Not every student work is a keepsake, but it’s a hard drop to have your perfectly imperfect artworks become garbage. Instead of piling up or going to a landfill, some artists have the very clever idea to re-use their work in collages. They get all of the enjoyment and benefit of creative play, doubled. I use collage in my beginning and intermediate painting classes to develop composition skills. It’s a great medium for concentrating on shapes and colors. And who knows? The piece you make could be your next masterpiece.
Integrated Collage Design Workshop March 3/10
OMG! Guess what?!? We have a collage workshop coming up in 2 weeks! Let those colors feed your creativity once again. Bring your drawings and paintings to the workshop and see what they do next.
Artists need to be able to give and receive feedback on their work, but “critique” is usually synonymous with criticism, and “I like it” doesn’t offer much help to a painter who …
I used to think drawing was something I had to learn so that I could to get to painting. Lately I’ve grown to enjoy drawing for its own expressive abilities. …
Dallas Contemporary’s digital exhibition EVERYTHING HURTS opened yesterday, June 16, 2020. In response to the recent murder of George Floyd, Dallas-based artist Jammie Holmes, with the support of Library Street …
What to do with your old paintings
Not every student work is a keepsake, but it’s a hard drop to have your perfectly imperfect artworks become garbage. Instead of piling up or going to a landfill, some artists have the very clever idea to re-use their work in collages. They get all of the enjoyment and benefit of creative play, doubled. I use collage in my beginning and intermediate painting classes to develop composition skills. It’s a great medium for concentrating on shapes and colors. And who knows? The piece you make could be your next masterpiece.
Integrated Collage Design Workshop March 3/10
OMG! Guess what?!? We have a collage workshop coming up in 2 weeks! Let those colors feed your creativity once again. Bring your drawings and paintings to the workshop and see what they do next.
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