Curious Untamed Blooms in Collage

In this one-day workshop, we’ll spend a couple of hours painting a variety of papers using unconventional tools, then adding marks, lines, drips, and splatters to use for creating Curious Untamed Blooms on the substrate of our choice. After a break, we’ll spend the rest of the day digging through our colorful painted papers and personal collage papers to rip, cut, tear, and glue, going in and adding marks (and maybe a word or two).

Our finished collages will take on their own personalities and reflect our curiosity, playfulness, and a sense of experimentation, all the while pushing the limits of color, design, and composition.

Supply List
Note: All regular-priced supplies are available at 20% off from Art Department for this class. 

• Substrate of your choice for your flower collages. You could choose to use watercolor paper cut or torn to a favorite size, i.e., 6x6, 5x7, 8x8, etc. I would keep the size small and intimate, so you are able to complete several. Working in a series and working on the same size substrate reads nicely when several are completed. You could also choose to work on cradled wood panels in a similar size as listed above. Or you may choose to rip up a bunch of wonky, old, vintage books and use book covers as your substrate.
• A couple inexpensive brushes (i.e.,1 inch, and 2 inches)
• Acrylic paints in your favorite colors (can be tube paint or fluids)
• Palette paper or paper plates
• Golden Soft Gel Medium in semi-gloss (8 oz) - if you have matte medium or glossy medium, please use what you have (be sure you bring gel medium and not liquid gel medium)
• Mark making and texture making materials you might have on hand, i.e., Q-tips, bubble wrap in large and small sizes, corrugated cardboard . . .be creative with what you have in your kitchen or in your garage.
• Paper cutting scissors Paint spreader (can be a small squeegee, 2-inch color shaper, or an old credit card)
• Catalog or magazine to use for glue paper
• Wax paper Water container Paper towels or a rag A stack of your personal collage papers (anything you have on hand or papers you love)

Optional (Dayna will be bringing these things to share): 

• POSCA fine line black and white paint pens
• Brayer (soft or hard)
• 5-lb bag of rice 

Instructor provides:

• Deli, parchment, drawing, kraft, and tissue paper
• Assorted pencils and markers, i.e., China marker, Woody 3-in-1 wax crayons, Stabilo pencil in black, Marabu crayons, Bingo daubers
• Mark making and texture making materials you might have on hand, i.e., Q-tips, bubble wrap in large and small sizes, corrugated cardboard . . . . and whatever else I think of!
• Cutting mats
• X-acto knives
• Packet of curated papers