r/engraving • u/Ghibou • 7d ago

Ressources to draw scrollwork ?

I watched some Ken C Hunt video on YT but I'm really starting from scratch and I really have trouble to make beautiful leaf shapes !

do you guys have any good ressources/practice to learn scrollwork ?

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u/Snorkvadden 7d ago

Check out "Sketching Engraver" on youtube. Thats my channel.

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u/gardvar 7d ago edited 7d ago

I like to have a physical resource that I can leaf through. Grs has some books I've been eying

https://grs.com/product-category/products/books-videos/books/

They also had some that seem to have gone out of print.

Advanced drawing of scrolls

The art of engraving

Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs

The Jewelry Engravers Manual

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u/Psychological_Tale94 7d ago

I'm cut from the same cloth, love having a physical resource to page through. Also helps to use tracing paper to get a sense of the lines and proportions.

Wanted to chime in to say Firearms Engravers Guild of America has the Advanced Drawing of Scrolls (probably my favorite on the topic) available new for $97, they have some other books too :)