Impluse Collages

Learn how to follow your impulses to create dynamic, collage journal pages.  I will share my favorite layering and "stacking" techniques, how to build characters and integrate them and most importantly how to roll with the unexpected and problem solving.  Collage allows us a way to create rich visuals in short amounts of time.  We'll push the time boundaries by working closely with impulse and exploration.  We'll apply simple techniques and materials to create vivid heirloom journal pages!

Supply List

• A new or currently working in journal, (lay flat binding of some kind works best)
• a lil’ bit O white gessso
• Clear Acrylic Gel Medium or pod podge
• mixed sized brushes
• a rag
• 2 garbage bags
• scissors
• a pencil
• White tulip fabric paint.  Make sure the bottle has a fine point tip. 
• A pizza cutter the wooden handled ones with an open wheel work best.
• 1 black charcoal (*Get the pressed kind in square sticks)
• Black India or sumi ink
• A few acrylic paints and/ or Watercolors- current color favorites are fine 
• Uniball White Signo Pen (*I have them on my website)
• Black writing pens like Uniballs etc
• White Japanese Uniball Signo Pens.  (Jetpens.com)
• A few Copic Markers.  (I prefer pale and grey tones to accent collages but any colors are great)
  
  
• The following will help to enrich your experience.   This list is open to interpretation: If you have favorite new or old photos you love bring color copies of them in various sizes. You may also want to do this with favorite things like, birds, hands, hats, name tags, flowers, labels, animals, crowns etc. Bring any collage elements that have circular patterns, central focal points, or cool lines, textures or patterns. Maps, Chinese papers, old books- you get the drift. Simple stamps like alphabets, stars & circles- not the fancy kind. Remember not to go overboard.  Usually a standard office folder filled with favorite bits will be plenty to keep you inspired.