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Pen : Pilot parallel 6mm

Ink : Sulekha Lal Qila (RED)

Paper : 200 GSM cold pressed watercolour paper

Pilot Parallel pen + ink on Midori MD paper

Next on to Gandalf. Getting close to completion!

Currently I am doing blackletter calligraphy using Pilot Parallel pens. I was tired of relying on ink cartridges, so I bought a set of C-series nibs from Speedball to use with the inks I use for copperplate. I think I cleaned them well, I used soap, hot water, a sponge, and finished with rubbing alcohol.

The ink appears to wet the nib evenly, but when I first press down on the paper (watercolor paper, which worked very well with my copperplate work), the ink flows out so fast that basically all of it is exhausted just on the first line that I make. I've tried with both Pelikan 4001 and Rorher & Klingner Salix, and the same thing happens to both.

What could be happening here?

Hi! I been having these brushes for a while,i usually try to practice with them,but they are very hard to handle. Do you know what angle,grip or other type than kana?

(Also idk which one is proper to write or paint)

Thank you all for helping me get better from my previous attempt I ditched the first draft and tried again the verticals certainly helped and my page is starting to really look how I want it to!

Textura Quadrata, Uncial, Early Gothic.

All done with a 3 mm pilot parallel pen,

X height 10 mm.

Hi all,

Hope you don’t mind my sharing very early experimentation. I’m trying to conform to classic Copperplate. The last sheet was a mix of “freehand”.

Until this point I’ve been writing with fountain pen more in the style of “Practical business writing” by GC Grenne.

I need to work on spacing and consistency. Just ordered an Ames letting guide to help setup quicker. Image No2 is with a 3:2:3 ratio and I think I’m going to switch to a 1:1 at 5mm and see if that’s more comfortable.

Oblique nib holder, the basic cheap one off eBay.

Thanks for taking a look!
Cheers.