Syllabus for Intermediate Diploma in Fine Arts

This is the Syllabus for the Intermediate Diploma in Fine Arts for school students of age 11+ to 17+, covering the CBSE as well as ICSE (and ISC) courses in both Classroom & Online mode. It follows the NEP 2020 guidelines and one can also use this syllabus for preparation for Art Colleges, Design Colleges, Fashion Technology and Multimedia Courses.

Syllabus

Practical:

Use of Medium: It is to be noted that Anthelion School of Art being an open school for all ages and levels of expertise, students are free to start with any medium. But we would advise to follow the following order of mediums for the detailed syllabus mentioned below. Mentor’s guidance in this matter is the best choice.

• Black & White – Pencil, Charcoal, White Pastel (Conte)
• Colour Study – Dry Medium – Oil Pastel, Soft Pastel, Pen & Ink, Pencil Applications
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Water Colour – General, Tempera, Wash, Gouache, Mixed Media
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Oil, Acrylic

Module 1:

General Compositions:

• Compositional exercises are based on studies of objects and groups in space, on studies of the local scene.
• Compositional analysis of paintings; exercises in the use of colour and textural values.
• Painting of manmade objects and nature – study of colour, form, tone, and texture.
• Understanding the method, materials & mediums of fine arts.
• Terminologies: Drawing, Painting, Sketching, Foreshortening, perspective, eyelevel, fixed point of view, vanishing point, ration proportion, sketching, proportion sketching, drawing, light & shade, painting still life, landscape, anatomy, vertical, horizontal, two & three dimensional, transparent & opaque etc.
• Compose a Painting with Manmade object and Natural object.
• Composition study based on our daily life.
• Creating an Indian Artform (religious epic, mythology, traditional festival, folk-art or celebration) based painting which will depict the mood of joy or sorrow.

Module 2:

Study from manmade objects and nature:

• Drawing from cubes, cones, cylindrical objects, cast, drapery, still life
• Transparent Nature (Capsicum, Tomato, Grapes etc.) and opaque objects
• Soft & Hard objects
• Heavy & Light objects
• Stones
• Peeled fruits (Banana, Orange, Sweet lime, Pomegranate etc.)
• Various Textures (Bitter guard, Pineapple, Stone etc.)
• Vegetable Like (Radish, Spring Onion etc.)

Still Life and Painting:

• Food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells
• Man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes)
• Botanical illustration

Landscape Study from nature: (Medium: Pastel/Water colour/Oil/Acrylic colour)

• Sketches of animals and birds with actions.
• Sketches of nature
• Sketches of different types of vehicles.
• Sketches of Architectural structures.
• Sketches of human figure (capture different postures movement & various emotions.

Module 3:

Nature and Object Study (Observation Based) –

• Part 1: Study of two or three natural and geometric forms in pencil with light and shade from a fixed point of Natural forms like plants, vegetables, fruits and flowers, etc., are to be used. Geometrical forms of objects like cubes, cones, prisms, cylinders and spheres should be used.
• Part 2: Studies on the basis of exercises done in class XI with two or three objects and two draperies (in different colours) for background and Exercises in pencil with light and shade and in full colour from a fixed point of view

Painting Composition (Imagination based) –

• Simple exercises of basic drawing and colouring of human figures organized in attractive visual compositions. Sketches from life and Imaginative painting based on subjects from Life and Nature in water and poster colours with colour values.

Module 4: Portfolio Development: (16 Artworks)

• At least 6 best paintings of two years from sketch to finished product.
• 6 selected nature and object study exercises in any media done during the sessions
• 2 selected works of painting- composition done by the candidate during the year
• 1 selected work based on any Indian Folk Art,
• 1 individual work of student’s own style

Theory:

Part 1 – History of Indian Art

1. Pre-Historic rock paintings and art of Indus / Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus valley Civilization) Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art
2. Temple Sculptures, Bronzes and Artistic aspects of Indo-Islamic architecture

Part 2

1. The Rajasthani School of Miniature Painting
2. Pahari School of Miniature Painting
3. The Mughal School of Miniature Painting
4. Deccan Schools of Miniature Painting
5. The Bengal School of Painting
6. The Modern Trends in Indian Art Paintings, Graphic Prints, Sculptures
7. Indian National Flag

Details:

Pre-Historic Rock-Paintings

• Introduction: Period and Location – Study and appreciation of following pre-historic paintings: Wizard’s Dance, Bhimbethaka Extension: In about 1500 Harappa &Mohenjo-daro (Now in Pakistan) Ropar, Lothal, Rangpur, Alamgirpur, Kali Bangan, Banawali and Dholavira (in India).

