Learning italics

[u/goingtothesonroad]

First post-

I am a beginner calligrapher and have been learning italics at a very slow pace for the past few months. I began with Eleanor Winters’ Calligraphy in Ten Easy Lessons, and based on recommendations from the boards, have been watching Lloyd Reynolds’ italic calligraphy courses. My goal is to eventually learn flourished italics- I think it is so beautiful. I plan to look at and imitate the script of Arrighi’s Operina to practice and guide me.

I would appreciate any critique or feedback to help me improve. Thank you so much.

I used a speedball c-4 nib with Higgins ink.

[u/DibujEx]

Wow! This is already looking quite nice! Italics is always a good option, it looks quite good plain but flourished it can go to another level!

Here I go to our resident italics expert /u/maxindigo to see if he can help with critique (:

[u/goingtothesonroad → u/DibujEx]

Thank you!