By the end of this class you’ll have your own framed art mockup to display your creations.

You’ll start by collecting an empty art frame and some other materials, locating the brightest space in your home and styling your own personalized vignette.
You’ll shop your home and hone your personal style.
Applying the principles of visual and narrative design we review in this course, you’ll experiment and design your vignette to convey a story which will inspire others to connect with your creation(s).
Depending which instructions you gravitate to, this story could be based on your style, your creative materials, your work, or on what inspires you. It could also evolve out of a creative experiment.
You’ll learn how to photograph the vignette with your chosen camera and edit this photo with your ideal editing software
You'll create a mockup file in which to superimpose your work, using your favourite design software. This could be Apple Procreate or Adobe Fresco, on the iPad, or Adobe Photoshop, on your computer.
You’ll save/backup your mockup file and post a jpeg of it to Instagram and your class project.

For your class project, you’ll be sharing:

A jpeg photo of your final mock-up image (i.e. the vignette photo with your art, photography or messaging added inside the frame)
A brief project description, which could include:
- Your vignette's story
- Your thought process behind the arrangement you chose
- Your discoveries or happy accidents made during this process, if any

Additional resources to help you out:

Free Mockup Photo
Connect With Erica On Instagram, Artfully Walls, Society6 & Her Website
Pinterest Decorate Like An Artist Board
Style Diagnostic Quiz By Emily Henderson - Skillshare Lesson 3
Art Photography Class By Sean Dalton - Skillshare Lesson 8
Photo Editing Enhancements Link
Analogue Art Scanning Class by Cat Coquillette - Skillshare Lessons 2-9 (Using Adobe Photoshop)
Analogue Art Scanning Lesson by Kendyll Hillegas (Using Free Software)
See attached files for the following handouts:
- Materials List
- Personal Style Notepad
- Art Of The Vignette Cheat Sheet
- Mockup Process Cheat Sheet (Tips For Any Software)

You’ll construct your vignette and mockup based on the following lessons. The initial lessons review loose guidelines and examples as inspiration for creating your vignette and the latter lessons contain concrete steps for making your mockup:

Gather Your Materials
Prime Your “Canvas”
A Note on Personal Style
The Art Of The Vignette
Vignette 1: A Layered Story
Vignette 2: A Studio Story
Vignette 3: An Art Story
Photograph Your Vignette
Edit Your Photograph
Choose Your Software
Mockup 1: Apple Procreate
Mockup 2: Adobe Fresco
Mockup 3: Adobe Photoshop

Andrea Lawrence

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