A Prize Worth Writing For ~ Penmanship Contest

[GClef]

Hi all, I was inspired by all the great work here and thought I'd post my own attempt. I don't know if I qualify for the competition (this is only my second post and I have a tendency to draw letters rather than write them) but if anyone enjoys looking at it a tenth as much as I enjoyed making it, all is right with the world.

 

PIP - Pens: I used my entire rotation, the twins (a pair of identical Noodler's Flexes) and a broken hobby store Scheafer (let's call it — leaky).

Paper: Strathmore bristol and a no-name white card stock that feathers like a molting parrot (more so when wet)

Ink: Noodler's Nightshade

Inspiration: when my heart overflows, normally so does my inkwell.

 

 

This would make a nice poster.

[mliptrot]

I've really enjoyed seeing the entries appear, thank you all for many, many ideas for future projects!

 

For my submission, I chose to use a French translation of the Psalm (44, rather than 45, in the edition I found). I adapted a plainchant arrangement to adjust the notes to the syllables and hoped to present it like a medieval plainchant manuscript.

 

Sources:

 

Music: The Manual of Plainsong, 1902 edition

Gothic lettering: "The Osmiroid Book of Calligraphy", Christopher Jarman, 1987

Illuminated 'P': "Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration", W. & G. Audsley

 

Tools:

 

Parker 45 'C' nib, Parker Penman 'Mocha' cartridge

Parker 45 'D' nib, Parker Quink red

Staedtler Lumocolour red felt tip

Manuscript Italic Fine black felt tip

Paper Mate Stick 2020 M red

 

Mark

[tigger23505]

My entry in this contest. May the best penman win.

 

Some of the other entries have been awesome.

 

Paper -- No name lined notepad

Ink -- Private Reserve Velvet Black

Pen -- Pelikan Script 1.5 mm italic nib

Hand -- roughly based on Icelandic Italic as described at briem.net

ps451.pdf

[The penner]

Maybe this one looks more clear,I use Hunt22 and my DIY Oblique Holder and Hero 243 B4 nib to write this entry,paper..I'm not clear.Ink is carbon black ink.The color in the picture is made by computer````

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m532/hlyuqi1/FPN-1.jpg

 

this is the original work:

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m532/hlyuqi1/FPN.jpg

My first reaction was a long, long whistle.

[zquilts]

How in the heck have I missed this thread?! WHen's the deadline? Fabulous work everyone ! Great idea !

[GClef]

I've really enjoyed seeing the entries appear, thank you all for many, many ideas for future projects!

 

For my submission, I chose to use a French translation of the Psalm (44, rather than 45, in the edition I found). I adapted a plainchant arrangement to adjust the notes to the syllables and hoped to present it like a medieval plainchant manuscript.

 

Sources:

 

Music: The Manual of Plainsong, 1902 edition

Gothic lettering: "The Osmiroid Book of Calligraphy", Christopher Jarman, 1987

Illuminated 'P': "Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration", W. & G. Audsley

 

Tools:

 

Parker 45 'C' nib, Parker Penman 'Mocha' cartridge

Parker 45 'D' nib, Parker Quink red

Staedtler Lumocolour red felt tip

Manuscript Italic Fine black felt tip

Paper Mate Stick 2020 M red

 

Mark

 

 

This one totally came out of left field! How AWESOME!

(Too bad you didn't use Psalm 45 though.)

[GClef]

Hello everyone, I'm a calligraphy fan from China, and I'm fond of hand writing in both Chinese and English. I just noticed the contest today, so I accomplished the writing in a short time.

 

 

Is it possible to translate the verse in Chinese?

I'd like to see how you could outdo this one.

[spiv]

 

 

This one totally came out of left field! How AWESOME!

(Too bad you didn't use Psalm 45 though.)

 

The Psalm is the same, the numbering must be different in that paticular French edition.

[GClef]

This one totally came out of left field! How AWESOME!

(Too bad you didn't use Psalm 45 though.)

 

The Psalm is the same, the numbering must be different in that paticular French edition.

 

Then, that's not just "AWESOME", but INCREDIBLY AWESOME!

 

 

 

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/DSC00431.jpg

Edited June 30, 2011 by GClef

[ninly]

Yeah that French edition probably follows the Vulgate's numbering of the Psalms (mentioned earlier in the thread). See the table here for reference.

[nightwing]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/5853824410_46e29ff61d_b.jpg

This was my first entry. I wasn’t happy with it; it looked far too plain for me, so I started to think of ways to make it more decorative. So this is what I came up with. This is my first real project, so my eye picks out a lot of flaws. It was fun to do, though, and I’m happy with how it turned out. I’m posting four pictures, because I couldn’t take one picture that accurately showed what it looks like in person. Don’t you hate when your camera doesn’t obey?

