{"id":337,"date":"2018-07-05T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2018-07-05T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T21:18:10","slug":"pointed-pen-calligraphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/05\/pointed-pen-calligraphy\/technique-thursday\/sefoster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointed Pen Calligraphy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pointed pen calligraphy is one of my favorite techniques. I just love watching the ink flow from the nib. I haven\u2019t had much time to use this style since late October when I was making cards for my fall craft shows. Needless to say I am a bit rusty. That and my ink consistency was a bit off. I still enjoyed making this quick video. The ink I am using is a custom blend. I find myself creating a lot of custom inks. It opens up so many more possibilities. I am using one of my Mega pens from ErikanXpressions<\/a> fitted with my favorite Leonardt 33 nib. This particular pen I purchased blank and painted myself. Here<\/a> is a video of my pen just after I painted it. I don\u2019t do traditional calligraphy because quite honestly I just don\u2019t have the patience to learn something like Copperplate or Spencerian. I manage quite well with modern calligraphy. I hope you enjoy today\u2019s technique.<\/p>\n

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Pointed pen calligraphy is one of my favorite techniques. I just love watching the ink flow from the nib. I haven\u2019t had much time to use this style since late October when I was making cards for my fall craft shows. Needless to say I am a bit rusty. That and my ink consistency was a bit off. I still enjoyed making this quick video. The ink I am using is a custom blend. I find myself creating a lot of custom inks. It opens up so many more possibilities. I am using one of my Mega pens from ErikanXpressions fitted with my favorite Leonardt 33 nib. This particular pen I purchased blank and painted myself. Here is a video of my pen just after I painted it. I don\u2019t do traditional calligraphy because quite honestly I just don\u2019t have the patience to learn something like Copperplate or Spencerian. I manage quite well with modern calligraphy. I hope you enjoy today\u2019s technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[53,14],"tags":[56,55,54,15],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Y6g5-5r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":345,"url":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/07\/pointed-oval-wash-watercolor-brushes\/supply-saturday\/sefoster\/","url_meta":{"origin":337,"position":0},"title":"Pointed Oval wash -watercolor brushes","author":"sefoster","date":"July 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I am sharing with you one of my favorite watercolor brushes. 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