Nice post, great memories of the early years. Practice, practice, practice, and yes.........more practice. Now it's a digital frenzy. You can become a sign maker in a day!!!!! (Ha Ha)
Glad to hear it. The first enamel sign the students do, is based around the Roman alphabet. While they are using acrylic they learn helvetica & quick style. By the way, thanks for the like.
i remember painting thousands of those fence posts onto old newspapers when i first started! ....i gotta say, im a little disappointed that you didnt finish off painting the corners though! i agonized over those corners for ever! (still do, over 35 years later)
Yup...lettering every day for a 1880's theme park. Traditional work. Personally I'd like you to teach the Roman alphabet, once you know it you can do any other style.
Hello Lee, You have sparked my curiosity, I have been using "1Shot" for external signage for around 30 years. It lasts around seven years, depending on the colours. I have signs that are over 15 years old and are still in good condition.
Ticket writers? We call them, or should I say used to call them showcard writers since few exist anymore. I never could master that two fingered grip. haha. You're right, I'm in the US. I started apprenticing 40 years ago, a lot of paint ago and It's been many years since I opened a book of gold. Good for you. What are you doing in your next video?
I would like the person to show his style of loading a brush to paint the strokes. We are missing a important aspect of the process looks to me he is loading the brush then removing the paint. A little different than I was taught I load the brush then palette the brush without removing the paint
Hello Terry, Reading is overrated isn't it? I am guessing you arn't from Australia, this style was what we learnt at trade school 30 years ago. If you learn this way from the begining you can do small lettering, I still do 10mm Gold leaf on honour boards. The other style without using the mahl stick was done by ticket writers. It was almost lost but it is coming back with avengeance. Nice to chat Thanks, Martin.
Good job Martin...except I couldn't read it! haha You shouldn't teach that grip to beginners, while it is suitable for large work it's very limiting for bench work. Didya ever think handlettering would become such a lost art?
Hello Irene, I been though my contact list but most of them are in CA. Have you tried a Google seach in your area for sign painters or hand painted signs? Thanks, Martin.
Hello Terry, Are you still on the brushes or did you go too the dark side, & use non human techniques? haha. Have you seen the sign painter movie? I hear it is quite good. Next video, good question it depends on what the people from the class want. thanks, Martin
Yes this makes me happy. Going to hit the books now
Nice post, great memories of the early years. Practice, practice, practice, and yes.........more practice. Now it's a digital frenzy. You can become a sign maker in a day!!!!! (Ha Ha)
Thank you for this peaceful, relaxing demonstration. Also, your signs at the end are amazing!
Glad to hear it. The first enamel sign the students do, is based around the Roman alphabet.
While they are using acrylic they learn helvetica & quick style.
By the way, thanks for the like.
Looking good Martin always love your work and attention to detail
Hello Toaster, it is a ox/sable long hair, round metal ferrule. For beginners I get them to push all the way down, It helps with getting a good line.
Thankyou Alan for getting it write, you can become a sign maker in a day, But not a signwriter/sign painter.
Thank you Donna, I hope to have some other videos up soon.
i remember painting thousands of those fence posts onto old newspapers when i first started! ....i gotta say, im a little disappointed that you didnt finish off painting the corners though! i agonized over those corners for ever! (still do, over 35 years later)
would love to see the next one as im a novice beginner in Melbourne..
Yup...lettering every day for a 1880's theme park. Traditional work.
Personally I'd like you to teach the Roman alphabet, once you know it you can do any other style.
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Hello Lee, You have sparked my curiosity, I have been using "1Shot" for external signage for around 30 years. It lasts around seven years, depending on the colours.
I have signs that are over 15 years old and are still in good condition.
Fuck, I've just discovered on the background music of this video the original sample of Fatboy Slim's "Don't let the man get you down" song. Damn.
Great technique ; however ; if you are doing signs for outdoors "ONE-SHOT" sign painter's paint is "NOT" the paint to use.
many would disagree
Ticket writers? We call them, or should I say used to call them showcard writers since few exist anymore. I never could master that two fingered grip. haha.
You're right, I'm in the US.
I started apprenticing 40 years ago, a lot of paint ago and It's been many years since I opened a book of gold. Good for you.
What are you doing in your next video?
I would like the person to show his style of loading a brush to paint the strokes. We are missing a important aspect of the process looks to me he is loading the brush then removing the paint. A little different than I was taught I load the brush then palette the brush without removing the paint
Hello Terry, Reading is overrated isn't it?
I am guessing you arn't from Australia, this style was what we learnt at trade school 30 years ago. If you learn this way from the begining you can do small lettering, I still do 10mm Gold leaf on honour boards.
The other style without using the mahl stick was done by ticket writers.
It was almost lost but it is coming back with avengeance.
Nice to chat Thanks,
Martin.
Good job Martin...except I couldn't read it! haha
You shouldn't teach that grip to beginners, while it is suitable for large work it's very limiting for bench work.
Didya ever think handlettering would become such a lost art?
nobody does the sign painting these days. I used to do this in back old days up till 1993.
Hello Irene, I been though my contact list but most of them are in CA.
Have you tried a Google seach in your area for sign painters or hand painted signs?
Thanks, Martin.
Hello Terry, Are you still on the brushes or did you go too the dark side, & use non human techniques? haha.
Have you seen the sign painter movie? I hear it is quite good.
Next video, good question it depends on what the people from the class want. thanks, Martin
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Manipulation of the brush...dam ur good should b a teacher...
you needs some better tunes man 😆
gutter lusting True.