02 -Learn to Paint a Divine Dome in Persian Miniature style.

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Suggested Contribution

Quantity must be 1 or more

Available as a stand-alone workshop, otherwise, this session follows on from the Paradise Gardens class in the Introductory Series.

Your contribution towards this class will grant you access to a ZOOM RECORDING of the class Divine Domes.

Learn all about domes and practice using miniature techniques. Through a series of practical demonstrations, including layering and colour mixing, students will learn the methodology behind Persian Miniature painting.

By the end of the course, participants will have a basic, practical understanding of how domes are painted using traditional miniature techniques.

Suggested contributions of £5, £10, £15 or £20 allow me to to continue making these classes.

Questions? please email: info@yasminhayat.com

Equipment & materials used in this class recording:

For Beginners:

Cowrie Shell burnisher: linked one here,
Handover brushes series 33 (or any other good quality, Kolinsky sable watercolour brush) in sizes 00, 1, 2 and 6/8.
00 Brush linked here
Size 1 Brush linked here
Size 2 Brush linked here
Size 8 Brush linked here
A ceramic palette with large wells (linked here) or an old ceramic porcelain/china dinner plate
2B, HB and H pencil (0.3 if using mechanical)
Tracing paper (A4 or 27 × 11.69 inches) linked here
Ruling pen (optional) linked here
Masking tape, linked here.
Compass or geometry kit. For UK, please click here, For US, please click here
Ruler, linked here
Eraser / mono-eraser, linked here
300gsm hot pressed water colour paper, in A4 or A3, Linked here.
A4 (8.27 x 11.69 inches) or larger drawing board or hardback book. (A drafting table can be used.)
Templates (received in email closer to the course date)
Kitchen towel or old dish cloth
Gouache in the following recommended colours:
– Indigo (Beginners indigo, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Ultramarine. (Beginners Ultramarine, click here . For recommended - click here)
– Cadmium or Lemon yellow (Beginners Lemon yellow, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Yellow Ochre, click here
– Alizarin Crimson, click here.
– Vermillion or Cadmium Red. (Beginners Vermillion, click here . For recommended - click here)
– Titanium or Zinc white. (For titanium click here . For zinc - click here)
– Black (lamp black or ivory black) click here
– Burnt umber or Red ochre or Sepia, click here
– Oxide of Chromium* (click here)
- Watercolour set* (Generic, Ideally tubes. Linked here)

For more experienced students:

For paper burnishing, I'd recommend this burnisher or for larger paper, this burnisher.
For gold work, or burnishing small details, I'd recommend this burnisher
Readymade, or hand-made gold

For a small pan, click here
For medium, click here
For large, click here

Who is this course for?
All levels of experience and ability welcome.

Is there any preparation?
All participants will receive an email prior to the workshop if preparation is required.

What should I wear?
Wear comfortable clothing that you do not mind getting slightly messy. Avoid wearing: Baggy clothing (especially sleeves) and Loose jewellery.

What about natural pigments?
Due to the long preparation, difficult accessibility and toxicity of some natural pigments, we will be using easily attainable, ready-made alternatives for this workshop. Traditional miniatures are compelled using paints derived from minerals, earths and insects. You will be able to achieve a similar result and finish using the recommended colours in the materials list.

F.A.Q.
What is the name of the poem mentioned during class?
The poem is known as Haft Paykar, or Bahramnameh and is a romantic epic by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi written in 1197.