Tag Archives: Calligraphy by Raoul

Après Trois Ans

Posted on January 20, 2017 by raoulpat

An excerpt from Paul Verlaine’s poem Après Trois Ans (After Three Years). Advertisements

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 25, 2016 by raoulpat

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a Fabulous New Year 2017!

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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

You are Fabulous

Posted on September 29, 2016 by raoulpat

Inspired by Rachel Yallop in her course Copperplate: A Different Look at the Swelling Line. This will be auctioned off at the Horizons Foundation’s annual gala.

Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate, Pointed Pen, Quotes | Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Copperplate, Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White, Gouache, Horizons Foundation, Pointed Pen, Quotes, Rachel Yallop, You are Fabulous | 11 Comments

As my final project for Chris McDonald’s Foundational class, which ended last April, I decided to do another take on Gertrude Stein’s famous quote from Miss Furr and Miss Skeene (1922). (See my earlier post They Were Gay). This one has a formal Humanist … Continue reading →

Posted in Calligraphy, Foundational, Illumination, Quotes | Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Chris McDonald, Foundational, Gertrude Stein, Gold Leaf, Illumination, Miss Furr and Miss Skeene, They were gay, Watercolor | 4 Comments

Just Rewards

Posted on May 5, 2016 by raoulpat

Friends of Calligraphy asked me to write the names on the honorary certificates for their Annual General Meeting at the San Francisco Public Library on May 1st, 2016.