This beautiful frontispiece from an Iranian 16th century Quran. The Qur'an commences with a lavish gold-ground medallion decorated with flowers including the title of the manuscript. The following double page contains elegantly illuminated frontispieces for the first sura, "Surat al-Fatihah" (illustrated on p. 103 in this volume) and the beginning of the second "Surat al-Baqara." They are executed in blue, gold, and other colours.

Learning this detailed page will help you understand the basics of a frontispiece and the art of Islamic illumination. We will study this gorgeous page with all the elements that are within it from the borders. Please note calligraphy will not be covered in this course.

The fee is for all four sessions, recordings and pdfs. All sessions will be recorded and you will get access to all sessions for a whole year via this website.

Dates: Dates: 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st May 2022.
Time: Tuesday evenings, 5:30-7:30pm GMT
Price: £120

The materials you need:

• Pencil, ruler, eraser, sharpener and compass.

• A3 paper to draw and A3 paper suitable for painting preferably Hot Press.

• Tracing paper.

• Watercolour or gouache paints that are: black, white, chrome green, red, cobalt blue. You can purchase these colours from Bristle and Brush. Once you practice with these paints, I would suggest redoing it with natural pigments including lapis and malachite.

• Genuine gold 23.5ct, you can buy that from Cornellisons or Wrights of Lymm or gold lustre. I recommend practicing with the gold lustre if it is your first time painting.

• Brushes: Size 0, double 0 (2/0) and 4 zeros (4/0).

Note: This course is suitable for beginners.

I will email you a week before the course starts.