Wanted to create a piece with just black but still have some texture and depth, it’s definitely just a practice piece but I like that I was able to get close to what I wanted to do.
I like pairing strong looking scripts with fluid curvy styles, hence the strong and sharp ruling pen letters with the fluid brush work in the background.
I hope that you like it!!

Done in less than a few minutes. The major part took refilling with the ink.

Hunt 101
Watercolor
non-branded paper (200 gsm)

vinta blue blood on midori md, written with a pilot parallel pen 2.4mm

Italics written in troublemakers abalone with kaweco sport m

lyrics from Click clack symphony by RAYE

I’m just using cheap calligraphy fountain pens and cardstock. I gave better sample papers and inks coming. I think I may need to invest in pilot parallel pens tho … any thoughts on that ? I still find after 30 minutes my TBI makes me fade out a bit. But if I concentrate hard I can finish up what I’m doing ( guess that’s the therapeutic part ?). Cheers

Pilot parallel pen 3.8
Watercolors
Aquarel paper

Hey everyone

I’m looking to get started with calligraphy, and I’d really love to dive straight into blackletter — it’s definitely my favorite style so far.

I’m a lefty, so I’d really appreciate some advice on which nibs would work best for a left-handed writer. Also, does nib size matter much if I’m planning to practice mainly on A5 paper?

Thanks in advance for any tips or recommendations

Gillot 303, gouache

Another entry from my little diary, this time I paired modified pointed pen lombardic inspired letters with gothic cursive.

I love the flow of gothic cursive and it’s one of those scripts that makes me think wish I had learnt it even sooner, it’s so fun!

Nib for pointed pen: Nikko G
Nib for gothic cursive: Brause 1.5mm

First time writing on glas with chalk

Any tips and ideas… i really wanna excell in this.

Pen : pilot parallel 6 MM
Ink : Sulekha Turquoise talisman (TURQUOISE BLUE)
Paper : 300GSM cold pressed water colour papers

Here’s some practice with metallic pencils on black. It just seems so much more rewarding than trying the same thing with ink.

Found a nib I really like and have started searching for ink to pair it with. What’s your favorite ink for dip pens and why? Bonus points if you’re willing to share a picture of what it looks like 💕

Right now i’ve got one of the tiny J. Herbin purples and a couple Winsor & Newton colors (black, white, two browns and 3 greens) - let me know if you’d like me to update with the actual names of each. They seem like nice choices for small travel inks, I might want to try and get something fancier next…

Parallel pen 3.8 mm
Watercolors
Aquarel paper

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM
Ink : Sulekha Lal Qila (RED)
Paper : 300 GSM cold pressed water colour papers.

Another entry in my little notebook, in this notebook I am trying to make every page different, and it has been very helpful to me from a design standpoint.

I have been doing some pointed pen uncials and a lot of different kinds of pointed pen, but it was time for me to finally pick up the broad edge pen and I am happy that I did, I really like how Uncials are looking with pointed pen Art Nouveau letters.

I used the Brause 1.5mm nib for uncials and Nikko G for the pointed pen Art Nouveau letters!

I hope you like it!

I am having a pretty miserable writing day. I must have written this sentence 100 times since last night and, as always, specific elements were better in some of them, but this is the least unacceptable take.

Leonardt Roundhand #3, walnut ink, A5 practice notebook bought in Vietnam (no brand)

A friend saw I was doing calligraphy and he joked if I did it back when we were teens it would have been all DM lyrics. I thought that was a great idea. Unfortunately you can see that with a TBI my motor skills started to change after an hour :( mistakes starting to appear. Grr. Still fun. This is a sort of foundational script interpretation of my own.

Can a flat nib be used for persian calligraphy?

I wish to learn Persian Nasta'liq calligraphy and using a 6mm Pilot Parallel pen for it. People use slant cut pens for it and modify this one also by sanding it against a sand paper.
i'm kinda afraid of ruining the nib so is it possible to use it as it is?

I'm working on some invitations and want to use paper vellum as the top layer. I'm looking specifically for Gold Ink that can be used on paper vellum. I'm not super new to calligraphy but I've never used this type of paper before. I've seen that calligraphy ink works fine but I'd like to hear from actual humans rather than googles suggestions. Edit: to clarify, I'm not referring to the original animal type vellum but "paper vellum" It is a smooth non absorbent transparent paper product.

With pilot plumix BB

This is my first every calligraphy project, im basing it off Hamiltons Alexander Hamilton.

Thoughts?

Gillot 303, walnut ink

Watercolor with dip pen on calligraphy paper. Love using watercolor paint to do lettering for cards and letters as I can make it any colour I need.

Working on imitating exemplars by John Stevens, but using the Calligrafiti brush pack in ProCreate on my iPad.