Panel Jamming* with Alphabetics Anonymous, with the sign painting collective producing painted and gilded panels across the event. You can see these, and download their designs to print and practise at home, here: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#panel-jamming-with-alphabetics-anonymous

*'Panel jamming' is a core component of any Letterheads event, with painters having fun and freestyling on work without the pressure of client expectations. During the Lockdown event, people around the world produced work which was then auctioned on Instagram and sent within and across borders to buyers. You can see lots of this here: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#panels

Pictured: Puttin' Paint Where It Ain't panel by Archie Salandin of Irregular Signs: https://www.irregularsigns.co.uk

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The Lockdown Letterheads demonstrations included these three, among others:

1. Sketching with Noel B. Weber, which followed his home studio tour: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#noel-b-weber-home-studio-tour-and-sketch-demo

2. Blending with Liane Barker: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#blending-demonstration

3. Drawn Terminals in Calligraphy with Carl Rohrs: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#drawn-terminals-in-calligraphy
(Carl also included some downloadable resources based on his analysis of the calligraphic work of Alfred Linz and its applications to sign painting.)

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The Neon Museum Las Vegas shared three short videos introducing three of their most iconic signs: Barbary Coast, Sassy Sally, and Moulin Rouge.
https://bl.ag/lockdown/#signs-at-the-neon-museum-las-vegas

We also heard from Tom Koch and Josef Samuel with the pair taking a look at some vintage Viennese sign painting books:
https://bl.ag/lockdown/#vintage-viennese-sign-books

Josef Samuel is one of the subjects of the 'When Better Letters Met' series of biopics (https://bl.ag/josef) and we premiered the fourth of these at Lockdown Letterheads: When Better Letters Met Barbara Enright:
https://bl.ag/lockdown/#when-better-letters-met-barbara-enright

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I wrote and delivered a sign painting and lettering quiz, so you can test your knowledge, or run it with friends, using the resources here: https://bl.ag/lockdown/#better-letters-quiz

#SignPainting #Lettering #Quiz #BetterLetters

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