Year 7: Art & Design – Homework Booklet

Term 1: Medieval Period Student Name: _________________________________________________________________ Form: ______ Art & Design Teacher(s): ___________________________________________

Task 1: Initials Motif • Draw out the main outline of the first initial in your

name, using the Book of Kells as inspiration. Consider the size of your drawing to fill the box above.

• Add symbols and other Medieval Art style imagery to add decoration to your initial. Use the example here to help you.

• Outline your drawing in black pen and add colour. • This will be your front cover of your booklet for the

rest of the year so be as creative and as intricate as you can with your design. Carefully consider your presentation.

Plan for the Term

Task 2: Key words and definitions Write the key word in the box next to the correct meaning.

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1 Front cover: Initials Motif 2 Key words and definitions 3 Celtic Letter design – Line only 4 Key words and meanings 5 Celtic knots 6 Letter drawing - Line 7 Motif analysis

8 Letter drawing – Tonal Values: Pencil Shading

9 Key words and definitions 10 Letter drawing - Form 11 The Formal Elements 12 Heraldry Mind Map 13 Heraldry Personal Coat of Arms 14 Revision of key terminology

Key Words Glossary

A building occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

The second part of the Christian Bible which records the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and his earliest followers. Includes the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, twenty-one Epistles by St. Paul and others and the book of Revelation.

The record of Jesus Christ’s life and teachings in the first four books of the New Testament.

A book, document or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.

Fine parchment that was originally made from the skin of a calf.

Gospel

The New Testament

Vellum

Monastery

Manuscript

Using your own words, write a short paragraph that describes The Book of Kells. Aim to use each of the key words above in your sentences. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task 3: Celtic letter design Using line only, design two more Celtic inspired letters from the alphabet. Consider Celtic pattern, intertwining lines and decorative elements found in medieval designs.

Task 4: Key word and

definitions Learn these Key words and definitions

Calligraphy The art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.

Decorative The purpose of making something look more attractive or ornamental. Something that is highly decorated.

Test

Task 5: Celtic knots Copy one of these Celtic knot designs in to the space below.

Observational Drawing

An integral component of Art & Design. Drawing from first-hand observation, from life. The image is not taken from the artists’ imagination but from real life observation.

Ornate Elaborately or highly decorated.

Symmetry The quality of having exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

Composition The artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture. Illuminated letters

Colourful, illustrated letters that are decorated with gold or silver. In early manuscripts, they served as placeholders in the text and added interest to documents. Illuminated letters were traditionally created using real gold in the form of a fine powder.

Insular Art Relating to a form of artwork and/or Latin handwriting used in Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages.

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Extension challenge - add colour, pattern or tone to make your design more three-dimensional.

Task 6: Line Add linear decoration to this Celtic letter ‘V’ to create a more intricate design.

Task 7: Analysing an image Draw lines to label where you can see a key word represented in the design below. Celtic Knot

Mythical Creature

Symmetry

Calligraphy

Motif

Tone

• Describe the above design to explain how each of these key words have been

incorporated: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Say what you think makes this design effective… ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Give your own opinion about the above design. Always give reasons for your opinions. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 8: Tonal Values – Pencil Shading

Practise shading gradually with a pencil from dark to light to create a tonal bar.

Add tonal values to this letter ‘A’ motif like the examples shown to create a more three-dimensional design. Consider where areas overlap. Will these be darker or lighter?

Task 9: Key words and definitions

Learn these key words and definitions Test Task 10: Form Follow these steps to turn a letter in to a three-dimensional form. We say an object has form when it is no longer flat.

Illustration A drawing or picture that features in a book, newspaper etc.

Iconography The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.

Motif A decorative image or design, especially a repeated one that forms a pattern.

Geometry An area of mathematics relating to properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, and solids.

Observational Drawing

An integral component of Art & Design. Drawing from first-hand observation, from life. The image is not taken from the artists’ imagination but from real life observation.

Mythical Something that is characteristic of myths or folk tales. Something that is fictitious and imaginary.

Celtic Knot A variety of knots and stylised graphical representations of knots used for decoration. Celtic knots were extensively used in the Celtic style of Insular Art.

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See if you can develop your design further by adding more pattern and imagery like the second example. Using tonal values will help create the illusion of form (a three-dimensional surface). Task 11: The Formal Elements There are seven formal elements of Art & Design. Every piece of artwork is made up of a selection or all of the following formal elements. Read through and memorise the following formal elements.

Consider where you have used these elements in your own artwork this term.

Task 12: Heraldry Mind Map Task 12: Heraldry Mind Map

Line The path left by a moving point. For example, a pencil, a stick or a paintbrush dipped in paint.

Shape The area enclosed by a line. It could be just an outline or it could be shaded in. Shapes can be geometric, like a circle or triangle, or irregular

Colour Colour is created by light and is broken down into three properties: hue, value and intensity. The colour wheel is an important tool in Art & Design.

Pattern A design that is created by repeating lines, shapes, tones or colours. Patterns can be man-made, like the design printed/woven onto a fabric, or could be completely natural i.e. the markings on animal fur.

Form A three dimensional shape, such as a cube, sphere or cone. Sculpture and three-dimensional design are about creating form. In two-dimensional artwork tone and perspective can be used to create the illusion of form.

Tone Refers to how light or dark something is. This could be a shade or how dark or light a colour appears. Tones are created by the way light falls onto a 3D object. Light areas are highlights, whereas darker areas are shadows.

Texture Relates to the surface quality – the way something feels or looks like it feels. Actual texture can be created by changing the surface of a canvas, for example, whilst visual texture is created by using marks to represent a particular surface.

In Medieval times, heraldry was known as armoury. The name heraldry comes from the heralds, which were those officials responsible for proclamations at medieval tournaments i.e. knights jousting. It was the heralds’ job to keep track of all the coat of arms used by knights and identify which belonged to which knight. We have a coat of arms on our own school badge. Our coat of arms is a symbol of Turton School.

Designing your own personal coat of arms: In the space below, mind-map all of the hobbies/interests personal to you. You will use these in future to design your own personal coat of arms.

All about me…

Task 12: Heraldry Personal Coat of Arms Using your ideas from your mind-map on the previous page, design your own personal coat of arms.

• Draw your design out carefully on the coat of arms template provided. • Use the coat of arms ideas (left) to help you with your layout, using a ruler for any straight lines. • You may outline your drawing in black pen and add colour to your work. Carefully consider your presentation.

Task 13: Revision of key terminology

The following anagrams are key words that we have covered throughout The Book of Kells module. Can you unscramble the following words? The first letters of each word has been done for you and shaded in. 1) mealvdie m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2) didlem sage m _ _ _ _ _ a _ _ _

3) manoresty m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4) scmanriput m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5) ticcle tonk c _ _ _ _ _ k _ _ _

6) phyallcriga c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7) noitartsulli i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8) natedimulli i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9) roocul c _ _ _ _ _

10) givkin v _ _ _ _ _

11) tatnerp p _ _ _ _ _ _

12) rettuxe t _ _ _ _ _ _