A Prize Worth Writing For ~ Penmanship Contest

[River]

Okay. I redid it. (I'm really excited about that pen, and I'm on a buying freeze for awhile.) This is how I originally intended it to look anyway. I used lettering guides to keep my letters at the right angle and proportion.

 

This time I used.

Paper: "gold" parchment paper.

Pens: Lamy 1.1, Pilot Falcon, Pilot VP, Manuscript F, Pilot 78g.

Inks: Noodler's Black, Lamy Black, Pilot Black, Manuscript Red, Sheaffer Yellow, Noodler's Baystate Blue.

 

No digital touch ups, just scanned and posted!

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/FinalColorParchment-1.jpg

[Yuki Onitsura]

Okay. I redid it. (I'm really excited about that pen, and I'm on a buying freeze for awhile.) This is how I originally intended it to look anyway. I used lettering guides to keep my letters at the right angle and proportion.

 

This time I used.

Paper: "gold" parchment paper.

Pens: Lamy 1.1, Pilot Falcon, Pilot VP, Manuscript F, Pilot 78g.

Inks: Noodler's Black, Lamy Black, Pilot Black, Manuscript Red, Sheaffer Yellow, Noodler's Baystate Blue.

 

No digital touch ups, just scanned and posted!

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/FinalColorParchment-1.jpg

 

Beautiful! It looks even better sans touchups! :clap1:

 

Yuki

[bitterwonder]

I wrote this the way I write; I thought it was interesting as I dont get to write much.

[fuchsiaprincess]

Okay. I redid it. (I'm really excited about that pen, and I'm on a buying freeze for awhile.) This is how I originally intended it to look anyway. I used lettering guides to keep my letters at the right angle and proportion.

 

This time I used.

Paper: "gold" parchment paper.

Pens: Lamy 1.1, Pilot Falcon, Pilot VP, Manuscript F, Pilot 78g.

Inks: Noodler's Black, Lamy Black, Pilot Black, Manuscript Red, Sheaffer Yellow, Noodler's Baystate Blue.

 

No digital touch ups, just scanned and posted!

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/FinalColorParchment-1.jpg

 

Absolutely beautiful

[ninly]

Beautiful specimens throughout this thread so far!

 

I know if I wait 'til I can do it better, I'll never get there. So here we are. Comments & suggestions welcome.

 

http://baby.ninly.net/pen/psaume45-1.png

(Lamy blue in a Lamy Vista EF on Bienfang Calligraphic Parchment)

[pb2]

C'est tres bon! Merci! (pardon my French)

[Yuki Onitsura]

C'est tres bon! Merci! (pardon my French)

 

Translation: "That's very good! Thank You!"?

 

Yuki

[ninly]

Merci a tous! (pardon my unaccented keyboard!)

[USMCMom]

Beautiful specimens throughout this thread so far!

 

I know if I wait 'til I can do it better, I'll never get there. So here we are. Comments & suggestions welcome.

 

http://baby.ninly.net/pen/psaume45-1.png

(Lamy blue in a Lamy Vista EF on Bienfang Calligraphic Parchment)

 

Beautiful!!! So clean and clear. Shoot, Sister Mary Alecia wouldn't have smacked you with a ruler, like she did Harley! LOL

[View from the Loft]

OK, here goes for my feeble attempt. I wasn't going to, because my efforts are just not in the same league as some of the others already posted. However, when my 17yo son said go for it, well, how could I let him down?

 

Pen: Parker 75 with factory broad italic

Ink: Diamine Steel Blue

Paper: Pukka Jotta 80gsm (and until I saw the photographs, I never realised that it had feathered!)

 

[The penner]

Completed mine in three sittings. Utterly horrified of what I did on the third. I'll post it anyway because I actually got my lazy derriere around to committing to it. Not that it's three sittings worth of work, mind me :L

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5873631104_e46ffd7c78.jpg

 

PIP: Parker Vector Calligraphy fp, Century penholder with two sizes of Hiro Rond nib, Private Reserve Ebony Purple diluted with water, Calli black ink, some feathery half-decent sketch pad paper.

Edited June 26, 2011 by The penner

[Kaych]

Some great work here guys! Mine doesn`t really compare, but I thought I would practice my handwriting.

 

Pen: Parker '51' F

Ink: J. Herbin Rouille d'Ancre

Paper: G. Lalo Verge de France

 

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7148/1003519p.jpg

Edited June 26, 2011 by Kaych

[smk]

Entry No. 1 for me:

 

Manuscript calligraphy pen with MB Toffee Brown on left over Bristol paper from another project. There are some artifacts from the rather poor scanner that I have access to these days.

 

Edited to add: The Arabic portion was written with Dollar Qalam with Lamy Black and Pelikan Brilliant Brown inks.

 

I plan on doing three more compositions. One more with an alternate English/Arabic combination, the second in a modified italic hand and the third with a dip pen. I'm not sure I'll get all three in before the deadline so I have at least one in :-)

 

 

Salman

Edited June 26, 2011 by smk

[Ghost Plane]

:notworthy1:

[USMCMom]

Oh, my ... that's really beautiful!!

[KarloT]

Entry No. 1 for me:

 

Manuscript calligraphy pen with MB Toffee Brown on left over Bristol paper from another project. There are some artifacts from the rather poor scanner that I have access to these days.

 

Edited to add: The arabic portion was written with Dollar Qalam with Lamy Black and Pelikan Brilliant Brown inks.

 

I plan on doing three more compositions. One more with an alternate English/Arabic combination, the second in a modified italic hand and the third with a dip pen. I'm not sure I'll get all three in before the deadline so I have at least one in :-)

 

 

Salman

 

Now that is just breathtaking! :notworthy1:

[ninly]

Entry No. 1 for me:

 

This is fantastic, Salman! Wish I knew more Arabic.

[smk]

Thanks for the compliments.

 

There have been a number of very nice contributions in this very lovely thread and I'm sure there are more to come. I'm glad to have participated - this is turning out to be a lot of fun.

 

ninly - Arabic Calligraphy is a lot of fun. Its not always easy to read though. In fact some scripts (like Diwani used here) were designed to be hard to read. I've kept my rendering quite straightforward though.

 

Salman

[CatBookMom]

Is that a magnolia leaf?

I cant guarantee it, but I do believe so, yes. Ironically I picked them up on Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.

 

So many amazing pieces have been posted in this thread! Thank you for starting up this contest. I find it very very inspirational.

 

Very nice JBB, (as to be expected) A very beautiful example indeed. I need to buy some ink that can be used on black paper. (not that I own any anyways) You may be getting a PM about it soon... lol

 

As far as the rules go. I personally think dip pens should be allowed. I wanted to use a dip nib for this, but they would cut through my leaf, so I defaulted to my favorite broad stroke script.

 

Love this thread!!!

Swavey

 

 

Your leaf writing is just beautiful, dry or wet. Waving from just south of Magnolia Blvd in Burbank.

[CatBookMom]

Entry No. 1 for me:

 

Manuscript calligraphy pen with MB Toffee Brown on left over Bristol paper from another project. There are some artifacts from the rather poor scanner that I have access to these days.

 

Edited to add: The Arabic portion was written with Dollar Qalam with Lamy Black and Pelikan Brilliant Brown inks.

 

I plan on doing three more compositions. One more with an alternate English/Arabic combination, the second in a modified italic hand and the third with a dip pen. I'm not sure I'll get all three in before the deadline so I have at least one in :-)

 

 

Salman

 

Lovely, and so ingenious, to craft the English to give the flavor of Arabic.