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5192/5886946680_fe7811672d_b.jpg

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/5886380341_e72723b866_b.jpg

 

I wanted to do this on deep blue paper, but I didn’t have any that was fountain pen ink friendly (I don’t even think there is any), so I decided to colour in the areas with a pencil crayon. Doesn’t give as smooth an effect I hoped for – the colouring is very inconsistent. As I was starting this project, a friend told me that medieval scribes would colour in the areas and stop painting a little before each letter to avoid mistakenly painting over the letters. That’s where I got the idea from!

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5886946502_ca5c9d995b_b.jpg

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5279/5886946800_f2bd1269ef_b.jpg

 

Pen: Lamy Safari 1.5mm nib

Ink: De Atramentis Silver Grey and Diamine Monaco Red

Paper: A no-name sheet of calligraphy paper

Other Materials: Metallic paint, pencil crayon, brushes, and a toothpick (to paint the stars and around the first letter of the verse)

 

Disclaimer: The rainbow isn’t mine – it just showed up in the right place at the right time!

Edited June 30, 2011 by nightwing

[Mountolive]

This thread makes me want to learn calligraphy.

[kahhoewan]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/5853824410_46e29ff61d_b.jpg

This was my first entry. I wasn’t happy with it; it looked far too plain for me, so I started to think of ways to make it more decorative. So this is what I came up with. This is my first real project, so my eye picks out a lot of flaws. It was fun to do, though, and I’m happy with how it turned out. I’m posting four pictures, because I couldn’t take one picture that accurately showed what it looks like in person. Don’t you hate when your camera doesn’t obey?

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5192/5886946680_fe7811672d_b.jpg

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/5886380341_e72723b866_b.jpg

 

I wanted to do this on deep blue paper, but I didn’t have any that was fountain pen ink friendly (I don’t even think there is any), so I decided to colour in the areas with a pencil crayon. Doesn’t give as smooth an effect I hoped for – the colouring is very inconsistent. As I was starting this project, a friend told me that medieval scribes would colour in the areas and stop painting a little before each letter to avoid mistakenly painting over the letters. That’s where I got the idea from!

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5886946502_ca5c9d995b_b.jpg

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5279/5886946800_f2bd1269ef_b.jpg

 

Pen: Lamy Safari 1.5mm nib

Ink: De Atramentis Silver Grey and Diamine Monaco Red

Paper: A no-name sheet of calligraphy paper

Other Materials: Metallic paint, pencil crayon, brushes, and a toothpick (to paint the stars and around the first letter of the verse)

 

Disclaimer: The rainbow isn’t mine – it just showed up in the right place at the right time!

 

guess we all know who the winner is!

[smk]

Salman

 

I am expecting your Copperplate!

 

Yuqi

 

Yuqi - I just did a plain jane version on Navy Blue Clairefontaine paper and W&N Silver ink with a Brause 66 EF nib. The inspiration for dark paper and metallic pens came from jbb - I didn't know it would be so hard to write with metallic inks though.

 

 

The scanner doesn't pick out the silver properly :-( I hope this enlargement shows it better.

 

 

 

And here's my take on what it would look like to write with the prize P-45 in normal'ish handwriting.

 

 

nightwing - the colors are just beautiful.

 

Salman

[Ghost Plane]

Oh man, that's GORGEOUS! :notworthy1:

[GClef]

Oh man...this is getting out of hand!!! LOL

 

In case no one's thought of it already, I think it'd be cool to get these entries--not some, but ALL of them--and put them on exhibit at the DC Pen Show!

I, for one, would love to see them in person and maybe, just maybe, get a chance to meet some of the people who came up with some of these insane pieces.

Edited July 1, 2011 by GClef

[Yuki Onitsura]

If anybody ever asks me why I bother practising my handwriting, I'm just going to direct them to this thread. Jaw dropping awesome all over the place

 

Yuki

[nightwing]

guess we all know who the winner is!

You're too kind! :embarrassed_smile: The contest isn't over yet, however! There's still a few hours left. Keep those entries coming, ladies and gentlemen!

[beak]

This was a good thread! It gave me the motive to work on a new hand - something more fluid, freer and more 'friendly' than my everyday script, which can be a bit severe. I guess my interest is still more in ordinary run-of-the-mill handwriting than calligraphy as such, but I learned heaps doing this, and here's the result so far:

I think everyone has done so well!

Edited July 1, 2011 by beak

[HDoug]

This is just a wonderful thread!

 

Doug