Re: Hello Roger
Roger:
It's good to see your name on the the forum. You are absolutley correct in your assessment of the need to establish a good routine of drawing and creating proper scroll. I have two students in my studio this week and I have repeated over and over the need for properly designed scrolls.
I also agree that studying Ron Smith's books are the best source for learning basic scroll design. Not more than a few minutres ago, I told my students that I estimate that about 1/3 of my studio time is spent engraving steel - the remainer is spent designing and laying out scrolls and figures...and this is after spending the last 45 years at the engraving bench.
Like you, I have studied the art in America and in Europe, I have taught engraving to about 300 students, and I recognize the fundamental need to draw proper scrolls. The engraver's devotion to drawing and layout exists world wide, and it is the same in every studio I've ever visited.
Mike Dubber
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