Mrmgward Calligraphy

"Pruinose" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 27th 2022. Almost one month in, and loving the new nightly routine ... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Mystique" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 26th 2022. I was surprised by this definition. ... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Whigmaleerie" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 25th 2022. I'vee never heard this word before, but I love thingamajigs heh... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Elytron" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 24th 2022. Possibly one of the best examples of an "E" I have ever written. I was very very happy to have not made any spelling mistakes after it.... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

Wishing everyone a wonderful National Handwriting Day! 01-23-2022 Take a moment a write a note or two today.could be to yourself, a friend, or a perfect stranger. Consider it good practice for @InCoWriMo next month! #handwritingday #nationalhandwritingday... #handwriting #spencerian #spencerian #ornamentalpenmanship #mrmgward #iampeth See more

"Inveigle" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 23rd 2022. Another rather racey definition... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Palingenesis" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 22nd 2022. The hairlines on this one are almost too thin oops ... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Contumacious" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 21st 2022. As I'm posting this, I am realizing that I wrote an "a" instead of a "u"... But it's too late now... The post momentum has me in its grasp. I'll re-write it when I do tomorrow's word. ... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Yurt" + @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 20th 2022. Longest definition so far lol, for the shortest word so far. ... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #spencerian #spencerianscript #practice #handwriting #handlettering #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

Epicurean @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 19th 2022. I wrote this one during my Late Night Live last night. If you'd like to see the execution, you can check it out on YouTube. Notice the difference in hairline quality from the 1st to 2nd lines in the definition. My nib was slightly misaligned when I wrote the first one. Makes for a great example of a fine hairline vs a really fine hairline. I was going to rewrite it, but the chat told me to post it.... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #practice #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

"Firth" @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 18th 2022. This is easily one of my favorite capital stems, but it's likely the one that I have the most trouble executing consistently... Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101 Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #practice #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

Altruistic @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 17th 2022. Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101... Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will try to be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I write them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #practice #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

Circumstellar @dictionarycom #wordoftheday for Jan 16th 2022. For now I am going to try and keep up with posting these daily. If they end up feeling like a flood, I'll post them in bunches. #timewilltell Nib: @speedball_calligraphy Hunt 101... Ink: McCaffery's Penman's Black Paper: Via Smooth Natural This isn't a challenge or anything, but feel free to join in if you too are looking for some daily motivation. Share your work or practice with the community in the Discord. (link ink bio) I will likely not be filming most of these, but will be in the 24h Live Study Room on the discord when I do them. #penmanship #ornamentalpenmanship #practice #movementwriting #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphy #handwriting

I am incredible honored to have been asked to contribute to this new 25th edition of the @speedball_calligraphy Speedball Textbook. It brings me great joy to see movement writing amung all the amazing pages. Thank you so much Suzanne! . #repost @suzcunningham ... Taking just a moment to give a huge THANK YOU to all of the contributing artists for the pointed-pen section in the Speedball Textbook 25th Edition! ... I can’t thank you enough for saying yes to this special project and making this book so amazing! You all are rock stars! You can get your copy from @speedball_art, @johnnealbookseller, and @paperandinkarts Pointed Pen Exercises @anintran Engrosser’s Script @masgrimes Spencerian @mrmgward Spencerian & Offhand Flourishing @michaelrsull Italian Roundhand @huyhoangdao Business Penmanship @perfectbiscuits Flourishing @suzcunningham Open-Shaded Script @anneelser Madarasz @johndecollibus Offhand Flourishing @heathervictoria1 Offhand Flourishing @jakeweidmann Pointed Pen Variations @rachelyallop Pointed Pen Variations #donmarsh Pointed Pen Variations #heinokersna Pointed Pen Variations @mikekecseg Modern Scripts @elisabethavenue Modern Scripts @sachinspiration Modern Scripts @caligrafiabilbao Monograms @j.graham.design Monograms @letter.queen #calligraphy #speedball #speedballart #25thedition #pointedpen #pointedpencalligraphy #broadedgecalligraphy #flourish #monograms #madarasz #calligraphymasters #goodtype #typegang #typespire #thedailytype #thecalligraphyhub #designspiration #suzcunningham #classwithsuz #florencecalligraphy #alabamacalligrapher

Happy Easter Everyone! . Seeing pictures of my nieces and nephews coloring eggs and having an Easter egg hunt yesterday made me a bit jealous. So I took one of the eggs I ate for breakfast, and decorated it for myself. I've never tried egg shell carving before, and was pleasantly surprised at how this first attempt came out. It's definitely something I'll be dabbling with again in the future. . #happyeaster #easter #decoratedegg #eggcarving #eggshell #easteregg #eastereggs #ornamentalpenmanship #movementwriting #spencerian #signwritersscript #shadedspencerian #penmanship #iampeth #mrmgward #calligraphymasters #justabitofsillinessreally

Many people have received and posted their copies of the 25th Edition Speedball Textbook already, but mine arrived a few minutes ago, and I'm excited, so I'm sharing it too. I am honored to be included with all the incredible artists in this edition, and extatic that the textbook now includes a sample of pointed pen Movement Writing. This little book is a treasure trove! We haven't been able to see most of our calligraphy friends in person in a while, and turning the pages to see so many of their names and work aaaaalmost felt like seeing them again! Except now I miss my friends even more. Thank you @suzcunningham @carlrohrs & @sachinspiration for editing such a great edition, and choosing to include my work! @ Vancouver, British Columbia

Carved paper flowers . "Knifemanship" or Card Carving, is a technique that I have been wanting to play with for many years. Finally a couple of days ago I decided to dive in and see what it was all about. This "piece" was carved using an exacto knife, and the sharpened back end of a nib as a gouge. Only the top layer of the cardstock is carved, so the back is a clean and uncut. (Except a few little spots where I accidentally poked through ) . Looking forward to exploring a...nd experimenting further with this new technique. . #knifemanship #papercarving #cardcarving #papercraft #experimenting #paperflower See more

Here is an analysis and breakdown of the "F. E. Austin" signature by E. H. Fearon we will be trying to replicate this week. The spacing of those horizontal ovals is going to be the challenge this week, but all in all I believe it will come out of the pen a bit more naturally than last week. If you don't know about the #SigSlinginSunday challenge, check out the posts on my @instagram feed to learn all about it. Looking forward to seeing everyone's attempts! Don't forget to tag #SigSlinginSunday so everyone can see.

Signature breakdown time! We are starting this round of the challenge with a neat signature by "E. H. Fearon". This one caught my eye instantly because of its "hoop earing" capital E's. If you would like to see two penman take stabs at this one recorded live, check out Late Night Live #37 w/ @icursive on my YouTube channel. If you don't know about the #SigSlinginSunday challenge, check out the posts on my feed to learn all about it. Looking forward to seeing everyone's attempts! Don't forget to tag #SigSlinginSunday so everyone can see.