Harmony In Blue

WHAT IS STUDIOWORKS CREATIVE ACADEMY?

Unlock your Creative potential with Collage…

I’m so very excited to invite you to a special COLLAGE CLASS for our entire community!

I truly believe that collage is imperative to learning more about composition, color, texture, design, and more. Not only does it develop your technical skills of creating harmonious, balanced pieces but it unlocks our intuitive nature and allows themes, symbols, and messages to arise in our work. It can serve as a playground for exploring imagery and juxtaposition but it can also stir our imagination, prompting new ideas, concepts, and styles.

The best part of collage is that EVERYONE can do it! No need for drawing or painting experience. Just grab your glue, some collage images, (I’ll be providing some for you) old magazines, vintage ephemera, and your scissors to begin this journey! I’ll be walking you through each step of this magical process.

Read on to learn more and I do hope you will join us!

xo, Ivy

INCLUDED WITH YOUR CLASS

DOWNLOADABLE COLLAGE KIT

To get you started with some beautiful collage elements to work with, I’ve created this gorgeous collage kit that is a curated collection of my (rather large) digital library of figures, faces, imagery, textures, vintage papers and more. 7 pages of goodness for you to play with and use over and over again! Just print these off at home or print them at your local office store or library. This collection includes the kinds of elements that I would use in my own collage work. A perfect balance of items that have the potential to create many unique collages that express your own story! Plus, they are all copyright free so no worries about how you use these collage sheets.

I print them out on regular printer paper, nothing fancy but you could explore printing them on tissue paper, rice paper or other papers you enjoy. You could also use them for doing image transfers.

• How to balance elements to create a strong composition

• Collaging in layers to create depth, atmosphere, and texture

• How to unify the collage so it reads as a cohesive piece not a patchwork of separate elements

• Creating a visual rhythm using color, mark-making and pattern

• How to add finishing touches with pastel, Panpastel, white gel pen, stencils, and gold paint.

• How to weave together a collage that tells a story and holds the attention of the viewer

• AND MORE…

• *Your provided collage sheets

• Other papers, old magazines and ephemera that you enjoy

• Your favorite glue - I use Golden Soft Gel Matte Medium

• Heavy watercolor or mixed media paper (150lbs/300 gsm) or a wood or canvas panel. You could alternatively work directly into your favorite art journal too.

• Scissors

• Clear Gesso

• Old credit card or scraper (to assist in laying papers flat)

• A brush suitable for gluing (I like to use a 1” flat brush)

• Hairdryer or heat gun to speed up drying

• OPTIONAL - pastels, PanPastels, gel pens, gold paint, acrylic paint, stencils or other mixed media tools you enjoy for collage.