Project 1: Illuminated Letter

Portfolio Design

Your Challenge:

cREATE AN ILLUMINATED LETTER

THAT REPRESENTS YOU, IN THE STYLE OF

A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATION

Step one IDEA

BRAINSTORM IMAGES TO INCLUDE ON YOUR ILLUMINATED LETTER DESIGN. NO CLICHES! BE MORE CREATIVE THAN THAT! sketch A MINIMUM OF 5 (AIM FOR 8 IMAGES) MEANINGFUL IMAGES Don’t draw the design for your letter yet….JUST THE IMAGES YOU WANT TO INCLUDE

Step TWO: plan TRACE TEMPLATE into sketchbook

twice FOR THUMBNAIL SIZE. Create two completely

different plans for your illuminated letter

pICK A LETTERING STYLE FROM THE PACKET OR FROM THE BLOG, DRAW

IN YOUR LETTER

dECIDE ON A BORDER SHAPE/STYLE

BEGIN TO INTEGRATE IN YOUR IMAGES TO YOUR LETTER, ADD IN

PATTERNS, ETC. Everything from your requirements list

dESIGN rEQUIREMENTS -YOUR INITIAL (OF FIRST NAME

OR LAST NAME) (USE THE SITES

LINKED ON THE BLOG FOR FONT

IDEAS)

-A very INTRICATE, DETAILED

BORDER

-different TYPES OF LINE (zig-

zag, curly, curvy, straight,

thick, thin, wavy, erratic,

etc.)

dESIGN rEQUIREMENTS -at least 3 UNIQUE PATTERNS

-AREAS OF OVERLAP

-Integrate youR

BRAINSTORMED IMAGES INTO

YOUR DESIGN. WRAP THEM

AROUND YOUR INITIAL, TIE

THEM TO THE BORDER, MAKE

THEM INTO A PATTERN, Enlarge

portions of an object, ETC.

Be inventive!!

Illuminated letter rubric

BEFORE YOU GO ON

pLEASE SHOW ME YOUR 2

THUMBNAILS BEFORE YOU

CONTINUE ON TO STEP 3.

Materials Workshop crayon

Please open to a new half of a page in your sketchbook, immediately after the section where you’ve been planning your illuminated letter

Label the area: materials workshop – crayon

Materials Workshop CRAYON

-light value (light pressure)

-dark value (heavy pressure)

-layered color

-gradation (fade from light to dark

-Fade (from one color to another)

Step three refine

Choose your best thumbnail sketch to enlarge and refine.

A. trace the template #2 in your sketchbook.

b. ENLARGE YOUR BEST THUMBNAIL TO FILL THE SQUARE.

C. Make it your best drawing possible – as you will trace your final from this drawing

Step FOUR PRACTICE

PLAN FOR THE NEXT STAGES OF YOUR DRAWING.

A. CHOOSE A COLOR SCHEME FOR YOUR DRAWING

B. PLAN YOUR COLORS ON YOUR DRAFT VERSION. THIS IS A DRAFT SO IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE PERFECT – SHOW ME YOU KNOW HOW TO USE DIFFERENT BLENDING AND SHADING TECHNIQUES AND PLAN THE LOCATION OF COLORS

c. Keep your colors balanced. Think about what you want to emphasize!

STEP FIVE Trace/ trANSFER to

your final paper

a.  ASK THE TEACHER FOR A PIECE OF FINAL PAPER. tRACE YOUR DRAFT VERSION USING THE LIGHT-TABLE OR THE WINDOW

b.  OR re-draw your template #2 draft version onto final paper. DRAW LIGHTLY!

STEP six detailing

Refine your drawing with those little extras and details

A. Add in extra embellishments, details, lines, patterns, etc. to make your drawing extremely embellished.

b. SHOW HOW ATTENTIVE TO CRAFTSMANSHIP YOU ARE! EXERCISE ORIGINALITY AND PRIDE IN YOUR WORK BY BEING DILIGENT AND PRECISE

c. gO OVER YOUR LINES WITH A THIN SHARPIE MARKER

STEP seven COLORING

Use crayons like paint to ADD IN COLOR TO TRULY ILLUMINATE YOUR

LETTER

A. REFERENCE YOUR DRAFT VERSION FOR COLORING YOUR FINAL DRAWING.

b. LAYER AND MIX COLORS ATOP LIGHT Layers of color to create new colors

C. Use areas of transition, blending and fading of colors (orange transitioning to orange yellow transitioning into yellow)

d. inCLUDE VALUE CHANGES (LIGHT GREEN FADING TO DARK GREEN) AND SHOW DEPTH OF YOUR OBJECTS THROUGH THE USE OF VALUE TO MAKE THINGS APPEAR ROUND AND TOUCHABLE

Illuminated letter rubric

reflection A. Circle what number you think you deserve on the rubric. Circle a number; not a whole square! Be honest! Make at least one meaningful comment in the appropriate blank box on the rubric’s right side. B. Answer the following questions in complete sentences on the back of your rubric!

1.Describe how you integrated at least 3 of your objects into your illuminated letter (ex: wrapping them around your letter; as a pattern, etc.)

Ex: I used my pencil to form the letter C. I also incorporated the ribbons to my ballet shoes by having them wrap around the letter C and trailing off into the border. My dinner plate was incorporated by enlarging the scale of it and having it cropped in the lower right corner, behind the C.

2.Describe in detail what 3 of the objects you incorporated represent or symbolize to you.

I chose to incorporate the dinner plate because it represents the family dinners that my mom hosts throughout the year when I am able to catch up with my brothers and sisters and their families. I also included my teaching certificate because that symbolizes all of the hard work I put into becoming a teacher, as well as how much I value my job. Another object I included that is symbolic to me is my wedding ring which represents the strong bond and friendship that I have with my husband.

3.What is really successful about your illuminated letter and why is it so successful? Please do not say what you like about it. Nothing is not an answer

I was really successful at using a gradation of value from light to dark. Behind my initial I used red that faded from a light value into a really deep, dark value red. This was so successful because it brought emphasis to my letter C by contrasting with the cool colors used on the letter.

4.What could you improve about illuminated letter? How would this improve your design? Do not say what you dislike. Nothing is not an answer.

I could improve on the patterns I used in my illuminated letter. I think they weren’t as intricate and detailed as I could have made them and because of that the patterns tend to blend in with the background and do not make the drawing as interesting as could be.

accessioning

name of work: title

Description of work: what is it?

Dimensions: sIZE

aRT MEDIUM: WHAT MATERIALS DID YOU USE?

ARTISTIC CONCEPT: WHAT WERE WE LEARNING WITH THIS PROJECT?

ARTIST’S REFLECTION: ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE PROJECT, PROCESS OR OUTCOME

accessioning Date: 9/27 or 9/28 Course: Studio Art

name of work: Illuminated Letter

Description of work: An Illuminated Letter incorporating objects that are personal and meaningful to me

Dimensions: 8” by 8”

aRT MEDIUM: Sharpie Marker and Crayon

ARTISTIC CONCEPT: Value; Emphasis; Unity; Creativity and Concept Development

ARTIST’S REFLECTION: Anything you want to say about the process; outcome or project. Nothing is not an answer!