We are now at the final part of the design. If you have been prac- the top scrolls start on the inside of the top lines. Think of these
ticing your brush exercises this should be fairly easy. For the scrolls as an S, a lazy S laying on its side; only there is only one
final pinstripe we will use a Mack #1 and a #1 Lettering Quill curved part, the other or starting point is flat. Using a Quill apply
for the scrolls. You will see that the scroll design is a little differ- pressure at the beginning and pull brush and lighten up pressure
ent than the scrolls in the last issue. This is more of an antique for your S at the end. You can render the S very tight or make it
style; basically think of it as a very small scroll that has to match loose. On next part of scroll do the same stroke again, connect-
on all four sections. ing it to first design; that is the hardest part of the design. Now
Starting from top left side pull the brush down rotating it to the just add strokes thin or thick inside S areas, and in middle were
left and stop. When doing the short horizontal line work left the two connect. Bottom Scrolls:
to right be sure to have a nice squared off edge for this part of Again this set of scrolls starts on the outside starting thick go
design. into an S. I have turned this panel for ease of work. You will find
Right under the gold leaf I am pulling a line from right to left as you stripe you will have easy hand positions and some will
making a short horizontal stripe, roll your brush to the right be very time consuming. If I was doing this type of work on a
while pulling it up. cycle tank it would have to be taken off for ease of working on
The next two short curves are also made the same way. Start
it. Last part of design: This shows me working left to right doing
at a point and roll to the right and pull up. Connecting the final
the simplest scroll of them all, a basic one part thick scroll. I am
stripe to Gold Leaf pull down slightly to the left into outline
using Mahl Stick to get better control of this last part of brush-
area. Now do the opposite for the right side. Outside outline is
work. Try to get it to match as close as possible. As you can tell
now complete and you will see I added a thick and thin accent to
it is a lot of work and planning to get a design this far often the
the top of the design. painting is the easiest part. As with any art form pinstriping is a
The next two photos are showing the inside line. This line is a proud art form that has been around thousands of years, it can be
little thinner than the outside for accent. Again start at the top modern, way out, classy, clean, narrow, thick, anyway you want
and roll your brush in proper manner. Remember at the bottom it. I hope you have enjoyed this article. Thank you Don Johnson,
to rotate the brush to get an even line. Start on other side, be Cheryl Pearson for really making this happen, and to Dee Peter-
careful to lift off when finishing a line or you will put paint were son for all the photos.
it doesn’t belong! Scrolls on top: This is why you really need to
make a sketch of this kind of scroll design. You will notice that
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