Eileen Gustafson Calligraphy

From the first day of our year-long class with John Stevens in Dallas: Blackletter (at MD Resort)

It was fun trying out larger scale fraktur with a 3/4" brush at our @chicagocalligraphycollective workshop retreat with Luca Barcellona. (at Techny Towers)

Fraktur from our Blackletter workshop retreat with Luca Barcellona with the @chicagocalligraphycollective (at Techny Towers)

Polo Bear came over and said 'hi' while I was doing #calligraphy this afternoon at Ralph Lauren. He even wore one of the gift tags I just finished. 😄🐻 #onsite #chicagocalligrapher (at Ralph Lauren)

#Onsite at Ralph Lauren this afternoon! #calligraphy #chicagocalligrapher (at Ralph Lauren)

Last lunch with Chavelli for the year. Thanks so much for having me over 😘🤗 #calligraphyfriends (at Cookshop)

Last of the ruling pen posts this weekend 😅#rulingpen #calligraphy (at Fairfield, Pennsylvania)

More ruling pen play: (L) no pen lift, (R) thicks & thins #rulingpen #calligraphy (at Fairfield, Pennsylvania)

Ruling pen play. #calligraphy #rulingpen (at Fairfield, Pennsylvania)

Some #Neuland-ish capitals on our first day at #cheerio #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy (at Camp Cheerio)

We're here!! Repost @letterjack ・・・ This is our group of calligraphers going to the @calligraphile workshop in Cheerio! Let's go team! #calligraphy #retreat #trip

'Tristesses de la Lune', Charles Baudelaire. More #Carolingian practice, inspired by a 9th century French manuscript. 1/16" x-height, no waistline. #sheilawatersmasterclass #calligraphy #broadpen

'L'Éternité', Arthur Rimbaud. More #Carolingian practice, inspired by a 9th century French manuscript. 1/16" x-height, no waistline. #sheilawatersmasterclass #calligraphy #broadpen

'Demain dès l'aube', Victor Hugo; learning #Carolingian this week. Excuse the typos as well 😐 . . . . . . #calligraphy #sheilawatersmasterclass #broadpen

Last post from this weekend's italic

More Italic practice, complete with smudges 😅. Picked a random sentence online with the words starting with each letter of the alphabet. I also tried an upright cap on the brown sheet. . . . . #calligraphy #italic #broadpen (at Fairfield, Pennsylvania)

Hello Italic, it's been a while. . . . . #calligraphy #broadpen #italic