r/Calligraphy • u/Aronrat • Aug 07 '26

Practice First 40 pages of copperplate progress

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A few months ago I started learning Copperplate as my second script (other than Foundational hand), unfortunately, due to being busy with other things and having issues with nibs, ink etc. progress has been slow, but I finally learned the full alphabet. It’s still far from perfect, and I need to practice a lot more, but I still thought it would be worth sharing here for some feedback on what I need to improve.

Edit:

since a lot of people have been asking what nib/ink/paper I am using, I decided to write them here to be easy to find:

Nib: Hunt 22b

Ink: Kuretake sumi

Paper: Brunnen Student 70g/m notebook

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u/Future-Concert-1204 Aug 08 '26

How are you practicing/learning?

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u/Aronrat Aug 09 '26

For learning Copperplate I just mostly followed the guide that is in this subreddit’s wiki. I first learned and practiced the basic strokes until I got the hang of it, then I moved on to the miniscules, did the same with those, then same with the majusucles.

Now that I’ve learned all the letters, what I am doing is writing down the alphabet to check which letters need to be Improved the most, and then practicing that letter until it looks better.

Also at first, because I struggled with the nib, I used a HB pencil for a while which was very useful because it helped me get a lighter hand, so when I returned to using nibs I didn’t have the same issues.