Special run for Zumbro River Fiber Arts Guild!
What makes a design compelling, engaging, and interesting? What is it about certain designs or pieces of art that stick with you or leave you wanting more? You may be surprised to know that it’s often the story interwoven into the images that captures our hearts and imaginations. But how can you work stories into images? In this module (Laura’s personal favorite wheelhouse), we’ll deep dive into exactly that, taking your designing skills to a whole new dimension. You already know Laura loves to tell stories, now get an insider’s view into the many ways narrative can be woven in imagery.
Course Outline
Session 1: Meet and greet. Mastering Your Story. What is the story you are telling in your design, who is the protagonist, and why is it important to tell this story at this time? How might drawing upon shared symbols or common narratives (as well as pushing against them) change how viewers perceive your piece? Images can have layered meanings, so let’s dive in!
Session 2: Progress report. Drawing the Viewer Into Your World. Tips, tricks, and examples for making a piece feel alive, such as capturing movement, breaking the 4th wall, and encouraging the viewer to imagine deeply.
Session 3: Progress report. Engaging an Active Viewer. How do you want the viewer to be changed/made aware/or feel in response to your piece? Ways to use humor, participation, or an insider’s view to create designs that are compelling and engaging.
Suggested Materials:
- Journal or sketchbook for drawing/collage/notes/capturing ideas and inspiration.
- Implements for cutting, such as a scissors or craft knife. You will be collecting images, so have a way to snip them out.
- Devices for adhering, such as double-stick tape, staples, or glue. You’ll want to save what you are collecting, adding it your design journal.
- Tools for adding color, such as colored pencils, markers, art pens, watercolor, paints, etc. Color is a powerful element of design, so don’t limit yourself just to the black pen.
- Pieces from your stash, including drawings, photos, yarn, swatches, magazine clippings, greeting cards, etc. You’ve already kept these things because they spoke to you, so now it’s time to mine them.
This Zoom class meets on Thursday evenings 6-8p Central, Oct 29, Nov 5 and 12.
The written instructions will come as a PDF link for digital download on your email receipt, so remember to save!
Our sessions will be recorded and made available for 3 months after our final session to registrants of the class.
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