Name your project, save the design to your computer (or the design software). Pick the words you want to say on the design and type them into the program. for my design with the font style Adorn Condensed Sans – regular I wanted a skinny font for this design the workspace is a bit smaller than my previous chalk art). Size the font to fit your writing space. Pick a simple font or one that you can easily use a chalk pen to write over. Next, open up your design program and create a blank page with the exact same measurements you will make the sign with. Do this with your ruler or a sewing measuring tape. Measure your chalkboard space with the exact measurements where you will write out the text (inside of the frame). ( Chalkola Brand Chalkart Supplies)īe sure to see all the tips and recommended resources at the end of the post! Our preferred chalk pens are Chalk Ink brand or Chalkola brand. You can just lay out your design by making your straight lines with the ruler, (lightly) and pre-drawing your hand lettering. If you know hand lettering you probably don’t need the program, printer, and printer paper. Later in the post is where to get free fonts and graphics or where to purchase them for commercial use. Another great program I use for designing is PicMonkey if you don’t have it yet grab the free trial! (I upgraded from the free version but, you can try it to see how you like designing or photo editing in this program). Plus, free stuff too!) They also have the Cricut Design App. They have affordable designs, graphics, and fonts. A program like Illustrator, Photoshop (For these two you can get it by the month or year to use online) or Cricut Design Space (Which is free to use! You just need to sign up if you don’t have an account. This Chalkola chalkboard is the one above with the pens.) Chalkboard Sign (Like this it’s the white one I used, or grab another any size and color. (May include affiliate links, we earn a small commission for qualifying purchases.) Print it, Trace it and use chalk pens to color your work! DIY Chalkboard Art Supplies 
Practice makes perfect!īut, for this DIY chalkboard, I’m sharing an easy way to make chalkboard signs and chalkboard art where you don’t have to be an expert at all.
Of course, if you do want to get better at hand-lettering or calligraphy (like me) I have sourced a few books and tutorials to help you learn that too. You don’t need to be great at hand lettering or calligraphy to make pretty chalkboard signs. See the closeup photos below for better quality pictures of the details. Have you ever wanted to make a chalkboard art birthday sign? A graduation sign? A sign for a wedding? Or other ideas for chalkboard art? But, thought to yourself, I can’t hand letter! This tutorial is for you! It uses a transfer paper technique and designs made on the computer. You don’t have to know hand lettering for this technique.
You can use this tutorial to make any chalkboard art or chalkboard signs. I am sharing an easy way to make chalkboard art and designs.
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