runtime: 100 mins join jane davies as she shares her favorite texture making techniques and materials. dvd preview you'll learn over a dozen ways to make beautiful paper that will be uniquely your own. She shows you how a simple knowledge of design and color can help you expand your collection of collage papers with design enhancing papers. In this workshop you see jane's high energy approach to glazing, textures, spritzing amp blotting, painting, spattering, non traditional uses of the brayer, mono printing, uses of the gel plate, resists, alcohol, sumi e ink, altered paper, staining and layering. scribble collage with hand painted papers well, this is a dvd, not a book.

In this workshop you see jane’s high energy approach to glazing, textures, spritzing amp blotting, painting, spattering, non traditional uses of the brayer, mono printing, uses of the gel plate, resists, alcohol, sumi e ink, altered paper, staining and layering. Jane davies shows you how to use this art form to enrich your creative expression. In lessons that inspire creativity, jane demonstrates a variety of techniques using paper, fabric, embellishments such as beads, feathers, and ribbons, fusible and nonfusible fibers, and even foamcore. Books, bags, mini quilts, personal shrines, and paper dolls are just some of the projects inside and of course jane emphasizes ways to incorporate photos and other personal memorabilia and details into your art.

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Whether you are a beginner and want to start with techniques like scribble painting or basic collage, or an expert collage artist eager to learn new uses for familiar materials, this is the book to guide your creative explorations in collage and mixed media. buy from amazon. collage journeys: a practical guide to creating personal artwork collage can be more, much more, than just cutting and pasting. Collage journeys presents a series of innovative workshop assignments, each designed to relate the technique and format of a collage to its subject. Gathering materials, generating ideas, painting with paper, working in layers, using text, keeping a visual journal project by project, new collage skills are explored.

For anyone who has ever wanted to take collage to the next level adding meaning, subtext, and style collage journeys offers the journey of a lifetime. buy from amazon. As beautiful to look at as it is practical, davies colorful book takes a fine artists approach to a craft by using hand decorated papers to fashion cut paper collage projects. Separate chapters on papers, paints, and brushes lead off, followed by an excellent section on color theory. The instruction on making patterned papers is, all by itself, worth the price of the book. Crafters will learn how to create gorgeous designs using sgraffito, drip transfer, stamping, masking, stippling, and more.

The projects, ranging from gift tags and boxes to lampshades and earrings, are each presented with a separate materials list and abbreviated directions, clarified by a few sharp, full color photos. These clever ideas buttressed by excellent background material will supply both artists and crafters with plenty of inspiration to go forward with projects of their own. buy from amazon. The development of paint your own ceramics studios, at which ready made bisqueware and studio time for decorating it are sold, has made pottery decoration accessible to a wider public than ever before. Ceramics artist jane davies demonstrates how to decorate the surface of ready made bisqueware and tiles using commercially produced decorating colors known as underglazes and other materials to create beautifully colored pieces. Practical step by step demonstrations of a variety of application methods including brushing, shading, sponging, masking, sgrafitto, spattering, stamping, stenciling, marbling, majolica, and underglaze pencils provide inspiration for decorating tiles, plates, cups, bowls, lamps, vases, and decorative platters. Davies also explores the creative possibilities of colored glazes, as well as decorating pieces after firing with acrylic paint and paper collage. buy from amazon.

these animal, still life, portrait collages are made from torn magazine papers, found papers and hand painted papers, glued onto a support of canvas or hardboard and varnished. Click on the image for more information about the painting. i have an artbyte, an affordable collage tutorial on the daily paintworks site that explains some of the techniques i used in these torn paper paintings. I appreciate reviews after purchase. my life: yeah! 20x20x1.5 torn paper collage on a gallery wrapped canvas is a recent 2015 commission. pinterest is an image bonanza for me. Im almost always inspired by what i see even though typical pinterest images are not about art most images are about fashion, babies, craft and food. I always look for artsy images, and i’ve noticed, the more time i spend at pinterest, the more art images seem to appear in email links. Pinterest flower i found this image at pinterest and designed a collage project for my fall 2014 class at the pelham art center. I created a sample collage with a similar image to explore how difficult it would be to make.

Notice the flowers are decorative, abstract and include patterned papers in lively colors. Notice its organized in a vertical format with tall stems and flower tops in circles. It looks like an easy project that would appeal to everyone, no matter what their skill level. I brought my sample to class – along with a copy of the printed pinterest image. The green papers for the flower stems and leaves are probably thin tissue or wrapping paper. I experimented with both tissue paper, gift wrap, plus medium weight hand painted papers.