Tag Archives: Blackletter

Te Quiero Verde

Posted on November 11, 2018 by raoulpat

Verde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la montaña. Con la sombra en la cintura ella sueña en su baranda, verde carne, pelo verde, con ojos de fría plata. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, LGBT Poets, Poetry, Pointed Pen | Tagged Acrylic Ink, Acrylic Mat Medium, Blackletter, calligraphy exhibit, Dreamsong, Gold Leaf, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Pointed Pen, Spanish Poets, verde, Watercolor | 7 Comments

El Amor Duerme en el Pecho del Poeta

Posted on July 12, 2018 by raoulpat

In 1984, ABC brought to light the love sonnets of Federico García Lorca, making quite a stir. The sonnet The Beloved Sleeps on the Poet’s Breast, the next to the last in the series Sonnets of Dark Love, is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, LGBT Poets, Poetry | Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, El Amor Duerme en el Pecho del Poeta, LBGT Poets, Love Sonnets, Papyrus, Sonetos del Amor Oscuro, Spanish Poets, Sumi ink | 2 Comments

De Rerum Natura

Posted on June 17, 2018 by raoulpat

In his only surviving work De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the philosopher and poet Lucretius expounds on his theory that all matter is composed of tiny particles, making him the world’s second atomic physicist (Democritus, in fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Quotes | Tagged Atomic Theory, Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, De Rerum Natura, Fraktur, Gold Leaf, Gothic, Gothique, Gouache, Ink stick, Kalligraphia XV, Lucretius, San Francisco Public Library, Sumi ink | 4 Comments

The Call of the Wild

Posted on January 3, 2018 by raoulpat

This quote from Jack London’s Call of the Wild always gives me goosebumps. My calligraphy is on exhibit at the Saratoga Library through January 31st. I will be giving a calligraphy demo there, with other Pacific Scribes calligraphers, on January … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Quotes | Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Gold Leaf, Gothic, Gothique, Gouache, Jack London, Pacific Scribes, Saratoga Library, The Call of the Wild | 5 Comments

I’m With You

Posted on June 19, 2017 by raoulpat

Alan Ginsberg dedicated the third section of Howl to Carl Solomon, whom he met at a psychiatric hospital in 1949. Ginsberg sympathized with Solomon, who, like Ginsberg’s mother, struggled with mental illness and received shock treatment. He describes the events that occurred … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy | Tagged Acrylic paint, Allen Ginsberg, Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Carl Solomon, Gothic, Gothique, Howl, Mental Illness, Painted Words, Sebastopol Center for the Art, Sumi ink | 4 Comments

A Blackletter Typeface

Posted on March 9, 2017 by raoulpat

Learning typeface design with Carl Crossgrove and Type@CooperWest.

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Typography | Tagged Blackletter, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Textura, Type Design, Type@CooperWest, Typography | 6 Comments

Happy New Year

Posted on January 27, 2017 by raoulpat

What better way to celebrate the Chinese New Year than with Coq au Vin?

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Fraktur variation | Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Coq au Vin, Fraktur, Gothic, Gothique, Ink stick, Pergamenata, Recipe | 8 Comments

Gabriel

Posted on December 9, 2016 by raoulpat

Pour Gabriel, le messager des bonnes nouvelles ! John Milton, le Paradis Perdu, livre 4, 1667 Traduction de l’anglais par François-René de Chateaubriand

Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Fraktur variation, Quotes | Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Fraktur, Gabriel, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Sumi ink | 7 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.