Invitation To Show Off Your Stuff...

[HalloweenHJB]

I'm pretty much self taught, but in my experiments with the few inks, holders, papers and nibs I've been able to scrounge up down here in Australia, I've noticed that J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Haematite works beautifully with gum arabic to become an amazing pointed pen ink!

 

Have a look (I must admit I'm kinda proud of this one, even if it's not amazing calligraphy compared to all that you guys are capable of).

 

What do you guys think?

 

 

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r762/EgoIdVeto/Mobile%20Uploads/20140710_004908_zps9fa843f0.jpg

 

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r762/EgoIdVeto/Mobile%20Uploads/20140710_005513_zps8a98a497.jpg

 

Perfectly stunning! I have a new bottle of the formula, and from what I hear, the sheen is only about half of what it was in the original formulation. But the pen, the ink, and penmanship are truly admirable. Great combination!

[caliken]

Here's a little piece of Italic written in three shades of Gouache.

 

[caliken]

I'm pretty much self taught, but in my experiments with the few inks, holders, papers and nibs I've been able to scrounge up down here in Australia, I've noticed that J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Haematite works beautifully with gum arabic to become an amazing pointed pen ink!

 

Have a look (I must admit I'm kinda proud of this one, even if it's not amazing calligraphy compared to all that you guys are capable of).

 

What do you guys think?

 

 

Impressive!

Edited August 10, 2014 by Ken Fraser

[Algester]

http://i.imgur.com/Sm97c5Z.jpg

 

I did this half asleep... <_<

 

and something before that

http://i.imgur.com/ZvXJOGb.png

 

I used a Noodler's Ahab with a Brause Rose nib

[HalloweenHJB]

A sonnet by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. PEN: vintage (1940s) Waterman lever filler in tiger-eye celluloid. INK: Private Reserve Blue Suede. PAPER: Rhodia notebook. Sorry for the poor quality iPhone photo.

 

Edited September 11, 2014 by HalloweenHJB

[kivela]

Hi all,

 

Since I have been practicising the italic miniscules for quite some time and enjoy your handwritten examples a lot I thought it would be a good idea to post my current 'stage' of practicing towards all of you. I am painfully aware of letter forms that I tend to forget whilst transcribing poems as well as the 'normal' problems with slant for a beginner as myself.

 

The pages that you will see below are from a notebook I will be giving to a colleague that has left our team recently. Needless to say the book wasn't anywhere finished by the time the departure date passed, so she and her husband will be receiving it on a later date, as a surprise. I hope they will have a nice time reading it together upon arrival and later on.

 

Practicing is done with a Edison Collier with 1.1 stub steel nib.

 

I welcome all feedback.

 

 

[MusinkMan]

Wow, I've been away for a bit...this little thread is still going strong! So cool! I've been so busy building pens and trying to develop my writing skills. You know how that goes though...slow and steady...mainly slow. hahaha It just a lot of practice...but I'm learning that time is also a factor. By that I mean that it takes the brain (at least my brain) time to assimilate what it has learned in the practice. Sometimes I will practice diligently for 2 - 3 hour sessions...3 or 4 days in a row. And through that, I don't seem to get any better at all. But after those 3 or 4 days of diligent practice, if I stay away from the pen and ink for a couple of days...when I come back to it I'm suddenly "better" if that makes any sense? It's like my brain needed time to sort out all of the little muscle memories and tweaks or something. So I think that practice combined with time is required in the learning process. Otherwise, we could just buckle down and spend a week doing 14-hour per day practice sessions and we'd all be the next F.B.Courtney. LOL

 

Here is my current level of progress. I'm not where I want to be but I'm working on it diligently.

[fiberdrunk]

Wow, I've been away for a bit...this little thread is still going strong! So cool! I've been so busy building pens and trying to develop my writing skills. You know how that goes though...slow and steady...mainly slow. hahaha It just a lot of practice...but I'm learning that time is also a factor. By that I mean that it takes the brain (at least my brain) time to assimilate what it has learned in the practice. Sometimes I will practice diligently for 2 - 3 hour sessions...3 or 4 days in a row. And through that, I don't seem to get any better at all. But after those 3 or 4 days of diligent practice, if I stay away from the pen and ink for a couple of days...when I come back to it I'm suddenly "better" if that makes any sense? It's like my brain needed time to sort out all of the little muscle memories and tweaks or something. So I think that practice combined with time is required in the learning process. Otherwise, we could just buckle down and spend a week doing 14-hour per day practice sessions and we'd all be the next F.B.Courtney. LOL

 

Here is my current level of progress. I'm not where I want to be but I'm working on it diligently.

 

This is just stunning! So glad to hear from you!

[MusinkMan]

 

This is just stunning! So glad to hear from you!

Why thank you Terri! I'm still using your inks! Really good stuff, those gall inks! I still can't believe you made them.

 

How is your lefty penwork coming along? I hope all is going well in that endeavor? I need to write you a letter, I think I owe you one! :-)

[araybanfan]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/rayshader/photo3_zpsadabc80d.jpg
From one of my favourite authors. Thanks.

Edited October 24, 2014 by araybanfan

[greensparcs]

here is some of my work.
this is my full name (Lee Sparks) and the title page of my sketch book for 2012

 

 

 

I came here to learn how to improve my handwriting as well as some beautiful calligraphy. I am learning alot and the you guys dont help curb my addiction to pens any shame on you haha no I love all these reviews and ink samples. Fountain pen Network You guys ROCK!

[Lively]

#1 - My normal, fast writing (not being careful) with a Cross fountain pen.

 

#2 - My attempt at Copperplate, which I started learning 3 weeks ago. I've only practised a few times. This is with a Gillot 303, but I think I'm having problems with ink. The first three lines are Winsor & Newton Calligraphy ink in Violet, the next three are Quink, and the rest is Winsor & Newton Calligraphy ink in Blue-Black (seems to be slightly better than the violet).

 

#3 - My attempt at Italic, which I started learning on Monday. So much easier than Copperplate! The black was with a Schaeffer calligraphy pen (M nib) and the blue was with some other calligraphy pen I had in my collection. It just says Italic on the nib, which I think is 1 mm but might be more.

Edited November 26, 2014 by Lively

[mvarela]

This is from a scrapped project from a few months back...

 

[Travv801]

Really enjoyed catching up from 2013, a lot of amazing work. I'm actually going to start practicing again and try to last longer than a week. A lot of inspiration in this thread. Keep it up everyone!

[Broxi]

Here is two playthings of mine.As well as my Instagram album.

 

Stunning! I would love to be able to write like this!