Decorated Borders:
White Vines
WITH MASTER PENMAN HARVEST CRITTENDEN
How this will work:
- This is a prerecorded class.
- You will have instant access upon registering.
- Includes closed captioning in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese (others by request).
- All handouts, links and recordings are found in the course portal.
- Includes ongoing access to the Student Artboard, our community forum.
What you'll learn:
White vine decorations are just as relevant today as they were 500 years ago. They started as decorative initials or borders in Illuminated manuscripts, and can be found as decorations and borders in the Zanerian Manual. Most often used in certificate work, they are equally at home in wedding invitations and poems and prose.
We will start with a simple design to understand their basic structure and work our way up to more intricate patterns. You will learn how to do free-standing designs and, as our final project, we will be creating a full border that you can use for a small certificate or as a frame for a picture.
We'll explore:
- Traditional patterns for white vines
- Charting a pattern on graph paper
- Weaving patterns into more intricate designs
- Painting techniques
- Shading techniques
- Brief exploration of applying white vines to initials
- Creating a rectangular or oval border (class project)
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Who is this for:
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Calligraphers interested in learning classic white vine decorations
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Artists exploring historical ornamentation and illuminated manuscript styles
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Students ready to move beyond letterforms into decorative borders
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Anyone creating certificates, invitations, or ornamental pieces
Self-paced. Full year access. All skill levels are welcome.
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LESSON MODULES
With 29 bite-size lessons guiding you through the process of designing, decorating, and painting illuminated borders, from historical references to refined, finished frames.
Module 1 (8 lessons)
- 1d Historic Examples
- 1e Zanerian Manual
- 1f Sample Structures
- 1g Designing Border I
- 1h Adding Decorative Elements
- 1i Painting the Background
- 1j Painting Background, Part II
- 1k Discussion with Harvest
Module 2 (4 lessons)
- 2a Designing Border II
- 2b Adding Decorative Elements
- 2c Finalizing the Outline
- 2d Painting Border II
Module 3 (8 lessons)
- 3a Planning Border III
- 3b Preparing Border III
- 3c Refining Border III
- 3d Adding Decorative Elements
- 3e Finalizing Outline
- 3f Corrective Paint
- 3g Painting Border III
- 3h Discussion with Harvest
Module 4 (9 lessons)
- 4a Creating a Frame
- 4b Designing a Frame
- 4c Adding Gold
- 4d Adding Shading
- 4e Using Shell Gold
- 4f Adding Depth
- 4g Adding Details
- 4h Designing an Initial
- 4i Discussion with Harvest
About Harvest:
IAMPETH Certified Master Penman Harvest Crittenden is the owner of Acorn Arts and Director of the Spencerian Saga. Highly esteemed in the international calligraphy community, Harvest has more than 30 years experience as a professional artist and instructor.
@masterpenman
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