The best collage ideas DVD that I've ever run across is the one by mixed media artist Anne Bagby. The DVD is produced by Creative Catalyst Productions and available for sale at their website.
You're probably aware that the origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of the Cubists. Since then collage has been embraced by many artists as a fun and expressive artform.
Anne is a generous teacher. She fully explains her unique collage techniques, including how to create your own stamps, masks, stencils, and paper as you build a truly customized collage.
What I like best about this collage workshop is Anne's layering techniques, which create interesting and mysterious surfaces.
If like many artists, you find yourself being a little too careful or fussy with your artwork, you'll be inspired by Anne Bagby's fast and loose approach.
If you've done any collage in the past you know that collage materials can include such diverse materialsas wrapping paper, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects.
In Anne Bagby's case, the sky's the limit when it comes to collage materials. She particularly likes making use of large-scale stencils in her work. She says she would use store-bought stencils if she could just source ones that are interesting enough, but she finds the ones available in stores too boring. Anne makes all her own collage materials, including her own stencils and stamps. In the DVD she shows how to transfer antique designs to hand-carved stamps and cut contact paper masks to guide custom stencils.
Another thing you'll enjoy about this collage DVD is how Anne combines stamped and painted patterns to create the wafer-thin paper she uses throughout the workshop. Anne uses an experimental process, working simultaneously on five figures.
It's a freeing technique: working on multiple paintings allows her to takes risks with the weakest. She thus uses the freedom of collage to find creative solutions.
I think you'll be totally inspired by the collage ideas presented in this excellent DVD.
You're probably aware that the origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of the Cubists. Since then collage has been embraced by many artists as a fun and expressive artform.
Anne is a generous teacher. She fully explains her unique collage techniques, including how to create your own stamps, masks, stencils, and paper as you build a truly customized collage.
What I like best about this collage workshop is Anne's layering techniques, which create interesting and mysterious surfaces.
If like many artists, you find yourself being a little too careful or fussy with your artwork, you'll be inspired by Anne Bagby's fast and loose approach.
If you've done any collage in the past you know that collage materials can include such diverse materialsas wrapping paper, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects.
In Anne Bagby's case, the sky's the limit when it comes to collage materials. She particularly likes making use of large-scale stencils in her work. She says she would use store-bought stencils if she could just source ones that are interesting enough, but she finds the ones available in stores too boring. Anne makes all her own collage materials, including her own stencils and stamps. In the DVD she shows how to transfer antique designs to hand-carved stamps and cut contact paper masks to guide custom stencils.
Another thing you'll enjoy about this collage DVD is how Anne combines stamped and painted patterns to create the wafer-thin paper she uses throughout the workshop. Anne uses an experimental process, working simultaneously on five figures.
It's a freeing technique: working on multiple paintings allows her to takes risks with the weakest. She thus uses the freedom of collage to find creative solutions.
I think you'll be totally inspired by the collage ideas presented in this excellent DVD.
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