It can quickly become overwhelming.ĭon’t get me wrong, it’s not rocket science, but it definitely has a bit of a learning curve.
In my opinion, dip pens are not really suitable for beginners for several reasons.įirst, you need to prepare the nibs (link), assemble them onto the pen staff, find the right paper & ink combination, clean and maintain these nibs and more.Ĭombine all the other information you need to learn about other tools, scripts, etc. Italic calligraphy example with Speedball’s C-2 nib. However, they’re great for beginners, and you can just focus on learning the basics of a calligraphy style. I placed them as an alternative to the Parallel Pen because, in my opinion, they don’t provide such a satisfying writing experience. No preparations, no maintaining, and they can work with a broader range of paper types. You just pop the cap, and you’re ready to go. These are solid felt-tip markers that are even easier to use than the Parallel Pen. Canson marker paper (or any other marker paper)Īside from the PPP, here are a few pen alternatives you can get for broad-edged calligraphy styles.The papers I recommend using with the PPP are – However, using the right paper, you don’t have to worry about that. Working with certain papers, the PPP is prone to bleeding and feathering. Perhaps the only downside to the PPP is the ink flow. I use it constantly, and I’ve been using the same one for more than 5 years. I couldn’t recommend enough the Parallel Pen. On top of that, you can combine these colors to make some cool gradients and even dip them in different kinds of ink to achieve other intricate combos. The ink box included comes in 12 different colors giving you a wide range of choices. My recommendation is that you don’t get anything under 3.8 mm.Ī larger-sized nib is more suitable for beginners, and you can easily expand your toolbox later on. Instead, you just pop it open, and you’re ready to roll. This means that you don’t have to worry about dipping your pen into ink or anything similar. It provides a constant ink flow through the flat nib. The Parallel Pen is a fountain pen that uses ink cartridges in its reservoir. The Parallel Pen is probably one of the most popular tools amongst calligraphers, and for a good reason. My recommendation for beginners is the Pilot Parallel Pen. Uncial exemplar from The Art Of Calligraphy book by David Harris The most popular styles created using a broad-edged calligraphy pen are – Blackletter/gothic calligraphy Meaning that by getting one broad-edged pen (flat tip), you’ll be able to learn a whole bunch of different calligraphy styles. This is the largest calligraphy pen category. That’s simply not the case, and you don’t need to spend a lot of money on tools to get started. Important note: I made a mistake when I started thinking that more expensive tools would help me write better. Let’s begin with our first calligraphy pen category.
#BEST PEN FOR WRITING HOW TO#
This book features 100 different calligraphy scripts (styles) and a brief sum-up on how to do them. If you want a more in-depth look at the different calligraphy scripts (styles), I recommend checking out my other article on the calligraphy alphabets and their historical overview.Īlternatively, I recommend getting the Calligrapher’s Bible book by David Harris. Obviously, there are many more calligraphy tools available out there, here im merely making a recommendation for beginners. In this section, I’ll briefly go over these pen categories, and I’ll give you my best recommendation for beginners, along with a few alternatives. Let’s have a closer look at each of these categories. In fact, there are three main calligraphy pen categories to consider (unless you’re trying to learn some weird unknown style that requires some weird and unknown tool) – It is precisely the reason that my recommendation is to reverse the process.įirst, you determine what sort of calligraphy script (style) you are interested in learning, and then based on your choice, you choose your calligraphy pen.Įven though there are hundreds of different calligraphy scripts that you could learn, most of them can be created using the same tools.
Well, what if the pen you picked isn’t suitable for the style you want to learn and practice?
The most common way beginners do this is to first pick up a cool/fancy-looking pen, then figure out what they want to learn.
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