Reddit reviews The Golden Secrets of Lettering: Letter Design from First Sketch to Final Artwork

I just took a 6 week lettering course, so here are some ideas I have coming out of that.

• Check out the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering for inspiration for you about things to cover. It is a treasure trove of technique and analysis, but not super boring.
  
• Work on Layout/Design by having them sketch lightly and loosely over and over using tracing paper before they finally ink it. Learning to let go of drafts is one of the most important skills I think anyone can develop. Also emphasize drawing mini-layouts until they discover the right one!
  
• Have them try to analyze letters/words to discover the three basic shapes--triangles, lines and circles--and use those shapes to create a new letter not in the word, but in the same style.
  
• Have fun techniques, like using 2 pencils to make ribbon letters/drop shadows, using ink and pop can pens or gradients using brush pens.
  
• Have them work with perspective -- 1 point, 2 point and 3 point.
  
• Teach basic doodling skills... things like florals, leafs, patterns, etc. so that they can add things to their lettering.
  
• Have students try to make 16 different versions of the same letter (and introduce them to #Homwork, which is awesome!).
  
• If you have an iPad with a pen/stylus, show them how they can use Procreate to bring their things to life.
  
• Show them how to scan/edit their work for printing.