Arnaud Van Tilburgh
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Let me explain why I didn’t buy Marcus book on Fine English Scroll yet.
In my opinion Marcus is the FES expert on this forum.
I almost did read all the treads and reply in the Café from the start, and there isn’t that much about FES.
Now and then when one showed his / her work titled “English Scroll”, Marcus offered his good support telling it wasn’t real Fine English Scroll.
I even found a photo of Martens attempt on FES having Marcus coming in to give advice and making corrections.
So to me, no wonder I was thinking FES is something like other English traditions done the same way for centuries, that you probably only could master when being a Englishman.
I thought it had that many rules, no one else than Marcus would be able to Master it.
I even remember a story Marcus told about how long it took him sitting next to his dad (Ken Hunt), before his dad told him it looked good.
So my plan was to wait buying Marcus book, until some of you showed your practicing based on the book and find out that it was possible to have Marcus blessing.
I also saw a tread started by Bram Ramon showing Fine Belgium Scroll, so I thought, “the hell with Fine English Scroll" l, I just try something that looks nice in that style, what is in a name.
Some of you did like my first attempt, so probably the rules I gathered till now aren’t that wrong. However it seems I don’t even understand what are inward scrolls
Still as most of you did read Marcus book and know more rules it is kind of stupid trying to cut a design like FES without that book. That is why I didn’t want to trigger Marcus by giving it another name.
arnaud
In my opinion Marcus is the FES expert on this forum.
I almost did read all the treads and reply in the Café from the start, and there isn’t that much about FES.
Now and then when one showed his / her work titled “English Scroll”, Marcus offered his good support telling it wasn’t real Fine English Scroll.
I even found a photo of Martens attempt on FES having Marcus coming in to give advice and making corrections.
So to me, no wonder I was thinking FES is something like other English traditions done the same way for centuries, that you probably only could master when being a Englishman.
I thought it had that many rules, no one else than Marcus would be able to Master it.
I even remember a story Marcus told about how long it took him sitting next to his dad (Ken Hunt), before his dad told him it looked good.
So my plan was to wait buying Marcus book, until some of you showed your practicing based on the book and find out that it was possible to have Marcus blessing.
I also saw a tread started by Bram Ramon showing Fine Belgium Scroll, so I thought, “the hell with Fine English Scroll" l, I just try something that looks nice in that style, what is in a name.
Some of you did like my first attempt, so probably the rules I gathered till now aren’t that wrong. However it seems I don’t even understand what are inward scrolls
Still as most of you did read Marcus book and know more rules it is kind of stupid trying to cut a design like FES without that book. That is why I didn’t want to trigger Marcus by giving it another name.
arnaud
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