeating this same information for every stroke of every letter. I thought the small chapter on creative techniques near the end might redeem the book, but it's just very ordinary things like drawing shadows on the letters. Although brush lettering may take a lot of practice to get it looking consistently good, there are no advanced techniques in this book and I'm left with the impression that there's not very much to brush lettering, unlike calligraphy or typography. I don't know whether that's true or not, but this book left me feeling disappointed, uninspired and genuinely amazed that someone would charge me £14 for such little information. I recommend that you spend your £14 on some brush pens and paper, rather than this book, and do a quick internet search instead.

It’s ok but there are definitely better books on this subject. I’ll be returning my copy mainly because I found the posture, mindfulness and meditation elements a bit flowery and unnecessary. Someone else might love it but I just wanted to learn how to do brush lettering and for me there’s just too much surface/ filler stuff here and not enough real content. I’ve bought Lucy Edmonds’ “Modern Calligraphy” instead which I’m finding much more useful and informative.

I bought this book some time ago having seen a video by the author. It has provided lots of opportunities to practice and I am now fairly proficient in brush lettering. I would recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn/improve as it is well laid out, with clear instruction

Extremely helpful and easy to follow guide to brush lettering. Delivery was on time and this is what taught me how to do calligraphy in less than a month. Now I love calligraphy and improving all the time yet I still reference to this book as it is so useful and helpful.

A brilliant reference for those interested in calligraphy.