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Many people say "I can't draw a straight line" - this is a great starting point, because there are very few in nature (except the horizon). Have you tried the freedom of collage? Watch Rebecca Maloney collage a landscape, from a few lightly pencilled guide marks, using coloured paper from magazines. And yes, she makes it …
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Lori Reed shows collage works and techniques
Collaborating on the same collage 2 artists: Rick and Brenda Beerhorst. Musings on failure and big city.
If you've ever tried making collage but it disappointed you - looked jumbled, clumsy and like a 4 year old efforts - then this brief video shows you the beginning steps to more polished work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5PVeuRadAQ Creative Takeaways Collage is a great way to free up creativity when you're feeling stuck - it brings in …
If you know anyone who loves Matisse's cutouts but says "I'm scared to make art" or "I dread old age", show them this video. Eunice Parsons is a vibrant, working collagist in her 90s. She works with huge pieces of paper, ripping them and rearranging them carefully into new, eye-popping pictures. (Note: she made this …
Responding to yesterday's creative prompt - finally - this humorous doodle/collage: Hope you had fun with the creative prompt too!
This simple exercise again begins with pasted paper base layer - in this case, patterned scrapbook paper - then builds layers of paint over it. Einat Kessler is the tutor. Like Bob Blast, it is very simple and all the materials are cheaply and easily purchasable in a craft or art store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBL53kTVlDU This collage …
Robert Burridge (Bob Blast) makes energetic, simple you-can-do-this collage exercises. Try this one, demonstrated in under 7 minutes. It's splashy, instinctive fun and results in a simple abstract. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZReCleCAMSg Materials used: black and white photocopies, a canvas or board surface, gel medium (used as 'acrylic' glue), generous wide brush, a favourite colour of acrylic paint, …
I like the way this guy approaches what he does - takes a photo then collages pieces of magazine to recreate the photo: large. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL0cEnZa7dc Giles Davies began doing collage after a career working as a graphic artist and in publishing - he made some pictures for a small group exhibition and found that they …
Just met Jill's work this morning, and I'm a fan. Jill Ricci’s one of a kind collages immediately stand out with their unique and playful shapes & figures. - http://www.artisticmoods.com "I am exploring the place between “high art” and popular culture, text and image, figuration and abstraction, past and present, and two and three-dimensional space." …
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