to progression after all - but the lessons presented here still make a lot of sense. It’s the go-to guide for achieving effective sign layouts - taking in composition, spacing, mixing typography and design elements, negative space etc………. Sign Painters by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon (ISBN: 978-1616890834) We now arrive bang up-to-date with the 2012 released “Sign Painters” - a book that accompanies a documentary that appears to be spearheading something of a revival in the sign arts. It’s an extremely valuable book, not least because contemporary writing on the subject is so rare, and judging by its reception it should go on to inspire a new generation of devotees to go pick up a brush and start practicing. Essentially dealing with sign painters from the USA, presenting a series of artist profiles that are rich in insight. It manages to be both forward-thinking and nostalgic, funny and philosophical.
How To Paint Signs & Influence People by Colt Bowden More of a zine than a book, I feel special mention should go to this worthy new addition - a series of handmade instruction pamphlets on getting started as a sign painter. Volume 1, released 2013, looks at how to paint your basic Egyptian alphabet along with guidelines on your basic tools to get started, all presented in a nicely hand-drawn, illustrated package. And cheap too! Cheers! Look out for this and future editions on the Colt Bowden etsy page - Beard and Butter.
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