black leaf

[didyoung]

with a little inspiration from phil I tried cutting my first black leaf.
its just a quick run at it, but I am getting the hang of it.

 

[scott99]

HI, I like the piece very much.

scott99

 

[Brian Marshall]

Scott,

He ain't done yet...


B.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Looks great, congrats!

 

[Southern Custom]

Nice work and distinctly yours.
Layne

 

[Caty Blom]

Hello Shawn,
I understand that you get the black most because your shadows, but did you use something else for make the outsite lines black? Nice style of work. greetings Caty.

 

[didyoung]

caty
I used some black paint.
a quick scribble

 

[Brian Marshall]

Only thing I see - that might need tweaking is the straight stem going to the center leaf... all it needs is a very slight curve to it?

Yeah, I know... that means you'll have to move the other stuff around a wee bit too


B.

 

[monk]

very nice to my eye.

 

[didyoung]

thanks brian and monk.
this is just a bunch of random stuff thrown together.
really just looking at the possible paths to take.
the more I look at phils work the more ideas about designs I come up with.

 

[leo]

nice work if this is only practice I could just imagine a finish piece

 

[SamW]

A very pleasing combination of two different scroll styles. Instead of straightening the stem as Brian suggests I would first try two other things...first, dealing with the scrolls above and behind I would try extending them below and behind, that is, completing them. The other is to add a bit more fluff in the lower left to balance the pattern. This all is of course dependent on what the design would be used on and its shape. I think you are on to something!

 

[LVVP]

Very interesting to see corrected version, please