How To...The Beginners Guide To Sign-Painting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2021
- In this video, I share with you my tips and tricks for sign-painting!
Special mentions to:
Joby Carter - / joby.carter
Paragon Paints - www.paragonpaints.co.uk/
A.S. Handover - www.handover.co.uk/
Craftmaster Paints - www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/
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I have been sign writing for about 45 years. Started before computers with the brush and now that I have retired I've gone back to it brush work just for fun. Its great to see you working. Just a little trick, black or white carbon paper, its a lot quicker.
Thanks, Dominic! Very inspiring video. I’m excited to paint some signs for my daughter’s up coming wedding. Thanks for the tips.
The only lessons in school back in the 70s i enjoyed was the arts and crafts lessons ,left school at 15 in 1980 and went to be a sign writer .My one and only ever job interview was 5 minutes long with no stupid form filling etc like today ,i was a given a brush and asked to paint a sign freehand .The second part of the interview was to draw a totally vertical line 3ft long ,the bossman then checked it with a spirit level and it spot on .Its whats called you got it in the hand ,i started the job there and then and stuck it 6 months before i switched to general painting and decorating .My late Father said at the time its a stupid job and will last 5 minutes ,well as i,m writing this comment its now actually 41 years later since 1980 and i,m still a Decorator although on a self employed basis the last 35 years. Never been in such great demand as i am today at 57 ,a job or as i call it a vocation for life .
That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing, there is no way I’d pass that interview! Well done
That was a great video, Dom, and a lovely result. When I was an apprentice (motor mechanic) in the 1960s we used to have a sign-writer come in to the garage to paint the logos and names on vehicles (mainly lorries). He was a foul-mouthed specimen but his work was wonderful and if I could I would stand and watch him. It’s a fascinating craft. Les
This video was perfect for what I was looking for. Simple question, how do you prep before painting and what can you use to practice on - every question answered and more! Thank you for pulling this together.
As a small boy I used to sit and watch my dad sign write and paint in his spare time .I was fascinated how the words and scrolls were created seemingly out of nothing .He was a fire man and I think he used it to get over the stress of his job .This is the first time I've seen anyone do it in 40years .Thankyou
Interesting to see you use Paragon paint, I got cheesed off with modern paint peeling off outside doors after 2 years. I now use Paragon for all outside glosswork, and also for brush painting the motorcycles I restore! Knock it back once dry with 2000 grit paper, then polish to a mirror finish!
I went to college for two years learning the trade back in 85’ Seeing a Keeps tin was a real blast from the past. It’s amazing what can make you smile.
We love Carter's Steam Fair, think Joby must spend all winter keeping paint work up to scratch. All the old kit he keeps going is brilliant almost a living museum.
Thanks for this, Dom. I find how-to videos like this so calming, even if it’s something I’m unlikely to ever do myself. A lovely start to my Sunday.
Yet another brilliant VLOG Dom, you make these things look so easy 👍
Dom, you are such a nice kind guy. You inspire 1000’s of people. Much love 💗
"Your wish is my command" comes from the genie in Aladdin. Great video Dom, loved it 👍
An excellent video. I wondered how it all came together. You really did well covering all the points specially the paint tutorial!
Thank you.
Brilliant video Dom, loved it. Keep up the great work, really enjoying it, thanks
Another great video Dom! Love immersive activities like these, they make us feel human again...
Thank you so much for this informative guide Dom, really enjoyed it and can't wait to get started!
Another awesome video update. Loved this sign writing showcase. You are, so, so talented. Xoxo
33 years ago, as a poor young man, I handcrafted 4 Christmas ornements out of wood and painted them with old sign paints that I found in the back of the shipwright shop I worked at. These were given to my girlfriend (now my wife) and her family. There is something to be said about these old sign paints as these ornements still look like I painted last week.
Thanks for a great video Dom. I have dabbed in a few small signs over the years for family and friends, no where as good as yours, and I just learnt more from you than I ever knew. Thanks again and all the best from Australia
Great vid! enjoyed it in it's entirety. So lucky to have people like yourself putting out such quality and informative vids, I thank you kindly..
