Please note - NO ARTISTIC SKILL REQUIRED!
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
Get an introduction to the theory and technique of completing archaeological illustrations from the comfort of your own home. Using household items as substitutes for real artefacts, learn the basic skills necessary to produce archaeological illustrations of pottery and small finds. Then you'll be ready to illustrate real artefacts when the opportunity arises - such as the following day at Portsmouth!
For those that can make it, on Sunday 17th March come to the NAS offices at Fort Cumberland for an optional day of putting your new illustration skills into practice - on real artefacts!
On this online course, participants will gain an understanding of the difference between a drawing and archaeological illustration. Using household items as substitutes, participants will learn how to set up an artefact for an archaeological drawing and then how to draw it. Online lectures will be combined with set illustration tasks to provide an interactive and practical online experience. Under expert online guidance, participants will produce an illustration of an item of pottery and a small find made of wood, metal or leather.
By completing this course using household items, participants will get an introduction to the illustration skills that can then be applied to real archaeological artefacts when it is possible to access them.
Please note - NO ARTISTIC SKILL REQUIRED!
WHO'S THE TUTOR
The expert tutor will be Mark Hoyle BA(hon);P.G.C.E.;MAAIS; MIfA a field archaeologist and archaeological illustrator with 29 years experience. He is currently a full member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists - Graphics Archaeology Group (CIfA). Mark has a background in teaching and has run many successful archaeological illustration courses for the general public and specialist groups and this is the third course he has run for NAS! See some of his work at
http://www.markhoyle.com/
WHO'S IT FOR?
This course is for anyone interested in this traditional method of recording artefacts that is still relevant today. Divers, beachcombers, and avocational archaeologists will find this course interesting as it will teach them that through the detailed observations required for an archaeological illustration, more information can be gleaned from an artefact that might not be observed during rapid photographic recording techniques. People wishing to include the still-essential line illustrations of artefacts in publications will find this course useful as they will learn how to create these figures themselves.
NAS members will earn 5 credits per day towards their Certificate or Award.
WHAT YOU NEED TO JOIN THE ONLINE COURSE
A computer or tablet (phone screens are a bit small to look at for the whole day) with a good internet connection is essential. A built-in or external webcam and microphone are optional. A week before the course you will receive an invitation to the online course session which will be run through zoom.
If you are concerned about your computer set up, please contact the organiser at
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EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THE COURSE
Blank A4 paper - although gridded paper is better
Pencils - any will do but technical or HB pencils are best
Ruler - a straight one with mm accuracy
Rotring Pens - recommendation is for Rotring 1904812 Tikky Graphic Fineliner set of 3 pens (0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm)
Profile gauge - recommendation is for a metal profile gauge
Contact
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COSTS
NAS members £40
Student £30
Non-NAS members £80 (although as NAS membership starts at £12, you're better off becoming a member and getting the discount rate immediately!)
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