From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V2 #62 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Sunday, June 7 1998 Volume 02 : Number 062 In this issue: [scribes]: Purple & Question... [none] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 11:09:39 EDT From: Aralyn67@aol.com Subject: [scribes]: Purple & Question... Greetings all, I have never done or won one of my own pieces. I have also turned down assignments for my husband and father (they each have one from me and thats fine by them). The reason is purely selfish, I love love love to see other peoples stuff in court, competitions, and certainly in my own home. I know what I can do, I want to see what all of you are accomplishing! I truly enjoy having a piece in my possesion to study and enjoy, and have learned alot by studing others techniques in this manner. Yours, Aralyn Thorgrimsdottir ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 15:50:42 +0100 From: David Columbus Subject: [none] > >[snip] >> Oh, by the way, is it *bad* to outline my red and blue vines with a thin >line of >>black? > >[snip] > >***Morgan's weird opinions ahead***** >Well, it looks better now, doesn't it? >Outlining has to go awfully far to really get out of hand. I'm one of >the crazy people who outline darn near everything. It can really >clean up the lines of a scroll. A caution, however: if you do your >outlining in technical pen with ink, it will be painfully obvious >that you have done so. Get your 000 brush, drink no caffeine for at >least four hours, and paint them in. Ink belongs in calligraphy. > >[snip] > >Morgan Athenry, OL >Dreiburgen, Caid >Laurie Cavanaugh >cavanaug@ymi.com > > >The above conversation made me think about a topic I haven't seen covered >here. I too outline almost everything (and usually with a tech pen, and >yes, Morgan is right, you can tell), while my husband hates to outline at >all. What I have noticed though, is that outlining with a tech pen >looks much better from a distance - say the distance between my face and a >scroll hanging on a wall. Has anyone given much thought to the differences >between making scrolls for books that one would hold on their lap and a >scroll for a recipient who will display it on a wall? Things that look >fine close up sometimes get washed out when the scroll is displayed. >Should we create the work for the way it will be displayed or make the >viewer come close as though it were a manuscript? > >I have started to make the switch to outlining with a brush, but I doubt I >will be able to wean myself from the tech pen completely! :-) > > >Dorinda Courtenay >(Dorinda Courtine-White) > >Shire of Heronter, AEthelmearc >(Jamestown, NY) I've discussed this matter with a few people about how we are recreating book art that eventually hangs on the wall. There are definite differences on design, proportion, line thickness, and a dozen other matters (All too lengthy to get into here). In the end we are not making books... we are making wall hangings. And that in itself calls for some changes in design. The outlines that look terrific from a foot away many times dissappear when viewed from the correct distance. Vines that are drawn the exact width that you see in the book will look deflated when it is hanging on the wall. A quick trick is to hang a mirror on the opposite wall of your work station, about five or six feet away. Very quickly you can hold up the piece and view it in the mirror. This will then double the viewed distance of the piece. It helps give a quick idea if things are going well without the need for constantly getting up and down from your table. It's nice to think that we can create pieces that completely look like the original but in the end, we are creating items to hang on someone's wall. B'wana Christofano ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V2 #62 ****************************