Medieval Stained Glass Window

1. Medieval Stained Glass Window • For this project you will be creating a landscape utilizing a medieval stained glass style. • Requirements: • Must haves: • Landscape artwork with a border! • Foreground, middle-ground & background • Stained glass “look” • Shards: Organic and/or geometric shapes • Black outlines around shards • Compositional tools to create a successful artwork: • Balance in: • Color variety & contrast • Shape variety & contrast • Movement & Emphasis from different grounds and the focal point. • Use color theory to create emphasis and contrast between elements in your landscape. • Mediums must be watercolor & sharpie marker only • Steps: • Collect photo references. • Create 5 different thumbnail layouts from your references • Create a full page sketch – with a border! • Break up the landscape elements into 3 different possible shard solutions • Plan color in 3 different possible color solutions • Re-draw your best solution on watercolor paper – lightly in pencil • Add water color using your best color plan solution • Create black leading with a sharpie – ruler for straight lines!! This assignment is more open ended than anything we have done so far. Please make sure you are diligent during your planning and research stages to ensure your success! You will be responsible for using the techniques and practices shown in class – pay attention!