This project can be developed as a painting project or a digital Illustration project

'French Culture’ book cover design

Brief:

'An agency plans to design a book cover to launch a range of popular French travel books, with a different abstract motif. Design a book cover and make reference to the work of artists such as Matisse, Derain or Dufy and designers such as Frane Lessac and Miroslav Sasek when developing your work'.

Week 1: Do some research on French culture and produce drawings (use the resources folder in the Art Department) make a mind map to get students thinking about the project.

Google French culture drawings to copy images.

Week 2: Research the artists Matisse, Derain, Dufy on the question and select your favourite artists painting and use the 10 question analysis.

Questions to answer when writing about artworks.

1. What things do you see in the work of art?

2. Look carefully at the work of art in front of you. What colours do you see in it? Are they all similar or different to each other?

3. What do you think is going on in this work of art? Is there a story or event going on?

4. Does anything you have noticed in this work of art so far remind you of something in your own life, something you’ve seen or experienced?

5. Is this work of art true to life? How real has the artist made things look? Give a reason for your answer.

6. What ideas and emotions do you think this work of art expresses? Is it calm / noisy, happy / sad, soothing / disturbing, relaxing / jarring.

7. Do you have a sense of how the artist might have felt when he or she made this work of art? Does it make you feel one way or another?

8. What would you have called this work of art if you had made it yourself? Does the title of the work, if there is one, make sense to you?

9. Think back on your previous observations. What have you discovered from looking at this work of art? Have you learned anything about yourself or others?

10. Do you like this work of art? Why or why not? Has your reaction to the work changed? Do you like it more or less than you did in the beginning of your investigation? Why?

Week 3: Google travel book cover illustrators and print out some designs and if you have not got access to a printer draw your favourite book cover design. look at the text and image layout

Research designers Frane Lessac http://www.franelessac.com/ and .Miroslav Sasek link: https://www.sasekfoundation.eu/en/mesto/katalog and copy your favourite design.

Use link for PowerPoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LUsVHx0QRLiSAThEKFdgBZtkewAlm9_W/view?usp=sharing

Week 4 and 5: Produce your own design ideas (sketch 3 rough ideas) using your research drawings and the influence from the designers you have investigated. Choose 1 of your 3 ideas to produce your own travel book cover design.