Learning Italic

[bassmannate]

Man, I really have to get to it. I really haven't touched italic much since last Christmas. Just too busy. I finally left my second job so I'll hopefully find time for more practice.

[ongnon]

Man, I really have to get to it. I really haven't touched italic much since last Christmas. Just too busy. I finally left my second job so I'll hopefully find time for more practice.

[KaB]

my exercise of the 19th.

 

 

I decided to move from Reynolds (it's all there, but so very condensed. More something to remind me of things once I've learned them maybe) to Fred Eager (looks more like a 'I'll take you by the hand, lesson by lesson'-approach). So, starting from scratch with lesson one:

 

 

 

(yes, I've made copies of my book in order not to ruin it). So let's try to keep the pace of 1 lesson per day.

[ongnon]

my exercise of the 19th.

 

[bassmannate]

Well, here's some practice from yesterday. Didn't get a chance to sit down today to practice but I had made this ruled notebook to put in my DIY midori so I can carry practice rulings around with me.

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/234/1/8/2014_08_22_15_39_20_by_nate_n_nator-d7w9ih0.jpg

[vermillion]

+1

 

And the nibs also fit the Esterbrook J series pens.

 

David

Ooh, I'll keep that in mind. You and Ken are right, of course, it is a very fine pen! I remember fiddling with one summer when I was in college and I had often wondered since what happened to it (I only remembered it was a lever-filled pen from my grandmother) and whether I had made the dreadful mistake of using my india ink with it (I soaked all the nibs and thankfully, I didn't -- lots of old ink dried up in them, though, but they are all clean now).

 

 

Hi Vermillion, I already wondered whether you were practicing some very complicated something. A week of rest didn't do much harm to your skill it seems.

You're doing great, too! With all your practising, you'll be writing circles around me in no time.

 

I did a little practising the other day. I like to write in a sharpened italic sometimes because I feel like it helps me with my letterforms. The savages weren't shaking the table this time, but I did get a few interruptions -- not a big deal, but I feel like it takes me a few letters to get back into the zone. I need to work on consistent slant (I was going for no slant, this time, but kept forgetting) and an over-all consistency. I really felt like I had been struggling with my w's, e's, and s's, but I feel a bit more comfortable with them now. Hopefully I will feel a bit more comfortable with my c's soon, too. I don't usually do this y, but the exemplar I was using did it that way and I thought I'd try it for fun. I know I should write every other line to avoid crashing into my descenders, but I am trying to conserve paper. ;D I really need to just write around them and not under them.

[KaB]

 

 

With all your practising, you'll be writing circles around me in no time.

 

 

 

Sounds like fun

[KaB]

[KaB]

The exercises from yesterday and today. Can't say I'm entirely displeased with the slant-check at the end of lesson 4

 

edit: I seem to have lost the ability to post flickr-uploaded pics

Edited August 27, 2014 by KaB

[KaB]

The good news: I succeeded. The bad news: no idea what went wrong first to tenth time and right this time...

 

[dms525]

The good news: I succeeded. The bad news: no idea what went wrong first to tenth time and right this time...

 

 

That's a big improvement in letter forms, not just slant, KaB!

 

Re. your inexplicable problem uploading photos: I usually just credit such difficulties to the perversity of inanimate objects.

 

David

[KaB]

 

Re. your inexplicable problem uploading photos: I usually just credit such difficulties to the perversity of inanimate objects.

 

David

Now there's a life filosofy I could live by

[ongnon]

i don't care the row until finish

Edited August 30, 2014 by ongnon

[KaB]

[KaB]

[KaB]

little learning but lots of practice yesterday (voucher) and today (labels for my wife)...

 

 

 

 

[Mickey]

little learning but lots of practice yesterday (voucher) and today (labels for my wife)...

 

 

 

 

Whoo! I had one of those moments while I properly translated Rozenblaadjes as rose petals, but for a just moment, I wondered what sort of cuisine used razor blades. I know I had some fairly viscious Indian food last weekend, but nothing nearly as violent as canard surprise ala Gillette.

Edited August 30, 2014 by Mickey

[vermillion]

Oh, those labels are so cute! Great job! Your handwriting is getting so good!!

[KaB]

Whoo! I had one of those moments while I properly translated Rozenblaadjes as rose petals, but for a just moment, I wondered what sort of cuisine used razor blades. I know I had some fairly viscious Indian food last weekend, but nothing nearly as violent as canard surprise ala Gillette.

[KaB]

Oh, those labels are so cute! Great job! Your handwriting is getting so good!!

 

THX

 

My wife is very pleased with her labeled containers. I see so many points for improvement ...