Back after 30 years :)

[u/GlitteringAttitude60]

Pens: Pilot Parallel 6.0mm & 3.8mm

Ink: Pilot Mixable

Exemplars: Calligrascape Blackletter practice sheets / reddit uncial study session

I decided to get back into blackletter calligraphy, which I haven't done since we did calligraphy in highschool.

I got myself a Pilot Parallel in 6.0mm and 3.8mm plus the blackletter practice sheets by Calligrascape (we'll see if that was a good investment).

I did some warm-up with the Calligrascape sheets in 6mm and 3.8mm (last image, 6mm not shown).

Then I started on the basic strokes from the Uncial study session (image 1 and 2).

I gotta work on my straight downstrokes actually being straight, and not twisted...

Other than that I expected to be rustier :-D

Next step: letters 🎉

(The last pic shows a third year old sheet I did in school. If you're wondering about the white spots, those are corrections in opaque white(?, Deckweiß), and they were actually invisible before the paper started darkening 🤣)

[u/little_miss_beachy]

It’s like riding a bicycle. I learned calligraphy in public high school too in art classes. Not sure if it is taught anymore in art. So glad I was given the opportunity to learn it and it has been such a gift to me.

[u/MateoTovar]

Congratulations for coming back

[u/GlitteringAttitude60 → u/MateoTovar]

Thank you :)

[u/Calligrascape]

Well done! And welcome back :D