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Scribin' while the scribin's good
Jul. 9th, 2009 12:40 pmI've just finished a pile of small scrolls for Pennsic, which gave me ample opportunity to practice my batarde hand. Even my lowercase Fs and Ss are looking noticeably more consistent. (Pics once they're distributed.)
What a difference doing layout and ruling in advance makes!
Ususally, when I sit down to scribe, I futz about for 20-30 mins deciding which ruler/pencil/eraser/pen to use, then debate about margin and line widths. This eats into my actual scribing time, and by the time I'm ready to dip my pen, I'm verging on a break!
This is a big time-eat, esp. if I'm trying to scribe on a weeknight, when I've found I have a smaller window of usable attentive 'alert' time - after dinner, before bed - when I'm able to scribe without getting too tired and starting to make mistakes.
But knowing I wanted to run through a series of scrolls that look approximately the same, I marked out more than a dozen sheets with the same margins, line widths, cap spacing, etc. in one evening.
I could then spend more time scribing, and less time preparing to scribe.
This is an small-but-important find for me: a way to get more scribing done, on weeknights. Waiting for weekends means it just don't get done often enough!
What a difference doing layout and ruling in advance makes!
Ususally, when I sit down to scribe, I futz about for 20-30 mins deciding which ruler/pencil/eraser/pen to use, then debate about margin and line widths. This eats into my actual scribing time, and by the time I'm ready to dip my pen, I'm verging on a break!
This is a big time-eat, esp. if I'm trying to scribe on a weeknight, when I've found I have a smaller window of usable attentive 'alert' time - after dinner, before bed - when I'm able to scribe without getting too tired and starting to make mistakes.
But knowing I wanted to run through a series of scrolls that look approximately the same, I marked out more than a dozen sheets with the same margins, line widths, cap spacing, etc. in one evening.
I could then spend more time scribing, and less time preparing to scribe.
This is an small-but-important find for me: a way to get more scribing done, on weeknights. Waiting for weekends means it just don't get done often enough!