Study and appreciation of following: Sculptures in Bronze and Terra cottas: Introduction to Method of Bronze casting –

• Dancing girl (Mohenjo-daro) Bronze, 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm. Circa 2500 B.C. (Collection: National Museum, New Delhi).
• Male Torso (Harappa)Red limestone, 2 x 5.8 x 3 cms. Circa 2500 B.C. (Collection: National Museum, New Delhi)
• Mother Goddess (Mohenjo-daro) terracotta, 22 x 8 x 5 c Circa 2500 C. (Collection: National Museum, New Delhi)

Study and appreciation of following Seal:

• Bull (Mohenjo-daro) Stone (Steatite), 2.5 x 5 x 1.4 cm. Circa 2500 B.C. (Collection: National Museum, New Delhi).
• Decoration on earthenware: Painted earthen-ware (Jar) Mohenjo- daro (Collection: National Museum, New Delhi).

Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art (3rd century B.C. to 8th century A.D.)

1. General Introduction and understanding of Art during
   • Mauryan Period: Mirror like polish (eg. Chauri Bearer from Didar Ganj/Yakshi called Monalisa of India, Iron Pillar of Qutab Minar that has never rusted).
   • Shunga-Kushana Period: evolution and mutation of Gandhara, Mathura
   • Gupta Period: Amalgamation of Gandhara, Mathura into Gupta Style
2. Study and appreciation of following
   1. Lion Capital from Sarnath
      • Circa: 3rd Century BCE
      • Period: Mauryan
      • Material: Polished sandstone, Collection: Sarnath Museum, U.P.
   2. Chauri Bearer from Didar Ganj (Yakshi)
      • Circa 3rd Century BCE
      • Period: Mauryan
      • Material: Polished sandstone, Collection: Patna Museum, Bihar.
   3. Seated Buddha from Katra Mound, Mathura
      • Circa 3^rd Century C.E.
      • Period: Kushan (Mathura Style)
      • Material: Red-spotted Sandstone, Collection: Govt. Museum, Mathura
   4. Jain Tirathankara
      • Circa: 5th Century
      • Period: Gupta period:5^th Century CE
      • Material: Stone Collection: State Museum, Lucknow U.P.

3. Introduction to Ajanta Location

• • Period: 5^th Century CE No of caves:30
  • Chaitya Caves: 5(9,10,19,26,29) subject matter- Buddha meditating Vihara Caves: 25 subject matter- Bodhisattva
  • Padmapani Techniques: Rock cut Architecture, sculpture, fresco painting

Temple Sculpture, Bronzes and artistic aspects of Indo- Islamic Architecture

Artistic aspects of Indian Temple sculpture Period: 6th Century CE to 13th Century CE

Introduction to Temple Sculpture: Overview of temple sculpture practices in India, with a focus on key periods, regions, and stylistic developments between the 6th and 13th centuries CE. Study and Appreciation of Notable Temple Sculptures:

1. Descent of Ganga
   • Period: Circa 7th Century CE
   • Dynasty: Pallava
   • Material: Granite Rock
   • Location: Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
2. Trimurti
   • Period: Circa 9th Century CE
   • Material: Stone
   • Location: Elephanta, Maharashtra
3. Lakshmi Narayana (Kandariya Mahadev Temple)
   • Period: Circa 10th Century CE
   • Dynasty: Chandela
   • Material: Stone
   • Location: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
4. Cymbal Player (Konark Sun Temple)
   • Period: Circa 13th Century CE
   • Dynasty: Ganga Dynasty
   • Material: Stone
   • Location: Odisha
5. Mother and Child (Vimal-Shah Temple, Dilwara)
   • Period: Circa 13th Century CE
   • Dynasty: Solanki Dynasty
   • Material: White Marble
   • Location: Mount Abu, Rajasthan

