Oh, the joys and wonders of walnut ink

Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE walnut ink? Yessiree, I do!

Here is an unfinished piece I was working on for a calligraphy challenge. The challenge was to choose a word or words from a list of musical terms and interpret the word in calligraphy. One of the words I chose was klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.): "tone-color-melody," distribution of pitch or melody among instruments, varying timbre

By using the walnut ink in different types of nibs, I was able to demonstrate how each nib lays the ink down, or 'distributes' the ink in a different tonal quality:

Here it is up close:

Cool, eh?

Comments

[rosemary]

You're doing a lot of beautiful calligraphy, Kim! It's lovely to be able to see it.Thanks, Rosemary! I sometimes worry that I put too much calligraphy on my blog, but I like posting it because it is a fun part of my life.

[lawyerchik1]

Ditto - that is really gorgeous, Kim!Thank you! I never did finish it; maybe I will someday. . .

[Lanie]

I love your copperplate, so uniform and beautiful!Thanks, Lanie. I've been learning copperplate over the past few months and I really enjoy that script! It's really fun to do, almost relaxing with those uniform ups and downs; you get into a rhythm after a few lines. It's fun.

[Pam]

Really nice Kim! I can see why you have a love towards the ink. By the way, did you get your new 'puter up and running?Yes! I'm sitting here playing with it right now! I'm still setting it up and loading the essentials and fixing small problems, but I'm doing it from the comfort of my leather reading chair. : D

[Jill]

So pretty, Kim. I especially like the dark drops at the bottoms of the large letters. Now, remind me--have you made your own walnut ink yet? XO

[missmellifluous]

Soooo cool! You are getting VERY good! I love brown, or 'walnut ink' as you say. AND I love the word though I cannot pronounce or spell it!