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[didyoung]

I have been asked about how i shade my scrolls.
i touch base in shading in the book ...shade falls into place with the structure of the leaf elements .
if the lines of your leaf elements are correctly positioned with each other shading is somewhat easy to pull off....IF YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR GRAVER.
you have the option of adding as little or as much shade as you desire.
Its difficult for me to truly explain my ideas about shading on paper...so i thought that i would make a video.
this would allow me to talk about what and why i am doing while a person is watching.
my question is ......
for those that are interested ...
what do you want to see.

i plan on cutting an entire scroll and shading each element ....plus a flower or two.
i thought that i would cut the pattern in steel and make castings as well.
i would like the video to 1.5 -2 hours in length.

shawn

 

[rayf24]

Oh yes Shawn a video put me down for one please

 

[Southern Custom]

An explanation of using shading to control light and controlling the perceived light source. I've seen a lot of new engravers who think of shading as just something you do to a leaf without a true understanding of why they are doing what they do. I think for many, at the early stages, shading is just something you do to give a leaf some depth. Going beyond the mechanics of the process and delving further into how to pull an element forward or push it back would be of value. That sort of thing.
You may also try and show several ways of shading an element. From just a few lines to full 3 dimensional shading.
Thanks for taking the time. I'm sure if you do the video it will be well recieved. It's always refreshing to get another engravers take on a subject.
Layne

 

[zmankay]

Shawn,

Great idea! I don't know if you'll have time but I'd like to see how you would do gold inlay(tools used & procedure) and then how you shade the gold(tools & procedure). The gold inlay and shading could be on the flowers or whatever you would care to do.

 

[dlilazteca]

On the to buy list

Saludos,
Carlos

 

[monk]

your book has not even got here yet-- so you may as well put me on your video list. i think as a learning tool, it would be better to shade individual leaf elements one-at-a-time- perhaps isolated from the more complex final design, showing their relation to the spine line. i think it would be good for a newcomer to see you do fewer shade lines on one of the leaves. i think this would provide a better visual understanding of how you do things.

 

[wdale.bass]

also include multilayered leaves with that shading & maybe a loop????