Bronzes:

• • Introduction to Indian Bronzes.
  • Method of casting (solid and hollow)
  • Study and appreciation of following South Indian Bronze:
  • Nataraj
  • Period: Circa 12th Century CE
  • Dynasty: Chola
  • Location: Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu
  • Collection: National Museum, New Delhi

Artistic aspects of the Indo-Islamic architecture:

• • Introduction
  • Study and appreciation of following architecture:
  • Qutub Minar, Delhi
  • Gol Gumbad of Bijapur

Miniature Paintings (16th Century A.D. to 19th Century A.D.)

A brief introduction to Indian Miniature Schools: Western- Indian, Pala, Rajasthani and Pahari, Mughal and Deccan, Central India.

Appreciation of art works from your syllabus from the following schools

• The Rajasthani School
• The Pahari School
• The Mughal School
• The Deccan School

based on their – Origin and Development, Sub-Schools, Main features, Characteristics, Aesthetic parameters, Competency based identification of style & technique, Understanding of emotions and moral values, Respect for life.

The Rajasthani School:

 The Pahari School:

 The Mughal School:

 The Deccan School:

 The Bengal School of Painting and the Modern trends in Indian Art: (About the beginning to mid of the 20th Century), contribution of Indian artists towards freedom movement, Revival of Indian Art, Indian National Flag Appreciation of art works from your syllabus based on their:

• Origin and Development
• Main features
• Characteristics
• Aesthetic parameters
• Symbolic representation in
• Competency based identification of style & technique
• Understanding of emotions and moral values
• Respect for

The Study of the Following Artworks:

The Bengal School –

• The Journey’s End – Abanindranath Tagore
• Shiv and Sati – Nandalal Bose
• Radhika – M.A.R. Chughtai
• Meghdoot – Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya

The Modern Trends in Indian Art: Appreciation of the following contemporary (Modern) Indian Art

• Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean – Raja Ravi Varma
• Mother and child – Jamini Roy
• Haldi Grinders – Amrita Sher Gill
• Mother Teresa – M.F. Hussain

Graphic Prints:

• Children – Somnath Hore
• Devi – Jyoti Bhatt
• Of Walls – Anupam Sud
• Man, Woman and Tree – Laxma Goud

Sculpture:

• Triumph of Labour
• Santhal Family
• Cries Un – heard
• Ganesha

 A National Flag of India: The Symbolic significance of its forms and the colours. Contribution of Indian artists in the struggle for National Freedom Movement.

SYLLABUS GUIDELINE – JUNIOR DIPLOMA IN FINE ARTS

NOTE: We don’t strictly follow it. This is our guideline. It completely depends on the student if he/she would like to go by the syllabus guideline or would like to choose and move forward. Mentor’s guidance will be helpful. But finally it is student’s decision and choice.

GRAMMAR & TECHNIQUES:

Use of Medium: It is to be noted that Anthelion School of Art being an open school for all ages and levels of expertise, students are free to start with any medium. But we would advice to follow the following order of mediums for the detailed syllabus mentioned below. Mentor’s guidance in this matter is the best choice.

• Black & White – Pencil, Charcoal, White Pastel (Conte)
• Colour Study – Dry Medium – Oil Pastel, Soft Pastel, Pen & Ink, Pencil Applications
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Water Colour – General, Tempera, Wash, Gouache, Mixed Media
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Oil, Acrylic

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SYLLABUS:

Recognizing, Drawing, Coloring of –

• Basic Shapes & Related Everyday Objects –
  • • Circle – Clock, Sun, Chapatti, Plates & dishes etc.
    • Sphere – Planets, Balls, Fruits & Vegetables etc.
    • Hemisphere – Fruits etc.
    • Square – Cushions, Kites, Boxes etc.
    • Rectangle – Envelopes, Cards, Trunks etc.
    • Triangle – Stars, Christmas Triangle etc.
    • Cone – Ice-cream Cones & Birthday Caps etc.
    • Complex Shapes – Flower Vas, Human Body Parts etc.
• Understanding & Application of Mediums & Colors – Pencil, Color Pencil, Oil Pastel, Water Color etc.

