Calligraphy by Raoul

SF Opera Ball 2015

Posted on September 15, 2015 by raoulpat

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Top San Francisco Event Photos (@drewaltizerphotography)

Last Friday, I did the calligraphy on the place cards at the San Francisco Opera’s annual gala. A big thank you to Drew Altizer Photography (@drewaltizerphotography) for taking this video.

Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate | Tagged calligraphy, Copperplate, Opera, Place Cards, SF Opera Ball 2015 | 4 Comments

This text is from Miss Furr and Miss Skeene, a short story by Gertrude Stein containing over 100 occurrences of the word gay. Many of Stein’s writings used repetition, or as she referred to it, “insistence”. Is it a portrait of her friends Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squires, who frequented her studio in Paris, or a veiled reference to her own relationship with Alice B. Toklas?

I donated this piece to Horizons Foundation for their annual auction.

Posted in Calligraphy, Pointed Pen | Tagged calligraphy, Gertrude Stein, Miss Furr and Miss Skeene, Pointed Pen, They were gay | 11 Comments

Kalligraphia XIV Copperplate Exemplars

Posted on August 25, 2015 by raoulpat

The Copperplate exemplars and guidesheet from my Kalligraphia demo are online at Kalligraphia XIV Copperplate Exemplars. This page contains links to downloadable PDF files. The Copperplate guidesheet is the same one that I used in my demo. Place it underneath your writing paper when practicing to ensure that your lines are straight and that your slant is consistent.

Posted in Copperplate | Tagged Copperplate demonstration, Copperplate exemplars, Copperplate guidesheet, Kalligraphia XIV | 2 Comments

On the Nature of Things

Posted on June 16, 2015 by raoulpat

While reading Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve, I became interested in Lucretius, the Roman philosopher and poet who authored De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). This quote from his book expresses one of his principle beliefs: that it is useless and detrimental to fear the afterlife. In a way, it is a Latin version of Don’t Worry, Be Happy. I did this piece as my final project in Judy Detrick’s recent Uncial class.

Posted in Calligraphy, Uncial | Tagged calligraphy, De Rerum Natura, Judy Detrick, Latin, Lucretius, Nam vel uti pueri trepidant atque, On the Nature of Things, Uncial | 9 Comments

En Paz

Posted on March 2, 2015 by raoulpat

Until a friend asked me to copy this poem, I had never heard of the Mexican modernist poet Amado Nervo. His poem expresses Nervo’s feelings about his life and how fairly it has treated him. Continue reading →

Posted in Calligraphy, Italic | Tagged Amado Nervo, calligraphy, En Paz, Italic, Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, Poesía, Poetry | 2 Comments

Je suis Charlie

Posted on January 22, 2015 by raoulpat

En hommage aux victimes de l’attentat à la rédaction de Charlie Hebdo.

In memory of the victims of the massacre at the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo.

Posted in Calligraphy, Fraktur variation | Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Charlie Hebdo, Fraktur, free speech, Gothic, Gothique, Je suis Charlie, liberté d'expression | 3 Comments

Happy New Year

Posted on January 15, 2015 by raoulpat

It’s never too late to say Happy New Year.

Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate, Fraktur variation | Tagged calligraphy, Copperplate, Fraktur, New Year, Quotes, Shakespeare, Sonnets, Winter | 5 Comments

Quelle bonne chose!

Posted on October 8, 2014 by raoulpat

Media: Moon Palace Sumi ink on Canson Pro-Layout Marker paper. Dimensions: 11″ x 14″ Artist: Raoul Martinez Title: Quelle bonne chose! Author: Pierre Loti (Julien Viaud)
Continue reading →

Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate | Tagged calligraphy, Copperplate, Pierre Loti | 6 Comments

These I Singing in Spring

Posted on September 7, 2014 by raoulpat

Media: Gold leaf, watercolor, gouache and sumi ink on white pergamenata. Dimensions: h: 20″, w: 16″. Artist: Raoul Martinez. Commission for the Horizons Foundation. Title: These I Singing in Spring. Author: Walt Whitman