Love your enthusiasm for everything you do and your desire to pass this on to others. Hats off to you sir.
Great video Dom, I was lost in the process and just enjoyed the flow of your brush. Mindful signwriting, very cool.
I would never have a go at doing this myself but after watching this Dom I’m definitely making a sign for my garage👍🏼 Thanks for the insight and inspiration 👌
Allways a pleasure to watch your enthusiasm about skills envolving hand skills
Excellent skill you have Dom i thought the sign looked great.
Take care.
Wonderful, Dom - your enthusiasm is infectious.
Got to hang out to you for painting on such a rough piece of wood!! Very nice job, brick walls are the forest next to stucco finish that we have in the southwest of the US❤
really interesting Dom. I love the hand painted signs and pub mirrors and all the classically crafted items.
Thanks Dom, I really enjoyed that on a soggy Sunday afternoon. Keep it coming
Wonderful video. As a blacksmith, the older ways appeal to me, as you might imagine. I've always liked the old signage, but haven't ever been able to get anything for my own shop since it's either expensive to hire a sign painter or impossible to get my idea out in a way they can understand. Never really thought about trying my own hand at it, but I can see how it would be very meditative and that's something I could certainly use.
Brilliant video - have really struggled to find one that actually gives info on types of paint to use etc. Learned loads off this short video - keep up the great work.
try searching Sign Supplies
Saw an advert for Joby Carter's sign writing classes a few years ago when we visited Carter's Steam Fair in Reading. I might be adding that book to my Christmas list! The Carter's Carousel is an artistic and mechanical master piece.
This is SUCH an informative video, thank you so much, really enjoyed it 😊
That was fantastic Dom,a masterclass really enjoyed it, you've inspired me thank you
Thank you for this posting, I did appreciate your skillful and artistic rendering of an excellent sign!
Good video Dom. Learned some great techniques. My father was a brilliant sign writer/commercial artist but un fortunately I never picked up that skill set. Love your videos and thanks for posting them
Fantastic! Takes me back to the 70s, I worked for a coach builders on Wrotham Hill when I left school, used to love watching the sign writers using their pounce pads and brushes on the finished trucks. A real dying art.
Brilliant; thank-you for sharing the techniques Dom…
Really good work there Dom! Really love the old style sign writing
Very cool ! Thanks for sharing . I’m inspired now and have found a new hobby . Love this
Yet another great video Dom. Thanks for taking all the trouble, it was really informative.
Thanks so much for sharing all your valuable knowledge and experience. Was also a fun video to watch!!
Excellent Dom thanks so much for sharing think I will have to give it a go now.
Many thanks for this lovely down to earth video Dominic , these things are an antidote to the crazy world we now inhabit . I am a joiner and amateur boatbuilder and
probably like you I am most at peace when making something . I need to paint a sign for my house and although I loved lettering at school many years ago I haven’t done any since I lettered my boat “Lizzie”. I have been reluctant to do the house sign as I have lost confidence but your film has given me the kick I needed . A long journey begins with one step. Thanks again pal .
sign looks awesome! some great tips in there to help keep the paint under control! Love Paragon paints, they do a quality Record blue! thanks for the video Dom 👍 will think of a sign for my shed i reckon to have a go, will get my daughter in on the chalk bit 👍👍
Great video Dom. It has inspired me to have a go at doing a sign for my Bow studio. looking forward to the next video.
Thank you for sharing that, I have learnt a lot from that video one day I might have ago.
Hey Dom, lovely stuff. My Granddad used to used to be a signwriter and what makes it even more impressive was that he was dyslexic (not to mention all before computers). He never spoke about what he did so watching your video has given me a little bit of an insight into processes he might have used. Fab work and love watching you guys on TRS - hope you don't think this too weird but I refer to you and the team as the tellybox's answer to a cuddle. :)
I just love your videos Dom; you inspire me to try new things!
Thank you so much for this, I want to restore an old sign and hadn't a clue where to start but this has been a great help!