Making simple to complex Compositions of (Also Nurturing & Practicing) –

• Animals & Plants
• Home Items
• Play & Playground Items
• Classroom Items
• Seasons
• Festivals
• Transports
• Military Equipment
• Maps, Countries, India
• India – My Country – Mythology; Tales; History
• My City – Famous Building, Monuments, Landmark, Culture, History, Sports
• The World – Seven Wonders, Famous Buildings, Famous Events
• Landscapes – Mountains, Deserts, Beach, Forests, Cities, Villages
• Professions & Occupations
• Comics, Cartoons, Caricature & illustrations.

Eventually on completion of 3 years in this program and giving the exam for “Junior Diploma in Fine Arts“, students can smoothly get into senior Adult Program following the Senior Syllabus.

Materials that might be needed at different times –

Painting & Drawing – Drawing Copies, Sheets, Canvas Boards, Pencil Set, Eraser, Sharpener, Color Pencil Set, Glass Marking Pencil Set, Charcoal Pencil Set, Drawing Pens, Oil Pastels, Crayons, Calligraphy Pens, Water Colors, Acrylic Colours, Fabric Colours, Brushes, palettes etc

Now for Classroom Program for kids – Check Classroom Courses (for all ages) – The class format, pricing and timings are all same for juniors and seniors and they sit together but follow respective syllabus.

For Online Program for kids – Check – Junior Diploma in Fine Arts – Separate Online Program for Kids.

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SYLLABUS GUIDELINE

NOTE: We don’t strictly follow it. This is our guideline. It completely depends on the student if he/she would like to go by the syllabus guideline or would like to choose and move forward. Mentor’s guidance will be helpful. But finally it is student’s decision and choice.

GRAMMAR & TECHNIQUES:

Use of Medium: It is to be noted that Anthelion School of Art being an open school for all ages and levels of expertise, students are free to start with any medium. But we would advice to follow the following order of mediums for the detailed syllabus mentioned below. Mentor’s guidance in this matter is the best choice.

• Black & White – Pencil, Charcoal, White Pastel (Conte)
• Colour Study – Dry Medium – Oil Pastel, Soft Pastel, Pen & Ink, Pencil Applications
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Water Colour – General, Tempera, Wash, Gouache, Mixed Media
• Colour Study – Wet Medium – Oil, Acrylic

Module 1:

General Compositions (Part 1):

• Compositional exercises based on studies of objects and groups in space, on studies of the local scene.
• Compositional analysis of paintings; exercises in the use of colour and textural values.
• Painting of man-made objects and nature – study of colour, form, tone, and texture.
• Understanding the materials & mediums of fine arts.
• Terminologies: Drawing, Painting, Sketching, Foreshortening, perspective, eyelevel, fixed point of view, vanishing point, ration proportion, sketching, proportion sketching, drawing, light & shade, painting still life, landscape, anatomy, vertical, horizontal, two & three dimensional, transparent & opaque etc.
• Compose a Painting with Manmade object and Natural object.
• Composition study based on our daily life.
• Creating an Indian Artform (religious epic, mythology, traditional festival, folk-art or celebration) based painting which will depict the mood of joy or sorrow.
• Composition based on any western art form which will depict the mood of joy or sorrow.

Module 2:

Study from man-made objects and nature:

• Drawing from cubes, cones, cylindrical objects, cast, drapery, still life
• Transparent Nature, (Capsicum, Tomato, Grapes etc. Soft & Hard Man- Made & Nature
• Transparent Nature & opaque man made.
• Heavy & Light Man Made & Nature
• Opaque Nature (Brinjal, Apple etc.)
• Peeled fruits (Banana, Orange, Sweet lime, Pomegranate etc.)
• Various Textures (Bitter guard, Pine apple, Stone etc.)
• Vegetable Like (Radish, Spring Onion etc.)

