Ever since I was able to use scissors I was cutting up magazines, books, newspapers, anything I could find to make collages. Still to this day I am drawn to collage and the endless possibilities it gives for creating fun, spontaneous, & innovative designs & art. And anymore I cannot seem to stop at just cutting and pasting, I am in love with layers, and once I put down a layer of collage I love to add layers of paint, crayon, & more collage to alter the images even more. In this class I am offering a chance for you to spend an entire day with me, being an Art DJ, cutting, tearing, piecing, and mixing collage, then giving it a whole new life with paint, drawing, crayons, & embellishments. Once we have a collection of pages we will then tie them together to create a sweet little collage sampler. C'mon, we'll have fun, fun, fun, 'til someone takes our scissors away!
Supply List:
- Ten 6" x 8" sheets of 300lb hot press watercolor paper (you are more than welcome to change the size if you wish to work larger or smaller)
- Soft Gel Matte Medium (this is what i use for glue, if you have a favorite glue and want to use it...please d0)
- Golden Heavy Body Titanium White Paint
- A nice selection of your favorite acrylic paint (small tubes are perfect)
- Artist Crayons (must be water soluble) I highly recommend Neocolor II by Caran D' Ache
- Pages from old text or poetry books/music script
- A few Magazines with great images for collage
- A bundle of Collage material, from books, magazines, catalogs, ephemera... images you are drawn to.
- Scissors
- Brushes ( here is a cheap set i use: www.dickblick.com/products/blick-scholastic-wonder-white-filbert)
- Medium Sand Paper
- 3 or so of your favorite design stamps (rubber or foam)
- Hole Punch
- Ribbon, buttons, embellishments you wish to add to your finished book
- Black Aquarella Stabilo Marks All Pencil (www.dickblick.com/products/stabilo-colored-marking-pencils)
- A container for water
- A few Rags or paper towels
