calligraphy

First time with my own calligraphy pen

Calligraphy ink on watercolor

It’s like the first «stand-alone” work (meaning not as a part of the lettering course). Btw I haven’t made it to the faux calligraphy lesson yet being stuck with the serifs. Used the tracing paper on top of the initial sketch. P. S. As for the shovels: in Russia we have long holidays at the beginning of May and that’s when the whole gardening thing starts

Gel pens and calligraphy pens on 9 x 12 in. sketchbook paper.

Picasso + calligraphy flourishes + Marie Antoinette = whatever is happening here, I think.

Practicing with a calligraphy dip pen. Watercolor and burnt umber ink.

Testing new set of colors - a bit smeared, and as you can see I'm not very confident in faux calligraphy: