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EMBELLISH
YOUR IMAGE:
SELF PORTRAIT IN COLLAGE
What is a
self-portrait? Is it a portrait of you or someone else? Or is it a
facsimile?
Your portrait can be
serious or funny, introspective, outrageous and provocative. You get to
select the component parts that make up the image, and you get to
assemble the parts that make the final collage. That’s the fun of
collage!
The
workshop session includes dialogue and demonstration. What is a
portrait? What can it be? How
much mixed media collage can be incorporated?. The instructor will bring
sample works and books with reproductions of portraits in collage.
Workshop will include personalized instruction and critique. We suggest
participants bring a plan or sketch of the collage they want to create.
Workshop will include tips on color and design.
Plan
to include memorabilia that is significant to you.
Collages
can be embellished with purchased, found, and personal items: photos,
letters, envelopes, poems, pages from books, newspapers, magazines,
fabric, lace, maps, awards, ticket stubs, vintage postcards, game
pieces, cards, toys, ephemera, buttons, trinkets, jewelry, etc. Example:
a portrait of a trip can include photo images of people, airplane, care
or boat, and objects collaged to a map. A portrait of a child can
include photo images, announcements, letters, actual and photocopied
toys, baby clothes, etc.
Make
photocopies of your delicate and precious items and 3D objects that are
too large to use for collage on paper or canvas – reproduce them in
color and/or in black and white onto glossy, matte and tinted papers,
create multiples in various sizes.
BRING THE FOLLOWING
ITEMS TO THE WORKSHOP
Art supplies you typically use: papers, paints, pens, ink, pencils,
fabric, etc.
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Items to embellish your portrait: personal memorabilia (notes, letters,
photos, etc.).
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A 16x20 waxy disposable paper palette (pad).
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A smock or apron to protect clothing.
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Medium - heavy weight watercolor paper for the substrate (base) of the
collage. If you want your work on canvas, bring a primed canvas.
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Scissors or XActo knife
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Roll of paper towels
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