Im a total novice only started this xmas and have watched many many videos from youtube and have done a good few hours practice and a few things are just starting to come together and starting to make sense but the way you used your mahl stick as a straight edge and guide is brilliant that will help me greatly im sure ,cant wait to try it tomorrow. Ive seen no one do this like you on loads of youtube videos, well done.Many thanks: Dick Searle UK
@@signschool2238 I thank you very much for your reply,appreciated . Love the Mahl stick thing but I can't quite make out in your videos, do you actually run the ferral of your paintbrush against your mail stick or are you using your fingers? I've tried both methods today running the brush ferrol against the malh stick is easier for me but can get a tad messy!
nice job mate!....i watched it all the way through...loved it! i thought you looked like paul hogan, crocadile dundee (before he had that nasty facelift) haha. ...and i got to get some overalls like that. like them too. ive been swinging the brush for 37 years and still love every minute of it! cheers
I don't understand why you used the tape. Surely this prevents you from extending the curved letters past reference lines (as they should be for visual appeal) and things like that? The end result doesn't look right without the curved letters extending past the reference lines, in my opinion.
When you have let’s say a full van to letter with a lot on it the tape increases your speed dramatically and you tip the rounds at the end to be successful and make a living without losing quality you have to be fast I find it helpful abs so do a lot of my colleagues 😄
i'm really interested in sign painting, but have no idea where to start! should I practice writing out different fonts with pencil or go straight into practicing with paint? great vid!
It’s always good to sit and continually draw letters as the shapes get lodged in your brain i would even trace them as often as possible , but practice with the brush as often as possible it takes a long time to get used to the feel of the brush it needs to become an extension of your hand . Cheers Mel.
Unimpressed by this video. Hard to hear what man was saying. I feel his experience in this demonstration made the job look all too easy. No explanation as to what font he was using. No explanation as to what paint etc. No explanation as to how to prepare substrate ready for lettering. He made the letter spacing look so easy as you would expect but he should bear in mind the majority of viewers will have no idea how to set words out. Having had a modicum of technical drawing I could set this out but don’t think many others can. Waste of what could of been an informative video.
@@signschool2238 Got a friend I've known for 35yrs. He has lettered, pinstriped, gold, silver leafed, and airbrushed for 50yrs. Sorry for any negativity. I'm retired, and have taken signwriting up as a hobby. Looking for content on this subject. I can't bug my friend he's working. There's no doubt you have mastered this craft. I couldn't see what you were doing. Good day. 🖌️
Thanks for your interest I’ve been off for a few years due to illness but will be back on line soon doing live teaching i will let you know when I’m set up and hope I can help as I feel this trade needs to be kept alive but there aren’t enough teachers so I want to do what I can to help cheers Mel
