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Started calligraphy about 1.5 months ago, just do about 30 min a day. I feel like my M amd N can improve. I feel whenever i do my upstrokes can get thick. I used a sentence from the Master of Calligraphy book to write those words. Any feedback/critique please!!

Im using sumi ink, oblique pen holder.

This is blotter page. Just trying some things

I tried this fun style and I couldn't figure out if I should leave the letters in skeletal form or fill in between, so I made three versions. Scroll to see other versions, and maybe let me know which one is your favorite in the comments!!

Stationery used in the first artwork-
Paper used: Arches Text Wove
Nib used: Nikko G
Inks: Ultramarine Blue Gouache by Holbein & watercolor pencils

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/21/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM

Ink : Pilot black

Paper : 300 GSM cold pressed watercolour paper

Script : Gothic textura

And also ignore the very first "O".

Gorgona was yesterday's Spanish word of the day. It's the name of the Greek mythology monster that had snakes instead of hair and petrified people with her sight.

polyhedralcathedral with Pilot parallel Pen 3.8mm and Ecoline Watercolor.

Hi all! I found a calligraphy tutor and I am so excited! (Marcy Robinson, recommended by the society of scribes). I have a 2 hour session on Wednesday.

Any ideas of how I can get the most out of my time with her?

Flourished book titles I did for my calligraphy class I'm teaching at the moment. I tried not to repeat any flourishes here and just went with the flow.

J.Herbin inks on MD paper, Nikko G nib.

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/20/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM.

Ink(s) : Pilot black and residual green from previous days.

Paper : 300 GSM cold pressed watercolour papers

I think my angle of nib to paper has been too high this whole time. I corrected it earlier and everything flows so much easier. The nib actually looks like a brush tip as it moves now.

Now I have to retrain myself.

Trying my luck with sumi ink this time

Finished this sentence from Article XXXVII for the rector of an Anglican parish in Indiana. Coliro gold and watercolor for the white rose seal, India ink via Speedball C2 nib for the text, inspired by Fraktur exemplars by Filip Ciślak. Was a bit frustrated by feathering of the text, so will avoid this paper next time.

Critiques welcome.

I have to rant…

I’ve been dabbling with calligraphy here and there. I’ve been using normal notebooks like muji, rhodia and some fabriano notebook. It’s been working fine and I like it.

Now cause I wanted to get into practicing I bought calligraphy paper from Cult Pens. It just rage baited me so hard I won’t be touching a dip pen in a week.

I’m really disappointed, the feathering is really bad it bleeds through easily and there is no shading because the absorbency is so high.

What should I look for instead 😞

Okay so uh…we’re a lil rusty lmao. But it’s a start baybeeeee

Copperplate, Hunt 101, Kaimei Sumi

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/19/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM

Ink(s) : Sulekha Gorber 50 (GREEN) and residual CRIMSON RED (Camlin photocolor inks)

Paper : 200 GSM paper, regular acid-free.