Drawing 101

Lesson 8: Collage Creation.

In this last lesson we will create a collage from the artwork we have created along the way. Don't make the exercise into a chore. Have fun and see just how creative you can be!

Collage

Collage:

A work created by affixing various materials (paper, wood, newspaper, cloth) to a picture surface.

This is an opportunity to create a collage from the artwork we have created along the way.

Remembering all you have learnt about Gestalt.
Make selections from your visual journal.
Choose the drawings you like the best and that seem to make up a general theme.
Place them on a large sheet of paper and play with the arrangement.
You can cut or tear the drawings or use them just as they are.
If you would like to create depth in your arrangement you can overlap the images placing the larger ones to the front of the picture plane and the smaller ones back into the distance.
Or…at this stage you make like to distort and abstract.
Play with the images and see what you come up with.
By overlapping you will be able to position each element of the picture so that the images are arranged according to relevant size
By building the artwork up into layers you will be creating a much more sturdy and stable thick effect.
Once framed it will be very bold and intense or subtle if you have gone for the washed effect.
Don’t make this exercise too complicated.
Play with the images, glue them down and then come over to the discussion area.