I am taking Gayle Gerson's mixed media class. You can never spend to much time with other artists!! Gayle is an excellent teacher. You can see her amazing collage work here. The class is one morning a week for 5 weeks. I will be posting each week after the class!!
We were given a children's board book. We sanded all the surfaces to prepare them to accept paint. We covered all of the pages with black acrylic. We would make a page demonstrating each of the following elements of composition.
1. Line
2. Shape
3.Color
4. Value
5. Size/Placement
6. Texture
7. Movement/Direction
I thought the paper on the table turned out amazing!!
We were also given a great simple design formula.
good design is using alot of one thing
a little of another thing
and a tiny bit of something else
So far my little book only has the page for texture.
This is such a fun and easy excersize!! You could do it at home and explore these concepts or just have a great time making a collaged book!!!
These are the amazingly talented fingers of Vera Mulder!! She has dedicated so much of her life to her own art and to teaching others. You can see her work here.