Great sign Dom.👍👍
Among the many things I just learned is to never judge a scrap of wood by its cover - I would have naively dismissed OSB as too undulating for anything approaching this quality of finish. But then, the reason for watching was because I was seeking advice instead of my usual comfort viewing of your channel - have just rebuilt a French Long-case clock which, we discovered, had impressive decoration, originally. And I didn't know where to start (ok, so while I was watching and learning sign-writing,, my wife - a trained artist - picked up a brush and freehanded all the floral work. Which is perfect and I don't know how that's done, either).
Thank you for enduring the frozen fingers and late nights! Your videos, philosophy and outlook are priceless.
This video was so helpful to me. I'm getting ready to do my first sign for my farm and I'm so nervous. Thanks for the precise instructions. Keep up the good work.
Dom you make it look very easy a work of art watched many a signwriter paint trucks vans etc and always impressed with their work,the plastic signs are widely used now because when the truck is sold on they can easily be removed and new names applied great tutorial thanks Don 👍👨🏻🏭
Great video Dom. Brings back many memories of my youth when I worked for an advertising company that did the signs for football grounds,back in the 70s.In those days they where all hand written.What a very satisfying job that was.We to used to use Keeps paints,sign writing brushes were from,Devonshire school of lettering of Morecombe. Sadly most of the signs on the football grounds are now electronic.Also the computer sign cutting has now virtually killed the wonderful trade. It’s now a dying art.
Thanks for the tutorial, Dom!! Outstanding job!! 👍🏻
~ Barbie
Love the video Dom. I'm really interested in this. Gonna have to give it a go
Loved this, great result and nice to see our paints on the table too! After 35 years making these brushes I really should give this a go!
Which paints are yours?!
@@DominicChineas ah sorry Dom, A.S. Handover!
Loved the video, good work Dom useful for me to transfer photo images from Photos that I print to work surface for my art work, mainly watercolour paintings, a great method and good to learn new ( old ) techniques thanks again keep up the good work....
brilliant and so entertaining to watch the sign getting made from start to superb quality finish :) and you used my two favourite colours blue and yellow :) looked awesome :)
Superb video Dom. I was hoping that you would do another one on Signwriting. I’ve got a job for some Christmas fair boards that I start tomorrow. You’ve reminded me to check my primer. I’m now assisting one of Londons best chalkboard writers. She’s been working for 40 years on the job and was trained, back in the day, at a proper Sign School in Toronto. She now works for some of the UK biggest pub chains putting beautiful signage (mostly in Poska paint pen but sometimes chalk) into posh pubs. She’s a master at the sign writers Commercial Script alphabet. Love your channel. Keep up the good work.
Brilliant! Really informative and a pleasure to watch. Thank you :)
Great video Dom. Can remember using charcoal for designing embroidery patterns when I was at school.
Thanks for the vid! So relaxing.....just loved it! Cheers!
Hi Dom I also recall watching a sign writer painting what in those days, 1950, was a legal requirement to have things like the weight owner’s detail etc onto new agricultural machines he just sat on an old milking stool and painted the details free hand a skill I’ve never achieved. It usually went onto the fuel tank or if it had one a door but any surface free from bumps etc although he could paint over all the angles on something like a tractor or combine harvester! A wonderful man.
Loved it! 60 years ago, I used to watch the graphic artist at the television station where my father worked paint all kinds of advertising material. It was mesmerizing. I can still recognize his "hand" on graphics, especially his little men. I can do the technical side, but my creative work sucks. give me a pattern, and the job comes out fine. Really is almost zen like. Thanks
Great video Dom. I need a sign for my house, just the door number and road name, I was just going to see if I can buy one online but had difficulty finding the design and size I want, but you have inspired me to have a go and do it myself. I am doing mine on perspex, so I think the pains I used on the old airfix kits (enamel) should be good, but bigger tins if I can get them. I'm sure after watching you I can do this, cheers Dom.
As Usual Dom, perfect guidance for me as a very beginner in my retirement years. , I follow you on . Repair Shop, all the time. Thanks Mate
What a great video, I have done some armature attempts for stuff around my house. This inspires me to do more and apply some of the lessons learned from this video
That’s brilliant I hope you give it a go!
Really enjoyable video, I can totally see how a day can disappear whilst enjoying and creating things like this. Definitely would love to give this a go, and I will. Just got a million other projects to finish first!