Still Life and Painting:

• Food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells
• Man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewellery, coins, pipes)
• Botanical illustration
• Dutch and Flemish painting

Landscape Study from nature:

• Medium: Pastel/Watercolor/Oil/Acrylic colour
• Sketches of animals and birds with actions.
• Sketches of nature
• Sketches of different types of vehicles.
• Sketches of Architectural structures.
• Sketches of human figure (capture different postures movement & various emotions.
• Outdoor (Sketching and landscape)
• Outdoor sketching at various public places (Ex.-Market, Street, bus stop) Station)
• Optional payed workshop (one in Kolkata whole day, One out of Kolkata two days one night).

Antique Study:

• Crumpling and Spritzing technique
• Staining
• Using Flame and Heat
• Burying Paper in the yard method

Module 3:

Anatomy – Human figure

• Anatomy study from skeleton
• Drawing from Skull (Various actions & expressions) bones & Muscles
• Drawing from torso (Various actions with hands (Twist)) bones & Muscles
• Drawing from Full Skeleton (Various actions) bones & Muscles

Head Study:

• Construction of the skull
• Planes and masses of the head
• Identifying and drawing Planes sessions.
• Render head and the features
• Adult head proportions
• Measuring Facial features and muscles

Drawing from full figure:

• Drawing from Full Figure (Sitting Position on chair)
• Drawing from Full Figure (Standing Position)
• Drawing from Full Figure (Sitting on Bench)
• Drawing from Full Figure (Reclining Position) – student should draw from different angles.
• Model Study (To be organized in Batches)

Drawing from Group (Various Subjective actions) bones & Muscles

• Painting 3/4^th and full figure
• Creative Painting
• Portrait painting or fresco painting

Module 4:

Elements of Art:

• Line
• Form
• Colour
• Tone
• Texture
• Space

General Composition (Part 2):

• Principles of Composition
• Proportion
• Rhythm
• Dominance
• Harmony
• Unity
• Balance
• Abstraction
• Stylization
• Point line form, colour, tone texture and space.

Perspective Drawings:

• Linear Perspective
• Three Point Perspective
• Figures in Perspective
• Perspective correction
• Aerial Perspective
• Perspective in a Nature.
• Water, reflections & perspective.
• Perspective techniques.
• Architectural Renderings.

Memory Drawing:

• How to Draw from Memory and Imagination.
• How to train visual memory
• Perceptual training and recall.

Module 5:

Methods & Materials of the following:

Oil Pastel

• Making Marks
• Sketching with Oil Pastels
• Blending
• Crumb Control
• Wet Effects
• Thinner Wash
• Tonal Layers
• Grass Texture
• Reflections and Shadows
• Add Details
• How to use Temperature Tricks
• Special Surfaces painting technique.

Dry Pastel

• How to use End of a Pastel
• How to use Edge of a Pastel
• Hatching and Cross-Hatching techniques
• Blending techniques
• Scumbling
• Feathering
• Dusting

Water colour techniques

• Dry and wet colour mixing
• Light to dark with finishing
• Using paper towel for painting
• Splatter techniques.
• Bleed Colours into one another
• Layering
• Pullin the colours
• Scumbling
• Lifting the colour
• Using salt for texture
• Using sponge
• Negative painting
• Using tapes

Oil Colour

• Colour Blocking techniques
• Study picture Transparency
• Using layers.
• Techniques to intensify the colours
• Contrasting colours
• Using White paint
• Charcoal lines using in oil paintings
• Brush stroke size learning
• Paint mixture techniques
• Foliage painting
• Pointillism techniques
• Creating Soft texture
• Monochrome painting
• Cool colours using
• Complementary colours using
• Human skin colour painting
• Landscape shadow

Acrylic colour

• Gesso technique using
• Glazing
• Blending
• Dry Bruch using
• Washing
• Stippling
• Splattering
• Dabbing
• Pallet Knife using
• How to add detailing
• Under painting Technique
• Glazing
• Layering
• Colour Blocking
• Partial mixing of Colours

Methods & Materials of the following:

• Tempera
• Wash
• Gouache
• Mural
• Installation
• Collage
• Etching
• Fresco
• Mosaic

Calligraphy:

• Basic discipline of beautiful handwriting, sense of letter form- simultaneous judgement of the composition of letter’s spacing organization
• Intuitive and logical planning of writing development of style.
• Script writing with different types of traditional and modern tools. Students should be exposed to calligraphic examples of various traditional scripts

THEORY – ART HISTORY & ART FORMS:

Module 6:

History of Indian Art:

• Rock art
• Indus Valley Civilization (c. 5000 BCE – c. 1500 BCE)
• Mauryan art (c. 340 BCE – c. 232 BCE)
• Buddhist art (c. 1 CE – c. 500 CE)
• Mughal art of Northern India (pre-1600) and its influences
• Deccan art of South-Central India
• British period (1841–1947)Gupta art (c. 320 CE – c. 550 CE)
• Middle Kingdoms and the Late Medieval period (c. 600 CE – c. 1300 CE)
• Dynasties of South India (c. 3rd century CE – c. 1300 CE)
• Contemporary art (c. 1900 CE-present)
• Early Modern and Colonial Era (c. 1400 CE – c. 1800 CE)
• Pre-independence Indian art
• Contextual Modernism

Material history of Indian art – Theoretical Understanding:

• Sculpture
• Wall painting
• Miniature painting
• Jewellery

History of Western art:

• Greek art Byzantine Art High renaissance:
• Leonardo-da-Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Neoclassicism: – Jacques-Louis David
• Romanticism: – Eugène Delacroix, Francisco Goya, El Greco,
• Realism: -Gustave Courbet, Honoré Daumier, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet. Barbizon Painters
• Impressionism: – Influence of Realistic Ideas, Change in landscape Paintings, and Importance of light theory, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet
• Post-impressionist Painters: -Gauguin, Van Gogh, Seurat, Cezanne.
• Fauvism: – Madisse, Balminck, Derain.
• Cubism: – Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger. Beginning of cubism and phases of Cubism.
• Expressionism: – (Characteristics and Artists- Kandinsky, klee, Die Bruacke – Krichmer, Nolde etc. Blau Reiter – Landinsky, Marc, Kakoschka etc)
• Futurism:-(Characteristics and Artists- Boccioni, Severini).
• Surrealism: – (Characteristics and Artists-, Ruadh DeLone, Salvador Dali etc.)
• Dadaism: – (Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitlers etc.)
• Abstract Expressionism: – (Characteristics and Artists Jackson Pollock, Apell, William De Keoning, Rothko, Franz Kilne).

 Module 7:

Understanding different styles in Indian art:

• Tribal art
• Folk art
• Classical art
• Temple art
• Modern art

Indian Art Forms & Styles:

• Warli
• Gond
• Bhil
• Pithora
• Patua (Scrols)
• Kalamkari
• Thanjavur or Tanjore
• Cheriyal Scrolls
• Miniature – Mughal & Rajasthani
• Pahari Miniature: Kangra, Guler, Basohli, Chamba, Mandi, Arki style
• Bengal – Patachitra, Kalighat
• Rajasthani – Phad, Maru-Gurjar, Bundi, Kishangargh, Roghan
• Bihar – Mithila, Madhubani, Majusha
• Mughal Portrait – reign of Akbar, Jahangir and Shahjahan

Western Art Forms & Styles:

• Academic Art
• Ancient Classical Art
• American Landscape
• Early Medieval art
• Romanesque
• Gothic
• Baroque
• Classicism – Classical
• Cubism
• Dutch Baroque
• Expressionism
• High Renaissance
• Byzantine
• Impressionism
• Mannerism
• Marine Art – Maritime
• Modern Art
• Naturalism
• Neoclassicism
• Orientalism
• Pointillism
• Portrait Painter
• Post Impressionism
• Pre-Raphaelite
• Realism
• Renaissance
• Rococo
• Romanticism
• Surrealism
• Victorian
• Symbolism, American Modernism, Bauhaus
• Abstract expressionism
• Pop art

 Module 8: Bengal Form of Art

STYLIZATION & SELF DISCOVERY:

Module 9: Discover / Invent your own style (-ism) through series.

Module 10: Theme, Form, Style Project Work.