Learn: calligraphy
Collection by Donna McMaster • Last updated 1 day ago
Calligraphy done with pointed pen, brush, or brush pen, in styles based on copperplate and similar scripts.
Pointed pens, nibs, & inks
Calligraphy Nibs Flex Scale (FS) and How To Prep New Nibs
This flex scale is based on personal point of view of Dr. Gail Madalag to come up with a useful guide and reference. Brand new nibs were used to test the flexibility. Flex scale (FS) ranges from 1 (least flexible) to 5 (most flexible). Modern nibs as point of reference:1 - Gillot 4042 - Nikko G, Tachikawa G3 - Hunt 56,
decorated letters
Project ideas
Flourished headlines
Lettering challenges (Instagram)
General techniques & drills
Pointed pen techniques & drills
The 10 copybooks you need to know about if you study Copperplate / English Round Hand - Penna Volans
You know I spend a lot of time looking at old copybooks, I love to study these old models and I’d love to help you get better acquainted with old Writing Masters and their works. But because there are so many options in the bibliography section, I thought it would be nice to narrow it […]
Flourished lettering
Younghae Chung on Instagram: “Throwback from 2017! 😳 This is about how “modern” my calligraphy can get - just a bit of dancing along the baseline hahah...Well, I’m…”
Younghae Chung on Instagram: “Throwback from 2017! 😳 This is about how “modern” my calligraphy can get - just a bit of dancing along the baseline hahah...Well, I’m…”
Ornamental flourishes
French Marigold (Getty Museum)
⭐️French Marigold; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575); Vienna, Austria; 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Ms. 20, fol. 82. High res image from the Getty Museum.
Brushes & brush markers
White & metallic pens & markers
Other lettering tools & supplies
Suzanne Cunningham
Suzanne Cunningham on Instagram: “Happy Monday! I'm just glad that for once, this didn't take half a Rhodia pad to record 😜 Ink: W&N cobalt turquoise light Nib: Zebra G…”
2,155 Likes, 117 Comments - Suzanne Cunningham (@suzcunningham) on Instagram: “Happy Monday! I'm just glad that for once, this didn't take half a Rhodia pad to record 😜 Ink: W&N…”
Happy mail
Other Pins
Suzanne Cunningham on Instagram: “Happy Monday! I'm just glad that for once, this didn't take half a Rhodia pad to record 😜 Ink: W&N cobalt turquoise light Nib: Zebra G…”
2,155 Likes, 117 Comments - Suzanne Cunningham (@suzcunningham) on Instagram: “Happy Monday! I'm just glad that for once, this didn't take half a Rhodia pad to record 😜 Ink: W&N…”
Younghae Chung on Instagram: “Throwback from 2017! 😳 This is about how “modern” my calligraphy can get - just a bit of dancing along the baseline hahah...Well, I’m…”
Younghae Chung on Instagram: “Throwback from 2017! 😳 This is about how “modern” my calligraphy can get - just a bit of dancing along the baseline hahah...Well, I’m…”
The 10 copybooks you need to know about if you study Copperplate / English Round Hand - Penna Volans
You know I spend a lot of time looking at old copybooks, I love to study these old models and I’d love to help you get better acquainted with old Writing Masters and their works. But because there are so many options in the bibliography section, I thought it would be nice to narrow it […]
French Marigold (Getty Museum)
⭐️French Marigold; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish / Hungarian, 1542 - 1600), and Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, died 1575); Vienna, Austria; 1561 - 1562; illumination added 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Ms. 20, fol. 82. High res image from the Getty Museum.