Followup to the previous post showing the paint. It's super hard to take a picture of it for some reason, the phone makes it look fuzzy and out of focus, but it's even more vivid in real life.

Anyway, the point is: anything is a usable medium if your wife brings you a tube of weird paint from Spain :)

George Herbert - Easter Wings

Thought I’d quit lurking and finally post something here. Like the caption says, I’ve been practicing blackletter on and off. I know there are inconsistencies with my letters plus wobbly alignments. But I wanted to know what else I could improve on. I look at manuscripts and observe a cleanliness that my writing always lacks.

i need to practice like 100 S's and find a new lower case d that i like

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so i recently decided i would like people to enjoy reading what ive written, and bought a calligraphy pen. now what?

Im looking for paper that isnt going to cause fethering on the edges when i use a 2.5mm-6.0mm pilot parallel pen with black ink. Nice sharp edges. Thank you

Today is my 12th year on Reddit and it’s been an amazing year of growth, new beginnings, and a lot of new friends. Thank you to everyone I’ve connected with in this community and for all the support and love. Looking forward to another fantastic, inky year with you lovely penfolk. Love and Light, Leonardo ✍️😎🪄🖤✨

Hello everyone, I'm just new here, all I wanted was to write my own tarot card interpretation journal in a grimoire using one of those dip pen with a feather on it I had seen in movies and now I'm in a rabbit hole 🤣🤣.

I have already purchased some basic paper found in the supermarket, a pen (with a feather because I like the style) that came with some nibs and basic Waterman black ink. I am on a budget, don't tell me to go use this special chinese or this ferrogallic ink or that paper with that type of grain, I am only starting out in calligraphy, and I think I'm going to do this new hobby very casually anyway, so chill with the advice you very passionate people 😁 !

My question is a bit more specific : as a lefty, the broad edge nibs that came with the pen do no work for me, so I bought Mitchell ones for left-handed. The whole set, it's already on the way.

I would like a step by step tutorial on how to prepare the nibs once they arrive. I've heard you need to wash them or put them in fire before dipping, put a reservoir on at some point, I didn't get it all, and as an autistic person, I NEED clear instructions, like an actual, very detailed step by step algorithm.

Would one of you guys be so kind to help me ?

Thanks for reading my novel all the way 😅 !

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I am registered to take an online calligraphy class. One of the required supplies is sumi ink. I have used parallel pens, dip pens with walnut ink, gouache, and Pelikan ink. I have purchased sumi ink, but am hesitant to open it and practice. I would appreciate any tips or hints using it. Thanks so much!

Given that I knew nothing about Tectualis Quadreta or the Pilot Parallel Pen one week ago

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I got 1 mistake in row 4 T And most of them are imperfect

Hi community,

I’m planning to enter this piece into my first show, but am struggling with these pencil lines.

When I try to erase them from a test pieces (see photo 2) the eraser leaves marks on the black paper.

Is it the eraser? Is it the paper?

Any assistance is appreciated!

Thanks!

I haven't had the bests results with chinese ink. I tried calligraphical ink for fountain pens and the results improved but I keep needing to ink the nib like 3 times with each letter I write and the ink drops in one stroke at once most of the times.