Fountain Pens, Cursive Writing & Penmanship

 If you put "fountain pens" into my Search Bar, 

you'll find previous posts about them.

I've been taking notes about the history of pens, writing tools 

& penmanship from a book, 

Script & Scribble, The Rise & Fall of Handwriting. 

Using fountain pens

is "Slow Writing"  compared to computer tapping in the way that

eating whole foods is "Slow Food" compared to eating fast food.

I so enjoy the tactile feel of ink flowing through a fountain pen nib

on quality paper.

The variety of pens & inks these days is amazing. 

I mostly write with a range of blue to green inks, 

though I still enjoy good old black, 

especially waterproof, so that I can add watercolors.

They are simply one of my very very favorite tools.

They have been since I wrote with 

my 1st Schaeffer cartridge pen at age 11.

Visit Goulet Pens if you want to know more about fountain pens!

For the Love of Penmanship

What do all these images have in common?

I wrote a letter to my 3rd grade teacher to thank her for teaching me cursive.

(It's not one I can really send). But it was a great prompt for journaling/memoirs.

I've been refining my cursive writing with a book, The Art of Cursive Penmanship.

A Test of the Pens in a new Quo Vadis Journal.

Clairfontaine dot grid but on white instead of cream color

like my favorite Rhodia Web Notebooks.

 

Pages from my Daily Journal

A different sort of art journal. Folio collage in which I'm using up snippets, little drawings

& watercolor washes & designs from my stored stash.

Yes! Handwriting with fountain pens! Love!

PS My favorite source for pens, ink, journals, paper:

Goulet Pens. Variety, customer service, yes,

but also education & inspiration of how to further 

their use & enjoyment.

Do you write/draw with a fountain pen or did you?