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Incongruent NOS (New Old Stock)

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@Incongruent - That's one way to use a flex nib! Fantastic.

 

 

Me...I am trying hard to hide my mistakes. Still learning...

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The pen is a 6 mm Pilot Parallel for everything except “you can” and “Pablo Picasso” and the immediate flourishes.

 

The Spencerian is nice. You might want to try shading fewer areas (at most one for each lowercase letter, use one of the examples like Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship [On IAMPETH]), touching up the corners of the shades on d and t afterwards, and dotting the i’s with a tick rather than a circle.

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David, your gothic is a source of inspiration. I still don't dare trying to practice it since I'd like to improve my italic first.

Thank you for jotting down the tools you use, your pen collection is stunning and I'm always in search of colors to add to my ink wish list. (this brown is lovely, of course it's from BB..)

 

 

 

Thank you, RBN! It's a work in progress.

 

Your commitment to mastering one script before starting to learn another is very wise.

 

Happy writing!

 

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This thing is huge.... 158 mm capped. By far my largest pen. B nib. The photo was oriented correctly when I attached it. Not sure what happened.

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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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My practice:

 

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To inkstainedruth: (liquid mask ink Pebeo)

 

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My practice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To inkstainedruth: (liquid mask ink Pebeo)

 

 

 

 

Amazing stuff Andrew! I think I will take up Bowls from here on!

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countrydirt, I admire your skillful As and Es.

 

Pen: N/A with Lamy 1.5 stub nib.

Ink: J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite.

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Longfellow:

Sometimes in churchyards strayed, and gazed on the crosses and tombstones

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Pelikan 140 F/Pelikan 4001 Blue Black on Rhodia dot grid A5

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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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Pen: Graf von Faber-Castell Intuition Platino. B nib ground to crisp cursive italic by M. Masuyama.

Ink: Visconti Black

Paper: Rhodia DotPad

 

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The marker paper is a pain with sharp nibs. Never again...

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Does the drawing comes first or the lettering?

 

Love it!

Thanks.

 

I did the drawing first since I thought I would be more likely to mess up on that portion.

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The marker paper is a pain with sharp nibs. Never again…

 

Cool!

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Incongruent, apart from the marvelous effect of the drawing combined with the script, your first, capital "S" is fantastic.

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I, unfortunately, do not know anything about Evangeline and Longfellow except «The song of Hiawatha», so this is a redrawed illustration from the Internet and training\exercise for hands and eyes.

 

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