Italic Calligraphy Practice 11/19/2011
19 November 2011
Brause 2 - Pelikan green ink.
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19 November 2011
Brause 2 - Pelikan green ink.
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17 November 2011
Speedball C-2, violet ink.
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17 November 2011
Brause 2 nib. Violet ink.
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17 November 2011
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17 September 2011
Brause 2.0mm nib, Higgins Eternal black ink
(Taken with my iPhone, hence the blurring.)
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Santa Monica, CA 23 February 2010
N is for Neville who died of ennui.
Written using both a Brause .5 mm, a Brause .2 1/2 mm a Brause .1 1/2 nibs, using Higgins Eternal black ink.
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21 February 2010
"M is for Maude who was swept out to sea."
Written using both a Brause .5 mm and a Brause .2 1/2 mm nibs, using Higgins Eternal black ink and a red ink that came with a pen set.
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Santa Monica, CA 11 February 2010
"K is for Kate who was struck with an axe."
Written using both a Brause .5 mm and a Brause .2 1/2 mm nibs, using Higgins Eternal black ink and a red ink that came with a pen set.
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Santa Monica, CA 07 February 2010
"J is for James who took lye by mistake."
Written using both a Brause .5 mm and a Brause .2 1/2 mm nibs and Higgins Eternal black ink.
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Santa Monica, CA 05 February 2010
"I is for Ida who drowned in a lake."
There's been almost no practice for a week and it sadly shows. Still at our last class we got the capitals. Yay!
Written using a Brause .5 mm nib and Higgins Eternal black ink.
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Santa Monica, CA 28 January 2010
"H is for Hector done in by a thug."
Attempting to get the ascenders a bit more consistent and make the or combined letters.
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Santa Monica, CA 27 January 2010
"G is for George smothered under a rug."
I decided to mess around with capitals, but we haven't done them yet in class -- these "G"s are based on the Gothic capitals out of a book. The letters are closer together as that's part of what we practiced in class this week.
Clearly it needs more work.
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Scout House (BH) 25 January 2010
White board of class 2 -- pay attention to "d."
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Beverly Hills Scout House. 25 January 2010
Our teacher writing another student's (Bruce) name. So lovely!
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Beverly Hills Scout House. 25 January 2010
After a break for MLK, we met again. Despite the cold, the class was full with us learning more about ascenders and descenders.
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25 January 2010
F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.
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25 January 2010
Lettering with walnut ink, Brause 5mm nib.
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Santa Monica, CA 24 January 2010
"E is for Ernest who choked on a peach."
(Brause 5mm nib, red brown ink)
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Santa Monica, CA 24 January 2010
Full sheet (17"X22") of letter alphabet. Done with a Brause 5mm nib with red brown ink.
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Santa Monica, CA 23 January 2010
Practice sheet. These letters are mostly done via tracery - though some are written freehand.
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Santa Monica, CA 23 January 2010
"D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh."
The 35 degree angle came a bit easier today, maybe because I did a practice sheet before I started the lettering. I used the alternative "s" and found it a bit easier. Clearly I don't know how to do the numbers.
(Speedball C-0, red brown ink)
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Santa Monica, CA 22 January 2010
"C is for Clara who wasted away."
The nib angle was a little easier today. I'm still struggling with the "a" and "s" and my letter spacing is a struggle.
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Santa Monica, CA 21 January 2010
"B is for Basil assaulted by bears."
I'm finding keeping the nib at 30 degrees while also forming the letters quite a challenge. The letters "s" and "a" are really hard for me, so of course I've chosen something with tons of both.
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Santa Monica, CA 20 January 2010
"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs" I'm going to try and work my way through the poem.
Edward Gorey seems appropriate for a class on the Gothic.
(Speedball C-0, Higgins Eternal black)
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Santa Monica, CA 18 January 2010
This practice was my attempt to do an alphabet sentence (should be "jumps"). Using Higgins Eternal black ink, C-0 speedball nib.
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Santa Monica, CA 16 January 2010
This is the snug little space I've carved out of a corner of our bedroom for lettering. The bookcase is new, but everything else was already there, just needed to be tidied and re-arranged.
Having a space where I can just sit down and start makes a huge difference when it's already evening and I'm trying to decide whether or not to practice calligraphy for the day.
It's not a great photo, but the only one I have just now.
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Scout House (BH) 12 January 2010
Practice sheet after first class - we used walnut ink, C-0 nib. Gothic Textura is written with a 30 - 40 degree slant.
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Scout House (BH) 11 January 2010
Close up of sheet.
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Beverly Hills Scout House. 11 January 2010
Class practice sheet. Walnut ink, speedball C-0 pen. Practice with nib at 90, 45 and 30 degrees.
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Scout House (BH) 11 January 2010
The white board after our first class on the Gothic Textura Hand.
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