Sheridan Style Drawing

[Cowboy316]

howdy guys and gals

woke up not feeling good at 4 am so i decided to play a little with Sheridan style drawing and got as far as the flower

i think i got the flower part ok but just cant figure out the scroll part of the drawing so if anyone out the can throw

their .02 cents worth in id be greatfull ive also included a sample carving of the flower i just whipped out advice would be well

taken on any changes to the tooling part of this flower

thanks again for all the support and advice given

Cowboy316

Edited March 4, 2010 by Cowboy316

[JLSleather]

Tough to design from anywhere but YOU, since you're the one who knows what you're trying to end up with. A suggestion, though ... I really thing your flowers will look more natural if you bevel the lead petal the other way (lines marked in red beveled TOWARD flower center) and use a little smaller stop tool.

[Cowboy316]

howdy JL

thanks for the inbut ill take all i can get when it comes to drawing carving patterns

Cowboy316

[JLSleather]

Actually, it's Jeff ... and I should mention that the shading and the "decorative" cuts look GOOD.

[Tkleather1]

I agree I would lose that stop tool I have yet to see one that looks natural to me. bevel the other way and as far as drawing paterns you are on your own I cant hardly draw my own name so when you get it all figured out let me know.

Tim

[terrymac]

Cowboy,

You are a better artist than I am. I just know the whole Sheridan pattern is based on circles with the flower being the center of the circle, and the vines and leaves being the connecting devices in a flowing pattern. Sounds easy, but it gives me fits.

Terry

[electrathon]

Loose the stop, completly wrong made and unnatural looking. Correct the beveling. Use a cam tool and make lines radiate out from the flower center. Your decorative cuts are great, that is one of the hardest parts.

Aaron

[Cowboy316]

ok Gang heres a pic of the modifyed flower i changed that stem a bit but stil not happy with it needs to be a little thinner

thanks for all the feed back and tips

Cowboy316

[JLSleather]

I like that much better. One step further with the lines you reversed ... when you cut the design, make the lines you changed PART OF the foremost petal ...

Instead of this ...

This ....

And maybe a little wider, to help with the illusion that it's closer, so that you have this ...

Or, short version, something like this ..

[Hilly]

Here's my take on drawing a Sheridan flower. Others may do it differently than I do, and my drawing kinda sucks, but hopefully you will get the idea....

Step one:

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Step five:

This is just a basic Sheridan flower. Joining two or more together is difficult to explain...

If anyone else has something to add, please feel free!

Edited March 5, 2010 by Hilly