KS3 ART project make large Celtic ART letter using photos of own family and learning colour/pattern

A detailed Celtic medieval project looking at examples of how to draw in a simplified stylised way and to represent one’s own family, friends, animals in an illuminated letter.

Students make up two large letters in pencil crayons learning to draw stylising their own pictures and study a number of medieval examples of letters and learn to elongate and to distort their own pictures capturing a simple picture with expression.

Students draw this on white paper their two initials and add in all the medieval patterns. There are loads of examples on this powerpoint of various medieval letters and illuminated manuscripts to copy from to give the students enough resources to work from .

There are also tasks and steps to follow for teachers. An enjoyable project that also should include how to shade carefully using light and dark tones with pencil crayons as part of unit of work and how to draw using warm and cold colours.

The work is finally presented cut out and pasted onto black paper and students can then use oil pastels and further decorate their presentation to create the intricate pattern work of an illuminated manuscript letter.