Spent my Sunday working on my Cancelleresca #calligraphy.

Walnut ink on cartridge paper, Gilbert & Blanzy Poure 2552.

One barrel. One cap. Multiple nib sections. I'm not sure how the makers of this calligraphy fountain pen set thought this was going to work.
Any suggestions on how to keep a nib/section (with cartridge or converter) from drying out without the usual cap on barrel scenario?
#FountainPens #calligraphy

A little one for £25, including worldwide postage :)

It's on A5-size textured watercolour paper.

Edit - sold, but happy to do more if anyone would like to order one!

For the coffee people :D

It's on A5 off-white textured watercolour paper. The purple 'offee' ink has a very slight gold shimmer to it.

Edit: Sold!

Working on the second of two pieces for @lavaeolus :D

A bit of pen and ink.

One of two for @lavaeolus done :D

Finished commission for @brunty . This one is popular - this is my second, and I've got a third one to do but got a couple of different commissions to get done before that one so at least I'm getting a break between tea times XD

Colouring this morning ^.^

Commission for @MrShark finished! I *think* it's going to get made into a lino-cut stamp? :)

"The calligrapher was having issues . . ."

I mean, ok, props to the props department of The Residence for sourcing an oblique pen holder + flexible nib, but I strongly doubt the White House Calligrapher would use the £2 speedball plastic one.

I met a White House Calligrapher once -- Michael Sull. He came to my city to give a Spencerian workshop. He served under Reagan. He hand-made his own pen holders. I bought a couple of them that he was selling. They're good pen holders.

Going on tea adventures again for another commission :)

Commission me!

Offering a few more slots of these at the super cheap rate of £25, including worldwide postage.

A short phrase calligraphed on A5 sized white paper, either surrounded by a simple colour-and-gold border of leaves and flowers around a bar, OR the first letter of the phrase larger and ornate with some decorations.

DM me to order one!

Shoko Kanazawa, a renowned Japanese calligrapher with Down syndrome, has found a new avenue of bringing energy and happiness to the community — through a cafe she opened with her mother in Tokyo's Ota Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/society/down-syndrome-calligrapher-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #calligraphy #cafes #disability #tokyo

An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c.1571–1624)
26 April, Edinburgh
Free, ticketed

An afternoon exploring calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion with author Sara Sheridan & historians Jamie Reid-Baxter & Anna-Nadine Pike

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afternoon-with-esther-inglis-c-1571-1624-tickets-1268438827679

A little Saturday afternoon art :)

It's on A5 size heavyweight paper. The tea cups are painted with iridescent ink.

Edit: sold!

Have some season-appropriate #calligraphy, y'all!

This is a poem composed by MATSUO Bashō in the spring of 1691 (English translation by OSEKO Toshiharu):

不精さや掻き起されし春の雨
bushōsa ya / kakiokosareshi / haru no ame
My laziness! / Awakened from idle slumber. / The rain of spring. ( Toshiharu Oseko)

#dailyhandwriting
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19. three stroke letters
(wrong again aefhi)

#acrylicpaintnib

rev. queen of pentacles
10 of cups
unwater of earth, manifestation of all stages of the cycle of water.

Following on the page from 18., some new colors have entered the mix.

My question now is, if acrylic paint is one step away from being awkward ink, is a nib therefore the most excellent small round brush? Is a nib the best painting tool for details? Will I make a second pen set reserved for oil paints?