The imperfections can sometimes add to the charm of chalkboard art. Mine is off, but it still looks OK – not perfect – but fun and festive.ĭon’t aim for perfection. Some letters will be bigger and your centering will look off. This is the hardest part of chalkboard art – making free hand letters. Draw the center letter or space on your center point and then draw the other letters out from this center point to each side to complete your word. If using both lower case and capital letters, capital letters take up a bit more room, but this is a good rule of thumb to center lettering. The letter/spaces count would be: 14 – making the center point between the “B” and “I”. If I wanted “Happy Birthday” all on one line. For instance “Birthday” has 8 letters – an even amount– no spaces, so the center is between the “T” and the “H”. To find the center of a word or words for one line – count the number of letters and spaces between each word. One heavy print font, a script font, and one thin caps font. A good rule of thumb is to use no more than 3 fonts. Mix up font styles – Thick, 3-D, thin, serif, shadow, and script. I then filled the double lines in with dots of color. Make a border – I used a square at each corner and double lines. In my art it was the cake and copy – Happy Birthday. Make a sketch to determine placement of your images and words. Keep it simple at first – the more boards you create the better your drawings, centering, and lettering will become. You can also keep the board wet and draw on a wet board. At first, the chalk lines will look faded – not bright – be patient and let it dry – it will dry bright white or whatever color chalk you are using. As you work, keep dipping the chalk in water to keep it wet.
Dip the chalk in water before drawing on the board.
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To season a chalkboard: Use a full piece of chalk and run it on its side over the entire surface of the chalkboard. Ghosting is when you draw on a chalkboard and after it is erased – you still see the images, but in black. If you are using a brand new chalkboard – season it first.
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To learn how to install a free fonts see my post: My Favorite Free Fonts Chalkboard Art Drawing Tips and Tricks
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