@unattributed The anagram of Parker Clone gives it all away: Lack, Nope, Err
#humor #anagram #Parker51 #ChineseClone #art #FountainPen #Calligraphy #PointedPen #writing
Sanctuary - an interesting commission for a client to gift to their special friend, a person who is famously generous with their home. Gold Kuretaki ink, green gouache, hand made paper.
#copperplate #pointedpen #calligraphy #flourish #sanctuary #goldink
More bread & butter work but #wedding envelopes happen to be my MOST favorite job. (faked address π)
#handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #envelope
BREAKING: Weβre changing things up here and from today forward will be known as CALLIGRAPHY ALL DAY ALL NIGHT! Letβs all get together and share our love of this form of beautiful writing!!!
#spencerian #blackletter #pointedpen #copperplate #kufic #calligrasky #calligraphyalldayallnight
Easter place cards for a clients "final" family dinner. π
#handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
Heavily flourished letter U, upper and lower case, in black ink on white paper with crystals casting fractured light onto the paper
The letter U / u - alphabet challenge for the pointed pen. Lettered with a left oblique pen, Leonardt nib, and Sumi ink on marker paper
#U #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
A first attempt to combine pointed pen calligraphy tools and watercolor. I learned that watercolor brushes and paints are trickier than they look.
#Watercolor #wedding #pointedpen #handlettering #art #calligraphy
Dedicating books and gift tags. Copperplate script in Sumi black and Kuretaki gold inks
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #giftidea
All angles, rendered as curves, but must still look like angles. Still, W is one of my favorite letters to write
#W #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
"Signature Cocktail" card lettered in gold in copperplate script.
Hand lettered sign for an open bar. Kuretaki gold ink dripped into wet walnut ink.
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #W
Using pen and ink to try a thing - "wild weeds and grasses". Sumi ink on Canson marker paper.
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #gardenart #pointedpen #ink
Pointed pen calligraphy of the word "fluidity", on black paper in silver ink. The forms of the letters are appropriately rounded, smooth and flowing.
#Januarty called for a bit of creative interpretation - well in fact it probably didn't but this was the first vaguely appropriate piece on my phone π #Calligraphy #pointedpen #flourish #ink #copperplate
Practice makes "practiced" -- perfect practice is the goal.
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
The wedding trend that won't go away: seating charts on mirrors. They're luminous, sparkly, and adaptable to all themes. (This one will actually be a romantic quote).
#copperplate #eventplanning #weddingplanning #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourishing #pointedpen
"Vv" is for victories, small though they be. (Copperplate script in sumi ink on rice paper).
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourishing #pointedpen #V
#handlettering
WIP - sketching out versions of a goth wedding vibe "G" logo for a client; wrought iron/flora, steel/flora, ribbon/flora
#art #calligraphy #flourishing #pointedpen
DAY 31 #artadventcalendar
This is that wonderful time of year when the thought of *more* sweets is gross and carrots and apples sound delicious. (#pointedpen calligraphy with gold ink dripped into wet walnut ink).
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourishing #pointedpen
A gold-leafed, heavily embossed formal menu used a place card; the name is lettered in copperplate script-style calligraphy in gold ink.
DAY 30
'No Budget Weddings' say "please match your gold ink to the embossing on the menu". No problem βοΈπ
#artadventcalendar #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
Day 29
This was lettered for a maritime #horror film. My client wanted "scrimshaw" style lettering and "more scratchy", "less pretty", "rougher". The opposite of everything I struggle to master.
#ArtAdventCalendar #art #calligraphy #pointedpen #lettering #handlettering #ink
DAY 28
S is for Saturday - of which there are 7 between Christmas and New Year's. (S is also for "spiral")
#artadventcalendar #s #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
'Tis the season for thank you notes; one of the few times I get to do my own calligraphy.
DAY 27 #artadventcalendar
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourish #copperplatescript #pointedpen
DAY 26
Kuretaki gold ink on linen paper.
#artadventcalendar
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
DAY 21
This boy never paid and never picked up. "Linda" may have dodged a bullet.
#artadventcalendar
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #loveletter #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
Upper and lower case letter k in white ink on black paper. Both are lightly flourished with loops and arcs. A rusty brass key is resting on the paper below the lettering.
DAY 22
4 strokes want to converge at the midpoint of "K" and "k" -- if this is allowed, it will look like a tangle of hair. (From a letter-a-day challenge).
#artadventcalendar
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourish #copperplatescript #pointedpen
5x speed clip of yesterday's #ArtAdventCalendar post. Calligraphy is slow work in real time.
DAY 21 #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
I've lettered holiday gift tags in copperplate script with Kuretaki gold. These are "extra" for the client so I feel less constrained while flourishing.
DAY 13 #ArtAdventCalendar
#pointedpen #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #ink #flourish #flourishing #gifttags
DAY 11
I took the opportunity to collab with an artist and a longarm quilter to create this queen sized quilt (I did the piecework). It's to be a gift for a super deserving couple. πππ
#ArtAdventCalendar #pointedpen #copperplate #calligraphy #handlettering #art #quilting #quilts #cyanotyping
Day 9
"Qq" is the most difficult letter to make beautiful (for me π). It's unstable, awkward, and refuses to make nice with its peers. I was happy with this one though π
#ArtAdventCalendar
#pointedpen #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #Q #copperplatescript #ink