Lettering on iPad is a great way to start practicing your hand lettering skills. It is so convenient, you can carry your iPad on the go and letter anywhere! You don’t need a sketchbook, and best of all you can sit in bed late at night and letter in the dark.
I have previously shared tips for Digital Lettering and today let’s dive in further to learn how to practice hand lettering on iPad. This is a great way to get your brush lettering strokes fine tuned.
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How To Practice Hand Lettering On iPad
Let me explain how to practice hand lettering on ipad step by step below.
What you will need: Apple iPad Pro | Apple Pencil
Step 1: Grab my FREE Lettering worksheets and then watch this video, to see how I import pdfs into the Procreate app to trace over the alphabets.
Step 2: Download the pdf into files or take a screenshot
Step 3: Open Procreate app and on the top right hand corner, tap on the + sign to create a new canvas of 8.5 by 11 inches size
Step 4: Insert the downloaded worksheet onto the canvas
Step 5: Place and if needed rotate the worksheet into place.
Step 6: Create a new layer to do your lettering onto.
Step 7: I use the Brush pen option included in procreate itself. No need to go and buy exclusive brushes while you are starting
Step 8: You can optionally choose a color for your lettering or let it be black
Step 9: Go slow and trace over each letter by adding pressure to the apple pencil tip.
You can fiddle around with the thickness slider till you find a downstroke thickness that feels natural to you. I like it to be at about 40%
While lettering using Procreate, if you make a mistake, do a double-tap with two fingers to UNDO
Why I like creating a new layer- you can uncheck the layer and start over again if needed.
Conclusion:
Lettering on iPad is a great way to practice your lettering easily. It is stress free as you can easily undo mistakes on your ipad. I love sitting in my bed late at night and Lettering on ipad be it quotes or alphabets. I find the quietness and calmness it brings thoroughly satisfying!
Next check out this advanced tutorial where I show you How To Use Procreate Hand Lettering for quotes.
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I just wanted to comment to say thank you. I have actually purchased and gotten countless free printables over the last few years. I had purchased an iPad that you could use the pencil with and gotten the pencil and procreate but I had them for at least a year before I even attempted to use but when I did want to use them I couldn’t figure out how to simply use the worksheets that I had even ones I had specifically gotten for digital lettering. For some reason no one explained how to do a layer…. So honestly it probably took me another year before I actually used and I found out about the “O’s” and I felt like it was kind of cheating but thank you for sharing the basics and sharing so generously!!
So happy you are using your lettering worksheets! Practicing on your ipad is so much fun!