Blended Watercolor Lettering With Dual Brush Pens 1


Hi, Jessica from BrownPaperBunny here to show you how to create blended watercolor lettering with Dual Brush Pens. It’s super easy, and you just need a few supplies to get started.

Supplies:

The paper you choose can have a big impact on your ability to blend. My favorite for this sort of project is Strathmore 300 Series Watercolor Paper. You can blend right on the paper, and it holds up to quite a lot of water without buckling and warping.

Blended Watercolor Lettering with Dual Brush Pens by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

You can choose any Dual Brush Pens you like. For this project, I’m using the Tropical 10-Pack set because I love all of these colors together. I encourage you to swatch out the colors you want to use on some scrap watercolor paper and then run your Water Brush over one-half of each color to see how it will look when blended with water.

Step 1: Sketch Your Words

Use your MONO Drawing Pencil to sketch out your words lightly. This will help you get the layout how you want it and also helps to make sure you don’t accidentally leave out any letters. I’ve done that too many times when I haven’t sketched it out beforehand. Alternatively, you could write the letters using a very pale gray Dual Brush Pen so you can see where you want to add color in the next step.

Blended Watercolor Lettering with Dual Brush Pens by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

 

Step 2: Add Color

Choose two or more Dual Brush Pen colors you want to blend and add color directly to your watercolor paper.

Blended Watercolor Lettering with Dual Brush Pens by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

 

Step 3: Blend with Water

Using your Water Brush, wet and blend the ink. If you have one very dark and one very light color, it helps to start with the lightest color and blend towards the darkest so that the dark ink doesn’t completely overwhelm the lighter color. If your colors are fairly even in tone, you can start with whichever one you like. Voila, you’ve got yourself some blended watercolor lettering!

Blending Dual Brush Pens with water by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

 

Step 4: Outline Your Watercolor Lettering

This step is optional, but sometimes I like to outline my letters with MONO Drawing Pens once the ink is completely dry. You want to add a pattern or doodles to your letters too.

Outlining lettering by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

 

Here’s my finished lettering piece. I can’t wait to see what you create, so tag @TombowUSA and @BrownPaperBunny if you share to social media.

Lettered pun with Dual Brush Pens by Jessica Mack on behalf of Tombow

 

If you’re looking for more ways to use your Dual Brush Pens to get a watercolor effect, check out this tutorial on painting a two-toned portrait.

 

 


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