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Easy watercolor background ideas for hand lettering

Here are some quick and easy ideas on how to decorate the background of your lettering projects using watercolour paints. You don't always need expensive tools to create art - for many o...

Why we should train our minds like how we train our bodies

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda It’s a dam...

Words of wisdom from my fellow calligraphers

Dear Readers, You've heard me talk so much about my entrepreneurial journey in the pages of this blog. You've heard me harp on about my quest for continual learning and growth. As part o...

How the entrepreneurial journey changes you as a person

I remember, before I decided to pursue my lettering full-time, how fearful I was. It was mostly fear of the unknown, fear of not living up to other people’s expectations and the fear of f...

What does saying 'Yes' to things really cost us?

It’s the law of life that everything has its opposite thing. Every action has an equal and opposite action. If you say ‘yes’ to working late just because you feel obliged to, you’re also ...

Extraordinary

One pen, one pad. A simple tool, a blank page. Infinite possibilities. One human, one lifetime. An ordinary person, a new day. Infinite opportunities.

How I found the process of writing and publishing my first lettering book

I haven’t posted anything on my blog in a while because I hadn’t felt like I had anything interesting to say. So does the fact that I’m posting something now mean that I’ve had an epiphan...

How to stop comparing yourself to others' success

Do you ever look at someone in your field who you think is successful and think, “I need to change my work to look more like theirs so I can be successful too”? You know that horrible fee...

So you want to learn the fundamentals of Brush Pen Lettering - Customer gallery

I am so grateful to all of you who have grabbed a copy of my first workbook, 'So you want to learn the fundamentals of Brush Pen Lettering' so far. I am also thankful to those of you who...

Heart feels

I amexhaustedfrom trying to outdoMyself. Stop and smell the roses,They say,but I can't becausemy Feet won't stop. dancingthe quickstep of the beat of myHeartthat wantswhat it doesn't have...