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Illustration & Romanticism

Rödabergsskolan, Stockholm Grundskolor · Senast uppdaterad: 25 februari 2021

In this unit you will work with illustration. To illustrate is to clarify a text with the help of pictures. You have probably seen illustrations when you read storybooks when you were little. Initially, you will practice drawing and how to use watercolour. The final assignment of the unit is to paint a illustration to a novel that you have read. You will also learn more about the art historical epoch romanticism.

CONTENT

You will learn how to make illustrations. An illustration is the visualization of a text. To visualize is to show something with a picture - so you can say that an illustration is to show a text with the help of one or more pictures. You will make excercises and illustrations with watercolor and gouache. You will practice shadowing, working with highlights and perspective. You will practice drawing with pencil, charcoal and chalk. You will also learn about the composition of images. As you practice painting and drawing, you will learn about and analyze images by illustrators Elsa Beskow and John Bauer. You will also learn more about the art historical epoch romanticism.

GOAL

At the end of the unit, you should:

  • Be able to reproduce objects from your own imagination in an illustration
  • Be able to describe your work with the help of the concepts we have gone through in class
  • Know Elsa Beskow and John Bauer; when they lived, what they work with and some of their most famous works
  • Be able to describe romanticism  as well as what distinguishes images from the romantic era

MATERIAL

We will work with pencil, charcoal, chalk, watercolor and gouache as well as flat and round brushes. You will use different types of paper for your drawings and paintings.

ASSESSMENT

The assessment for the unit will be based on:

  • Your work process
  • The drawings and paintings you create, with a focus on the final illustration ou will make
  • How you talk and write about your and other people's pictures

SUCCESS STRATEGIES

To succeed in the unit, you must:

  • Complete all the tasks you are assigned
  • Experiment and test paint with the watercolor on a "test paper" to get the shade you want
  • Erase and redo when there are errors in your drawings
  • Make sure your illustrations follow the golden ratio
  • Keep words and concepts in mind, and use them when talking and writing about pictures

 

 


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Submission: A presentation of your illustration
"Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" in charchoal and chalk pastel
Submission: A Presentation of you illustration in Sway
An illustration
INLÄMNING: Mindmap om John Bauer
John Bauer copy

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