Among various compositions of Islamic illumination, this practice- based course focuses on one of the most significant masterpieces of the Safavid style (a 16th-century illuminated Quran) as a basis to teach Islamic Illumination techniques and skills. The course aims to
instruct how simply to analyse, draw and paint this beautiful border from the Ruzbihan Quran. Participants will practice various steps of making an illumination work; from preparing the paper towards a completed work.
 
Students will learn lessons such as:
Drawing individual motifs in the given border including:
             Khataei motifs (Flowers and leaves)
             Islimi motifs (the motifs located in the internal lobed frames)
Preparing the paper; dying, sizing and burnishing procedures
How to calculate and construct the border structure
Tracing the patterns on our prepared papers
Gilding, mixing and applying colours
How to draw and add the needle-like motifs
Delicate outlining and shading the motifs
How to elaborate the narrow decorative borders (including the weaving
pattern) and complete the work