For the project of this course you are going to create two different interpretations of a rose window inspired design - a stained glass bar tracery variation and a carved plate tracery variation.

You will learn to:

Construct a circular underlying grid
Draw the window design
Thicken the lines in two different styles
Paint the windows in two different styles
Decorate the frames giving it a 3D appearance
Add finishing touches to tidy up imperfections

Materials needed:

Class notes
Watercolour paper
Ruler
Pencil
Eraser
Drawing compass (ideally with a pen attachment)
Waterproof fineliner
Permanent marker
Paints and brushes or colouring pens/pencils
Medical spirit/rubbing alcohol
Metallic pen

Please share your window creations in the Project section and don’t hesitate to ask any questions on the Discussion board. I hope you love your artwork!

Jennifer Cottrell

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