Greetings from Montreal, Canada!
My name is Eric, I am a software developer by day (for almost thirty years now - so you can laugh if I refer to myself as a newbie!) and a beginner calligrapher by night.
A few months ago I stumbled upon a watercolor sketching book and I started getting into learning about watercolor and the joy of becoming a supplies junkie
. But very soon thereafter I bought a nib and tried my hand at calligraphy and failed miserably.
Since then, and inspired by many outstanding people out there including this very community, I have managed to move forward from a technical standpoint.
My current favorite nib is the Nikko G.
Now I am still experimenting with different kinds of inks. I am currently doing well with watercolor (without using a brush to feed the nib), with Kohinoor drawing ink (which is waterproof and works well on top of watercolor), with acrylic paint, and most notably with gouache (in my opinion very well suited to calligraphy, unfortunately not waterproof). As you can see: no sumi ink! (scandalous!
my fingers are clean)
My other interests are in music and the arts in general including photography.
It is a pleasure to be part of the community! I would also like to congratulate you all for your work, it is both impressive and inspirational!
Regards, Eric
