Cycling through the Schmincke Calligraphy Gouache colors that make up the 6-color primary palette. Strathmore Drawing 400 paper, #5 Mitchell nib.
Some unfortunate flourishes here. I really lost my way at the end of line 8: I made the flourish and head down toward the waistline when I realized I hadn’t made the x-height portion of the “d”. Dive-bomb landing with no target. Oops. This is what happens when the mind wanders and the hand completely takes over.