Qotw - 2017

[Sagarb]

[bobje]

Sagar, your contribution is so fluid and filled with bounce that it inspired me to do a little italic in preparation for a workshop tomorrow at a pen show in Raleigh.

 

[Sagarb]

Thanks very much, Bob. Best wishes for the Workshop.

[smk]

Wow - this thread is getting better and better.

 

I have been following along but am a bit behind on the writing. Here are a few that are done although there is still plenty of room for improvement:

 

Walnut Ink with WM 3-1/2 dip pen:

 

 

 

ROSI Aqua in Dollar pen with an Italic ground nib:

 

 

 

Noodler's Ottoman Azure in Dollar pen with ground Italic nib:

 

 

 

Diamine Blue Lightning in 2.4mm Pilot Parallel and ROSI Aqua in Dollar pen with a ground Italic nib.

 

 

- Salman

[Sagarb]

Great SMK...

[smk]

Thank you Sagar :-)

 

- Salman

[Ergative]

All right, here are the next four weeks. I've been working with gouache recently, although I'v been using the colors for other projects, and, I confess, in some cases just mixing together everything I've got left from that to create the muddy colors you see in the middle two of these.

 

Week 14:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f320/philena_lj/wk14.jpg

 

 

Week 15:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f320/philena_lj/wk15.jpg

 

Week 16:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f320/philena_lj/wk16.jpg

 

Week 17:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f320/philena_lj/wk17.jpg:

[ksm]

Pelikan M400 IB nib.

KWZ Ink Liquid Words (Pen Show Poland 2017 Limited Edition)

Clairefontaine Triomphe paper.

The script is shamelessly copied from “Foundations of Calligraphy” book. It is inspired by Carolingian Minuscule, but modernized to make it easily readable for people without palaeography training.

 

 

Parker 51, with stub nib reground to give a little more line variation.

KWZ Ink Green Gold (Standard)

Clairefontaine Triomphe paper.

My regular handwriting, done with care.

 

So many beautiful scripts in previous posts...

Edited June 4, 2017 by ksm

[bobje]

This week's quote is from an American poet:

 

Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?

 

- Mary Oliver

[smk]

ksm - both the Carolingian and the Italic are beautifully composed and executed.

 

Ergagtive - wow, it is a pleasure to see your posts. I will be eagerly looking forward to the next one.

 

- Salman

[Sagarb]

This week's quote is from an American poet:

 

Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?

 

- Mary Oliver

Nice quote Bob..You know I thought of placing this week's quote by myself(not my own of course).

Edited June 5, 2017 by Sagarb

[bobje]

Glad to hear you enjoy Mary Oliver's work, Sagar. I'm looking forward to your rendition!

[smk]

I still have a bit of catching up to do but I really liked this week's quote so ended up writing it last night.

 

Inks: Bung Box Sunset & Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay White India Ink

Paper: The quote is written on G. Lalo Verge De France laid paper

 

[dms525]

 

 

Pen: Franklin-Christoph Model 02 with a F-C Music nib

Ink: Franklin-Christoph Urushi Red

Paper: Rhodia

 

David

[Sagarb]

Lovely writing David,as usual..and what a nice shading of the ink..!

[dms525]

Lovely writing David,as usual..and what a nice shading of the ink..!

 

Thanks, Sagar! I appreciate your kind words.

 

I have now tried 3 of Franklin-Christoph's inks. I am very pleased with them. They are well-behaved in every pen I have loaded them so far, and the colors are tasteful, IMO.

 

David

[Andrew_L]

Hi guys!

Sorry to dilute your conversation. I'm newbie in write and started to learn the fine write only at the end of last year.

My humble steps.​

 

https://images.vfl.ru/ii/1495816248/0acedabb/17359119_m.jpg

 

https://images.vfl.ru/ii/1495816248/f9e29333/17359120_m.jpg

 

Sorry if not in the right topic, I have not yet figured out the topic of the forum.

[Ergative]

Hi, Andrew! Glad to have you with us. The topic of this thread is "Quote of the week," (hence QOTW) where people post a quote each week (I'm not entirely sure how it gets decided who picks the quote) and we all contribute our renditions of them, in whatever script and design we please. It may look like a mishmash of random quotes because a few of us are behind and post several old weeks at once, while others are up to date, but there is a method behind it all. By all means, take a look at some of the old quotes and use them to show us more of your exquisite fine writing!

Edited June 7, 2017 by Ergative

[Andreas Weber]

It's all in the very first post that started the thread: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/316922-qotw-2017/?p=3757674

Specifically, the first to post a rendition of this week's quote gets to set the quote for next week.

[bobje]

Andrew, gorgeous work! The flourishes and shapes of the majuscule O, C, and L are especially impressive. Moderator Salman Khattak started this brilliant Quote of the Week thread, and we are so glad to have you here!