Harvest is a hand lettered piece that I illustrated for a class at the Art Institute of Austin. The assignment was to create a word or phrase that describes something about the student who was making it. I chose the word Harvest because I believe in doing my best with everything I do and when I have completed whatever it is, I will have something in return that equals the hard work. I wanted to draw foliage on the word Harvest that corresponded with the foliage that I see during the harvest season. The ornate foliage also adds a weight to the letters showing the cultivation of growth and that there is a harvest to be collected. In this work, I used 19"x24" bristol paper, mechanical pencil, sketching pencils ranging from 4H to 6B in lead grade, then I used a workable fixative by Krylon. I knew I wanted to add a lot of detail to the word. For this reason, I chose to illustrate it on a larger scale. Something that I took away from this piece is, always keep your pencils sharp, get yourself a good eraser and think beforehand how you want the elements to interact with the letters.

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Published in Hand Lettering by Thy Doan (HLTR)

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