Common errors in scroll design

[KCSteve]

In the class I took from Lee last year he explained how your scrolls should come off from each other like highway off-ramps - smoothly divergent so it's hard to say which line is the 'main' line.

As you've shown here, this same philosophy applies to all of the lines, even the implied ones.

Definitely something to let simmer around in the brain while drawing.

 

[John Cole]

I think I understand your question. When I shade I normally start on the inside edge and work across the leaf. My shading cuts are cut from thin to thick, so I start at the top of the leaf and cut downward, getting progressively deeper and wider as I go.


Thanks Sam, that does answer my question, and helps to explain the process better.

John C.