A nice message for St Valentine's Day

[caliken]

The black text was written with a Waterman's 92 fountain pen with a very flexible nib.

The red text was written in diluted goauche with a Gillott 303 nib in an oblique holder.

The large 'T' was written and drawn in the same colour, using a double stroke technique for the heavy swells using the same Gillott 303 nib.

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/Timeistooslow_edited-4.jpg

[losskywalker]

GOD~

I've got to save this ...perhaps I can use it yeas later~

[Zed]

Hello Caliken,

 

This is really beautifully written.

 

My only quibble is with the last line: I'd say that for those who love time is fragile - it is their wish that it was eternal. At least that is how I perceive time when I get overwhelmed by feelings of love.

 

But damn I wish I had as stable hand as you have!

 

Best wishes,

 

Zed

[peapicker]

Hello Caliken,

 

This is really beautifully written.

 

My only quibble is with the last line: I'd say that for those who love time is fragile - it is their wish that it was eternal. At least that is how I perceive time when I get overwhelmed by feelings of love.

 

But damn I wish I had as stable hand as you have!

 

Best wishes,

 

Zed

 

The author of the quotation, Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was a poet, educator, and Presbyterian clergyman; no doubt, he believed that participation in love truly is participation in eternity and the eternal when viewed from a Christian context.

Edited February 12, 2008 by peapicker

[caliken]

 

 

Thanks for the information - I'd no idea where the qoutation had come from.

[Keng]

As always, beautiful handwriting.

 

Mike

[lefty928]

I love the initial cap in red and the swashy descender on the y -- such an elegant yet restrained layout and the choices you made add to the meaning of the text and are an education to an amateur like me. Thanks for sharing!

[Italicist]

DOUBLE strokes on the T! That's really amazingly well done, Caliken -- I can't see a trace of a slip anywhere to indicate where the borders might lie. The shade of red is beautiful, too: deep and powerful yet subtly restrained.

 

-CG

[caliken]

DOUBLE strokes on the T! That's really amazingly well done, Caliken -- I can't see a trace of a slip anywhere to indicate where the borders might lie. The shade of red is beautiful, too: deep and powerful yet subtly restrained.

 

-CG

Thank you all for your kind comments and acute observations.

 

With the heavy strokes, I find that if I apply the second level of colour straight away, the wet paint 'puddles' together and leaves no mark when dry.

 

When I want real depth of colour, I use gouache. Nothing else comes close for intensity and covering power.

 

caliken

Edited February 13, 2008 by caliken

[ethernautrix]

Wow, beautiful calligraphy.