Qotw - 2017

[richila]

QOTW WEEK 4 by Richila, on Flickr

Edited January 23, 2017 by richila

[bobje]

Nice work, Richila! Looking forward to your quote for next week.

 

[countrydirt]

 

Just playing around with the semi-flex Ahab this morning.

[drv1913]

FPN QOTW #4 by Dawn, on Flickr

 

Pens: 6.0mm Pilot Parallel, Sheaffer NoNonsense M and F nibs, Levenger Seas M

Inks: Blue black of unknown brand, Levenger Regal, Levenger Raven Black, Levenger Amethyst mixed with a bit of Regal (I fill the pen with whichever color is within easiest reach at the time)

[smk]

Nice work Dawn.

 

S.

[Randal6393]

Hi, Dawn,

 

Must say that is one of the nicest arrangements that I have seen in some while. Keep up the good work.

 

Enjoy,

Randal

[drv1913]

Thank you both! I am enjoying these little exercises.

[smk]

I felt like using Copperplate for this one.

 

Nib: Hunt 101

Ink: Noodler's Black + water

Paper: No-name copy paper

 

 

- Salman

[inkstainedruth]

 

Tried something a little different for this one: this is based on an Early Gothic hand, which appeared to have some Lombardic Capitals as a header. The ms. is a page from a 12th c. piece from the monastery of Cîteaux, the Moralia in Job. I found a book online called The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris [url: https://grph151.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-art-of-calligraphy-by-david-harris.pdf]; I had to cobble together a couple of letters (k and w), based on other letters, since I couldn't find either in the exemplar.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[bobje]

Wow -- this is beautiful work, Salman, Ruth, Dawn, Troy!

[prasadvenkat]

Really beautiful Richila, Bob, Ruth Dawn and Troy.

 

Impeccable Copperplate as always Salman

 

Happy writing

Prasad

[Randal6393]

Ruth, you have discovered an old friend of mine. Harris' work came out in the early 1980's, at least that is when I first saw the book. Always wanted a copy but just never quite got around to it. A very complete study of broad-edged scripts, quite suitable for beginners, intermediates, and advanced writing. Love it.

[countrydirt]

You people are amazing with your talent and eye for arrangement. I grab a pen like a caveman and scribble compared to all of you. Thanks for allowing me to hang out with you!

[richila]

Does anyone else find that handwriting practice has become daily in preparation for this thread?

 

 

"Ruth, you have discovered an old friend of mine. Harris' work came out in the early 1980's, at least that is when I first saw the book. Always wanted a copy but just never quite got around to it. A very complete study of broad-edged scripts, quite suitable for beginners, intermediates, and advanced writing. Love it."

 

I just realized that my husband has this book on his shelf.

Edited January 27, 2017 by richila

[smk]

 

Does anyone else find that handwriting practice has become daily in preparation for this thread?

 

 

I am indeed getting a lot more practice now - and in different hands too. For example, I wrote this week's quote in Gothic Batarde as well as Copperplate and then decided to do a fair copy in Copperplate.

 

S.

[bobje]

Richila, your observation is spot on. My plan is to make 2017 a year of copperplate practice for me, and this thread is a useful weekly touchpoint. At the end of the year, I hope to see 52 examples and some improvement.

[inkstainedruth]

Ruth, you have discovered an old friend of mine. Harris' work came out in the early 1980's, at least that is when I first saw the book. Always wanted a copy but just never quite got around to it. A very complete study of broad-edged scripts, quite suitable for beginners, intermediates, and advanced writing. Love it.

 

I actually found it as a .pdf on the internet Wednesday night. I have a few calligraphy books but I'm not sure where in the house they are; I wasn't familiar with this one. (Somewhere I probably still have a Speedball book; my others are Mark Drogin's Medieval Calligraphy, Edward Johnston's Writing, Illuminating and Lettering, and (IIRC) Jacquelin Svaren's Written Letters.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Randal6393]

 

I actually found it as a .pdf on the internet Wednesday night. I have a few calligraphy books but I'm not sure where in the house they are; I wasn't familiar with this one. (Somewhere I probably still have a Speedball book; my others are Mark Drogin's Medieval Calligraphy, Edward Johnston's Writing, Illuminating and Lettering, and (IIRC) Jacquelin Svaren's Written Letters.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

That's a small library but a complete one. Has a great book on gothic, roman, etc. in Drogin's book, excellent theory and tips in WIL (yes, I know that many of his points are self-inflating and subject to argument), and a templar in Svaren's work that covers modern-day calligraphy. I'm going to have to get a copy of Svaren's Written Letters, don't know what happened to my old copy.

 

Enjoy,

[drv1913]

Does anyone else find that handwriting practice has become daily in preparation for this thread?

I am definitely using it as additional motivation to do a little lettering every day. I am far too lazy to do real practice sessions, although I am trying to change that. I like dabbling and playing around with letterforms and colors. Discipline, not so much.

[ksm]

Here is my entry:

 

Today, I've tried to do something about layout.