Tag Archives: Sumi ink

Fascism

Posted on October 18, 2025 by raoulpat

Sound familiar? A demo piece for my Beginning Textura class. #fascism #Calligraphy #Texturacalligraphy #blacklettercalligraphy #calligraphiegothique #Gothiquetextura #textura #sumiink #Gouache #calligraphybyraoul #goldleaf #antifa #FuckTrump

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Illuminated Names

Posted on March 16, 2024 by raoulpat

Des tableaux calligraphiés pour mes petits neveux.Illuminated names I did for my grand nephews.

Posted in Calligraphy, Fraktur variation, Illumination | Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Fraktur, Gold Leaf, Sumi ink | Leave a comment

Luther on the Beauty of Nature

Posted on December 3, 2023 by raoulpat

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. -Martin Luther King Jr.…Denn in der wahren Natur der Dinge ist, wenn wir … Continue reading →

Posted in Bâtarde, Blackletter, Calligraphy, Quotes | Tagged bâtarde calligraphy, BFK Rives printmaking paper, blackletter calligraphy, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Gold Leaf, Martin Luther, protestant, quotes about trees, Sumi ink, walnut ink | 1 Comment

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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We Stand Together

Posted on May 28, 2017 by raoulpat

In remembrance of the victims of the bombings at Manchester Arena on May 22nd, 2017, and in support of their families and friends.

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O Sleep

Posted on May 16, 2017 by raoulpat

I have always sympathized with King Henry IV who desperately laments his inability to go to sleep.

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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