I have been playing lately with faux calligraphy (first step to real calligraphy!). I use it mostly for addresses, so I cannot show a great deal here...
Letters sent to Julia (the USA), Laura (the UK), Johanne (Canada) and Catherine (Belgium).
That's the name, anyway. Because you make thin lines and then fill in between. With a normal pen, not a dip pen. But I'm starting to practice with the dip pen too :)
As I told to John, you can't consider this real calligraphy. Not because the result (it looks like calligraphy), but because of the method: you make the lines and then you fill in the gaps (in "real" calligraphy, you make directly the thick lines). At least, that's what I've read about.
Anyway, I don't dislike how it turn up on envelopes :)
Bel essai ! Superbes enveloppes !
ReplyDeleteJe continue à m'entraîner... :)
DeleteYou look very accomplished - these are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteNot much faux about those! They are super.
ReplyDeleteThat's the name, anyway. Because you make thin lines and then fill in between. With a normal pen, not a dip pen. But I'm starting to practice with the dip pen too :)
DeleteThis looks really good, Eva. I think it is often called modern calligraphy.
ReplyDeleteAs I told to John, you can't consider this real calligraphy. Not because the result (it looks like calligraphy), but because of the method: you make the lines and then you fill in the gaps (in "real" calligraphy, you make directly the thick lines). At least, that's what I've read about.
DeleteAnyway, I don't dislike how it turn up on envelopes :)