Wayne Tanswell - The Essential Guide to Hand Painted Signs

[@gillesker]

I bought the book and he's really cool. We need more content like this to revive the sign painting art !

[@gracejohnson5408]

This is a great intro to the fundamentals of sign painting!

[@redrubyartgallery]

Thank you for this this demonstration. I will be checking out the book.

[@andyjones9869]

This is great advice. He makes it look so easy

[@anthonysmith5940]

awesomeness! I hate that you are so far away, I would love to sit and watch you all day.

[@alleeum]

Beautiful. I''m no sign painter, but you make it look so good that I ordered the book anyway!

[@katyingram7457]

Write de feem tune sing de feem tune. Lovely video Wayne.

[@matthewjackson9615]

I'm impressed. He narrates and explains the art of sign painting quite well. I enjoyed this video.

[@reference2592]

Brilliant. Fascinating explanation

[@HDGeoSacred]

Thank you for this video! I'm a custom artist and was commissioned for my first sign painting recently. This helped so much!! I'm be looking into buying your book asap.

[@thefabuloustravelingartstu5119]

Great information. I'll try the stick. I like the music.

[@nainka11]

Hi Wayne...Thanks and.Well done.............I am interested to know which paint I can use on a one-off....gloss paint appears too thick to brush on the letters accurately.....or maybe I just need a stiffer brush.....Your advise appreciated. Thanks

[@HalfWarrior]

I miss doing this for a living and working in the US;Arizona.Beautiful work sir!

[@Jezz_Mcfly]

Oh ! Top Man - excellent 👏 Thanks ✌

[@PRAKASH-cm1vo]

Fantastic tutorial Sir ! Love it Thank you

[@oldrover3007]

Great Video , I like your technique , I am going to find your Book. Buy it and try to learn in my retirement. Thank You Sir .

[@Jane-st3ed]

This is really a great presentation. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@nzpham3389]

I learnt something from you. Thank you.

[@bencaddey6574]

Very very interesting!

[@dirkventer8112]

Wow some valuable info here💪👌

[@deonvanrooyen5920]

I believe that traditional old sign writing is coming back in fashion especially wood cut outs sealed with clear resin

[@artdude8059]

TRUE!!!! I've been super busy with the professional hand lettering. Thankfully!

[@matlalalll]

Yes I'm in South Africa we bill boards ads on walls wall b4anding murals 80% of my work it's sign painting letters if you know it you know it from 1989 still carry on

[@beartracksful]

Sweet brush work

[@madmonkeykustomz]

The Italic chart got me like I.O.A.F.S. 😊

[@dippychic57]

Wow!! I was a nervous wreck painting a sign for a friend!!!! I just made a mahl stick and feel so much more confident!!!

[@rogerdodger5415]

Beautiful work!!

[@alisonwunderland9900]

I like the buttery biscuit base...

[@JOELAMOREwon]

Great info!! Love to grab a copy of this book

[@jecar8431]

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing!

[@gavinomoithide5347]

Great video, thanks a mill.

[@MikePotts-n2x]

Im new to sign writing, I'm finding doing letter c or s difficult, what's the best way to do curved letters.

[@The5troy5]

Hi are those brushes also suitable for lining .

[@lbvcreator3911]

Very informative thanks

[@RD-jz5bw]

Thank you! Your tips are very helpful.

[@SteveDuckworth64]

Just ordered the book! As a computer science lecturer I am very impressed with the way that you have identified a small number of shapes, colour-coded, that can be used to create so many letters and fonts. Brilliant! I'm about to retire and I'm planning to take up signwriting as a hobby, can you or your followers please recommend a good quality starter set of brushes? Thank you.

[@a.s.handover3167]

Hi Steve, we do have some starter kits available - including a new one that is predominately brushes. Or you can email me on [e-mail] and I can make a list personal to you and what you want to start on! www.handover.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/172575/s/handover-basic-signwriting-kit-with-brush-case/

[@christophersoprano-sculptor]

⭐⭐⭐Fantastic techniques. Thank you for sharing.⭐⭐⭐

[@silkevermassen8178]

Well done sir, thank you for sharing your knowledge :)

[@bagiade]

Hello! I would love to buy the book but the link doesn’t work anymore. I wonder if you still sell it? And If yes, how could I get it? Thank you in advance!

[@paintingmama7761]

Where can I find the book and also, what kind of brushes are being used?

[@BengtRosini13]

Looks like a long bristled and full length handle. And I'm thinking a round, like maybe a #12 or so, but with the longer bristles.

[@iawarenow658]

excellent very interesting thank you Wayne for putting on utube..

[@vikramantin3995]

Awesome!

[@dragonflylolaartist]

I tried to order the book on amazon, but it says its not available. Is there another place I could buy it at possibly? Many thanks :)

[@LucyGodwinArtist]

great and thanks but where can you buy the proper brushes? and what are the brushses called please?

[@rockabillycat1954]

Andrew Mack Company, Xcaliber and Kafka. There's other brands, but these are pretty much universally well regarded.

[@INVICTUS9100]

Great tutorial Wayne. Thanks

[@monkeyzeetube]

awesome video..Thanks for sharing..

[@robertdenaro7939]

amazing

[@JimmyMac717]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@michael_vl]

Its a really good book learned a lot

[@SomeOne-e5j]

I wish to commence now, however my hand is untrained in the mechanical application of the brush strokes, spacing and kettering

[@johndomville5751]

Would love to get your book but UK sellers will not ship to the US. Amazon showed it as un available. Any other distributors in the US?

