ISLAMIC ILLUMINATION COURSE
The courses aim to not only make you familiar with the beauty of this art, but also teach you in an authentic way. These courses do not just focus on the techniques, they provide you with required knowledge and skill of drawing
UPCOMING COURSE
Golden Borders:
A Course in Vegetal motifs
Zoom Online Course
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS & Muqarnas Arts
What this course teaches you:
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Drawing the individual vegetal motifs
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Using the motifs in a composition
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Structuring the border
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Making the shell gold
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Traditional paper preparation
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Tracing and transferring the pattern into the stained paper
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Outlining the motifs
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Gilding, rendering and shading the fine vegetal motifs
Date:
26 Sep - 14 NOV
(Saturdays)
Time:
4pm- 6pm
(UK time)
Course Fee: £250
MORE ABOUT THE COURSE
Throughout the course, we will offer:
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Working on a quarter of an intricate composition, however, through completing 1/4 of the border, you will acquire the required skill and knowledge to complete and paint the entire border by yourself.
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Eight intensive live sessions, each lasting 120 minutes, and will be reordered.
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Access links to the recordings will be sent to your email within a few hours after each live session.
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Participants will have the opportunity to send their practice works and receive the corrections, instructions and feedback individually.
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If you prefer to rely solely on the recordings due to your busy schedule or time zone difference, you can still seek feedback and support from our tutor.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, this course offers a unique opportunity to unlock your creativity.
The list of the required and optional materials will be sent to you right after the registration in your confirmation email.
Mostly, the borders in Persian manuscripts are lavishly and extensively decorated so that they can be considered an independent form of art from the paintings that they surrounded. From vegetal to figural and animal motifs are portrayed widely in the manuscripts borders.
This course will explore these monochrome golden borders, and the focus will be on the floral and vegetal motifs.
If you are a SOAS student, please email iranianartssociety@gmail.com to register
PAST COURSES
Islamic illumination course
Golden Border
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS
Learn to draw the vegetal motifs, use them in composition, calculate the border, make shell gold and apply the gold .
Islamic illumination course
A Safavid Shamsah
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS
Learn to draw the Khataei and Islimi motifs, compose them in a Shamsah, pain, outline and shade them.
The Art of Islamic Illumination
from Basics to Creativity
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS
explore the islimi motifs, master the fundamentals and delve into intricate compositions as well as the rich history of symbolism behind the islimi motifs
Islamic illumination course
Islimi Patterns
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS
Learn to draw various Islimi motifs (biomorphic motifs), use them in composition, paint, outline and shade them.
Islamic illumination course
a Safavid Border
Organised by Iranian Arts Society, SOAS
Learn to draw various Khataei motifs (floral and vegetal), use them in composition, paint, outline and shade them.
