You guys are doing great!
Indy: Big improvement from your first attempt. You obviously spotted the problem areas and worked them out. Pay particular attention to the backbone spiral and get the perfect before you proceed with the rest of the elements. It's a little off in your last example.
Jeremiah and Nevada: Y'all can obviously do this! Nice work!
Jmiller: Very nice job, man. Be careful not to get the elements too small as they progress toward the center. That's my only nit with your drawing. It's very well done.
Vlad: Yours is fantastic. You really took some time and did a careful study and excellent drawing!
Silberschweif: I like most of what you've done except the outside elements. Have another go at those and I think you'll be well on your way. Good job though!
For fledgling designers, this is how it starts. Hone your skills drawing this scroll until you can do it as well as Vlad, Jmiller, and others. Then add another spiral or two (or three) and fill them with the elements you learned from copying Nimschke's example. Draw every day like Shawn Didyoung does. Study study study.
In a recent class I drew a fairly basic scroll and then showed the them how I could find an interesting leaf or element from Pedersoli's engraving and add it to my scroll. Then I found another one from one of Churchill's works, and another one from someone else. Before long I had a really cool scroll drawing made up of pieces I liked of other engraver's works. The trick is to use elements that harmonize. There are tons of elements that won't well together so you have to be careful.
If you can draw a perfectly proportioned spiral and you have a good vocabulary of scroll elements, you are well on your way to being a designer.
Indy: Big improvement from your first attempt. You obviously spotted the problem areas and worked them out. Pay particular attention to the backbone spiral and get the perfect before you proceed with the rest of the elements. It's a little off in your last example.
Jeremiah and Nevada: Y'all can obviously do this! Nice work!
Jmiller: Very nice job, man. Be careful not to get the elements too small as they progress toward the center. That's my only nit with your drawing. It's very well done.
Vlad: Yours is fantastic. You really took some time and did a careful study and excellent drawing!
Silberschweif: I like most of what you've done except the outside elements. Have another go at those and I think you'll be well on your way. Good job though!
For fledgling designers, this is how it starts. Hone your skills drawing this scroll until you can do it as well as Vlad, Jmiller, and others. Then add another spiral or two (or three) and fill them with the elements you learned from copying Nimschke's example. Draw every day like Shawn Didyoung does. Study study study.
In a recent class I drew a fairly basic scroll and then showed the them how I could find an interesting leaf or element from Pedersoli's engraving and add it to my scroll. Then I found another one from one of Churchill's works, and another one from someone else. Before long I had a really cool scroll drawing made up of pieces I liked of other engraver's works. The trick is to use elements that harmonize. There are tons of elements that won't well together so you have to be careful.
If you can draw a perfectly proportioned spiral and you have a good vocabulary of scroll elements, you are well on your way to being a designer.