[@a.s.handover3167]

Hi John, You can buy this on our website handover.co.uk and we definitely ship to the US!

[@INVICTUS9100]

Hi, I want to trace onto a white background. The usual method on darker boards would be to use white talc or so I have been taught. I have tried charcoal but it leaves a mess! Any help or advice much appreciated.

[@carlblackwell9768]

Get coloured chalk sticks and rub onto the back of your template.i use orange when i use red paint or blue when using black paint etc

[@enveeey]

This is really cool

[@TDGCmote]

I have always wondered how sign writers get such great flow in their paints on the brush. Is it the brush? The lightfastness?

[@arlenmargolin4868]

I've been painting for 50 years but sign painting is something new to me even though I've done a lot of redo's but what I've learned about getting a nice flow to a letter is working with the right viscosity of your paint you're not going to get a good pull on your letter if your paint is dehydrated or has lack of thinner or reducer in it yeah that's what I think is important nice thin paint but just thin enough so that it covers

[@TDGCmote]

@@arlenmargolin4868 thanks! this makes a lot of sense.

[@matlalalll]

When I started in 1985 use clean brush wash it throughly with liquid turpentine apply grease oil to keep your brush hair in good condition...next job you rinse your brush when paint stroke see if brush not flowing pour drop of linked oil onto your paint you see difference once it dry looks like vinyl sticker. I've done that from age 11 when I was 18 , 19 I was top signwriter now 33 yes I've work for big corporates such as Diageo , Heineken in South Africa also

[@MXMSKustomShop]

Please post more videos

[@steveharpin8885]

What brand of paint do you use for your sign painting?

[@t3mustanggt05]

you can see that it's one shot sign paint in the video. I'm not the painter in the video, just trying to help you see what paint he used.

[@wawazuzzy2064]

fabulous

[@Ancorarte]

That's great! But I want found a video that shows how mix the Enamel with the solvent! The correct amount of the solvent...

[@BengtRosini13]

Well, it's out there, just saw something earlier. But give it some practice on your own, so you know what works best for you and your technique.

[@Seniorsix]

Amazing

[@mrartboy1]

S is too small in Tanswell ?

[@genegray7]

please zoom in with your camera so we can see the details.

[@superchargedVR1]

Great stuff Wayne. I must add my two cents worth here. I have been signwriting free-hand for over 35 years and have been featured in magazines many times. I say this not to brag but to show that I'm more than qualified to comment. The Mahl stick originated in Germany (Mahl is German for "rest"). They originated from portrait painters wanting to work wet-on-wet with oil paints so they needed something to hold the hand off the canvas. What signwriters who use them don't tell you is that they are totally unnecessary. Many great legends in the field don't use them and actually consider them a crutch. In America it is fairly common for signwriters to use the 'hand-over' method where you simply rest the brush hand over the other. Another method is to 'anchor the pinky' where the tip of the little finger rests on the sign face. I personally prefer this method and have taken it one step further by growing my little finger nail a bit longer so it can move very easily on the sign face and touches very little of the surface. Another method used by Pierre Tardif, Big John Brassel, Mike Stevens etc is totally free-hand. This involves using a three-fingered 'over-head' grip on the brush shaft and simply painting the letter. The brush is rolled in the three fingered grip for curves and rounds. My TAFE teacher constantly shamed me for not using a Mahl stick to the point of claiming that 'good lettering simply was not possible without a Mahl stick'. I found out later that this is complete rubbish. It is simply the ego of a person speaking who has learnt a specific way and is too close minded to accept an easier, superior method. It is not a Mahl stick that causes great lettering it is in knowing letter construction and becoming familiar with forming them using paint. High quality brushes and correct paint consistency are also critical factors. Regardless of this opinion Wayne thanks for helping to keep our great craft alive and more power to you!

[@danonthecut2351]

End of the day if a Maul stick helps use them. There’s no bragging rights either way.

[@vincecampillo2975]

I would like to counter this opinion. I am a Professional Sign Painter and have been in the industry for over 40 yrs and this goes to the age old subject of whether a Sign Man should use a Mahl Stick or not. It really is a matter of preference. There are some great painters who don't use a Mahl Stick, and there are many who do. The Mahl Stick is merely a tool of the industry, if he or she so chooses, that is a benefit to the Painter in making the work easier. it basically keeps your hand out of wet paint. The gentleman above in his comments, stated that the Painters who don't use a Mahl Stick, use the "hand-over" method, which essentially is, using their arm to work as Mahl Stick. Same approach, just a different way of implementing. I personally use a Mahl Stick and wouldn't go about my work without it. It is an essential tool of the Industry. Mahl Stick has nothing to do with making good letters or not. That matter is inherent with the Painter. He or she either has the ability to recognize proper letter construction or not. Some excel at it, and others struggle their whole career. What is wonderful about Sign Painting, is that each Painter has their own unique approach, look and style. This is what separates Painters from the computer. A personalized human display unlike any other medium. So to round out my point, in both cases, a form of Mahl Stick is used; end of story.

[@andytaylor3230]

very interesting

[@BillyRillkratz]

great

[@TheHoodsik]

When in doubt pinky out

[@1-shotslinger108]

Okay now everybody go make fun of some vinyl jobs.

[@FruityZoey]

9 people didn't use their mahl stick

[@sallyweaver907]

2

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

ITALICS ? FREE HAND ? NOT FOR BEGINNERS! YOU ARE KIDDING --TAKES 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE !

[@KellySmunt303]

Want an apprentice? 😅

[@thomasmarshfield7751]

you could at least have used a decent mahl stick, instead of that monstrosity