Pen Portrait 2

James Gulliver Hancock. HERE

Objective
To complete one of the images for the lyrics book.

To increase skills in digital and  traditional processes—custom colour palettes / colouring line only / blending modes / making patterns / pattern stamp tool.

Task
Scan your drawing. Forgotten? See below—watch until 1.48.

Complete the tutorials below in order

Presentation
Take whole screen shots of process / post with your final design.  

Checklist for assessment
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Deadline
tbc

Pen Portrait 1

Objective

To improve line drawing skills.

To create a single illustration for the song lyrics book.

Task

- Look on your boards and find an image that you wish to use. A portrait would be best for this. If not then use an object from your list.
- Print it off in black and white—A5 size.
- Using layout paper (or printer paper if you are on a lightbox) trace the image. 

- Then have another go—but do it freehand.

- Look again at the image above—the artists has drawn only the lines, block tone and details—no shading. 
- Use a dark felt tip for the thick lines and a biro, fineliner or pencil.

Presentation

Photograph (preferred) or scan to your blog.

Checklist for assessment

tbc

Deadline

tbc

Set up a Pinterest account.

Objective

Create a place where all the research that is accumulated during the course can be organised and referred back to.

Tasks

• Go to Pinterest.com and create an account.
• Create six boards (or one for all) that contain images for the music video book. Extra boards for cute cats are not only accepted, they are encouraged.

Presentation

Create a new page on your blog that links to your Pinterest boards.

Extended study: Covering your sketchbook

We are going to have some enforced fun covering our sketchbooks!! 
Woohoo!! You will smile.

N.B. If you haven't already bought a sketchbook, then you can pick one up from me for a fiver. Hardback, nice paper, chunky and a handy compact-ish format.

Lookey HERE for a link to a pinboard full of sketchbook cover examples... but you could really look anywhere for inspiration.

Your task starts now. Look around you and collect stuff to stick on the front and back.  Think about collecting example of type, texture, labels, patterns etc etc.  Other than that, you could draw separate things and overlap them in a sticker-ish manner. When you cover your book, you be required to not leave and black exposed, other than considered design choices.

Seriously, don't turn up this Tues without plenty of stuff or it'll be this...

Brainstorming your lyrics

Objective: 

To use the lyrics get as many visual ideas as possible.

To understand that early planning is best done using a pencil.  It's much faster and sparks the brain 10x faster than a word processor.

Task: 

Take your lyrics (12pt, left align on an A4 page, space in between every line) and print off.

Using a pen or pencil, go through the words and associate any image you can–however obvious.  Go for beautiful poetic interpretation.

Presentation:

Scan or photograph them and post them to your blog. Post name–Brainstorming lyrics.

To get a the best mark you can, ensure that your pages are busy and full.