The Best Day Ever!

The Best Day Ever!Preserved Visually on a Hand Scroll

Kim McHenry& Kim Nettleingham

Thanks to Kim Nettleingham

Start with some History…

Cave 285 at Mogao, Gansu Province, Early 6th centuryNarrative scenes from Jatakas: “Five Hundred Robbers” &

“Tale of the Hungry Tigress”

Historical Influences

South Wall, Scene of the Five Hundred RobbersCave 285, Mogao

Historical Influences

Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress (Lady Feng) to the Court Ladies

Painted Silk Handscroll by Gu Kaizhi, 4th century, Jin Dynasty

Historical Influences

Luoshenfu (Lymphs on the Luo River)Painter: Gu Kaizhi, Eastern Jin Dynasty, 344-406 CE

Figures in a landscape setting

Add a little science…

And a little Social Studies…

What do we have in American culture that relates to Chinese Hand Scrolls?

Modern Day Narratives

Comics

Graphic Novels

Scribes vs. Illustrators

Chinese and other ancient cultures used scribes. What is a scribe and what do they do?

Do you have a favorite book from your childhood? Who is the illustrator? Do you have a favorite illustrator?

Talking about Art History…

Verbally identify at least 2 similarities of and 2 differences between ancient Chinese scrolls and scribes and present day children’s books and illustrators

Chops

Make some ART!!!

Step 1 - Sketch

Step 2 – Trace on Fabric

Step 3 – Stretch, Resist & Dye

Step 4 – Readjust & Complete

Step 5 – Heat Set Fabric

Step 6 – Rinse & Dry

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

Student Examples

ReferencesAnno’s journey illustration and book cover [Image]. (1981). Retrieved from

http://chawedrosin.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/annos-journey/Calvin and Hobbes [Image]. (1985). Retrieved from

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/calvin-and-hobbes/images/1395521/title/calvin-hobbes-dancing-photo

Good dog Carl illustration and book cover [Image]. (1996). Retrieved from http://jillsbooks.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/a-list-of-five-licking-lapping-wagging-books-about-dogs/good-dog-carl-illustration-day/

Graphic novel futuristic illustration [Image]. (2009). Retrieved from http://boiteaoutils.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-just-found-this-video-one-below-which.html

[Photographs of Cave 285 at Mogoa, South Wall, painted silk hand scrolls]. (n.d.). Maggie Duncan-Flowers PowerPoint images, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Silk worm butterflies [Image]. (2011). Retrieved from http://butterfliesandscience.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/silkworms-and-samurai-how-butterflies-shaped-science-in-japan/

ReferencesSilk worm cocoons in hands [Image]. (2008). Retrieved from

http://optics.org/article/35471Silk worm cocoons on racks [Image]. (2006). Retrieved from

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/new-silk-production-technique-does-not-require-killing-worms.html

Silkworm caterpillars [Image]. (2011). Retrieved from http://unravelled.scootiepuff.org/

Silk worm life cycle [Image]. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.zanzibartrading.com/lifecycleofsilkworm.htm

The polar express book cover [Image]. (1985). Retrieved from http://www.kidsource.com/books/polar.express.html

Ward, L. (1930). Woodcut for graphic novel [Image]. Retrieved from http://picocool.com/art/lynd-wards-iconic-woodcut-graphic-novels/

Contact Info

Kim McHenrykamchen@ilstu.edu