Thanks for this - well- presented basics are just what beginners like me need!!
That's absolutely gorgeous! Excellent work! Be honest...I think you really enjoyed it. LOL I love doing this type of thing. It's therapeutic.
Thank you, that is so helpful. I appreciate the information you shared 😊
Thank you, please keep sharing!
Fantastic Dom , great video , exactly what your saying attention is in the detail 💪
Fantastic work as Always Dom 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks Dom, brilliant tutorial. This has given me an incentive to try my hand at sign writing perhaps a sign for my workshop.
I hope you do give it a go!
Don't beat yourself up mate ,as far as I'm concerned that was a master class in sign painting thanks Dom 👍
Thank you
Really nice job, I worked for a time at a sign company many years ago and it was a very pleasant time.
Really enjoyed watching this especially having just watched the repair shop where you repaired a sign writing box 😀
Always intertesting thanks Dom, your a star.
And therapeutic to watch too !!! Thanks Dom, this is just the sort of thing I love !! Couple of points, first, the process with the computer has confounded me for years, (mostly a confidence issue I suspect really) is there any chance you could walk us through it, I apologise for asking I know your time is precious but it would be really appreciated by dinosaurs like me. Secondly, I don't know if your aware but most of the big paint manufactures in the UK and probably Europe for that matter, have been taken over by an enormous American company. That's why prices for standard types of paint have gone through the roof ! I don't know how this will effect smaller companies but its certainly not good for the consumer . Keep up the good work mate, always good to watch !!
The sign looks great - I knew about primer but not about the oils/thinners for paint. Thanks for all the info :)
Great video Dom, and a great job!
Great work, given me ideas, thanks to your tutorial.
Great video, so therapeutic.
Thanks Dom, very informative
Great lesson! Thanks for sharing!
Didn't realize paint could be happy :) I do mixed media art, often involving painting letters - helpful tips. Thank you!
Great video, Dominic. For transferring the letters there is another product you can use called Saral paper - I use that for letter carving. Not sure if it's compatible with paint but worth checking as it's very clean and quick to use. The pounce technique was used by the old masters like Leonardo as I'm sure you know.
U r such a great tutor Dom. The sign looks great. I'd love to try something myself.!! 🤩🙌
Thank you!
Great video and excellent result.
Hi Dom,👍👍👍. I really enjoyed the video and I particularly liked your references to the tools and paints as well as how to set out a sign. Planning a few things where I’m sure that touch of painting will assist. I’m off to get the kit now………. Wayne
Nice work. Good information about the paint 👍
Thank you so much Dom, Please keep up the amazing work and videos..
Your welcome! I hope it was helpful
Thanks Dom, really enjoyed that and feel very inspired! You went into the detail I wish Repair Shop was able to go into.
That’s a main reason why I wanted to start the channel! Glad you appreciate it
Hi,great video. At college in the late’70s,we were taught to make our round letters ,O,G,C etc, slightly bigger and over the guideline slightly as it looks more correct from a distance and to pay close attention to the spacing.It’s an optical illusion but it works better.A famous Bradford sign writer,”Brian the Brush” did this too when I observed him a year or two later.I always wanted to be a sign writer but due to a lack of apprenticeships ended up doing a graphics course which included typography and hand lettering,all the old fashioned way.None of those new dangled computers when I was a lad.
In Typography the practice of having the rounded letters extended over the baseline, median, or cap line is called overshoot or sometimes, overhang. Love the old school graphics folks, by the way.
@@schumcreative Thanks for the information.I was probably taught the correct terminology back in the day but it was lost to my memory in the last 40odd years👍.
@@funlifebananas1061 Much respect to you! 40 years is what I hope to achieve some day.
Such good work deserves a better piece of wood .
It took me ages to watch this , I kept nodding off & rewinding ( no offence)
Hey Dom,ace video love the Sign really good,love it,shame we dont see more of this on The Repair Shop,did Calligraphy at school in the 70's an 80's,but have never made a sign,but would do my own lettering on model Aircraft etc,once again thanks,and i miss using the English Wheel,thankyou for rekindling the memories.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge