MONTHLY PAINT-IN Collage with Kim Rootes
Saturday, July 16, 9:30-3:30. Set-up 9:00 to 9:30
Coordinators: Margaret Bock and David Muegge
This workshop will offer collaging on paper with techniques with different slants on collaging. These collages can be exhibiting at WAS-H as they will contain paint on paper.
Students will:
- Prepare and paint papers
- Work with gluing down papers and found objects
- See how found objects can enhance a work either singly or grouped
- Discover tearing techniques along with other ways to use paper
- Explore the different kinds of paper to be used and how to use paint with them.
There will be individual instruction, demos and technique presentations, class discussion and history of collage. As well, there will be a few examples on display of completed collages. There will be opportunity to work on and finish several collages.
Supplies:
½ sheet watercolor paper to be divided in class
Matte medium & a flat dish to hold it plus several other flat dishes to mix in (I used washed styrofoam meat trays)
Several thick brushes and one finer one (and an old brush for gluing)
Paint in black, white, brown, red and a few of your favorite colors (watercolor or acrylic-acrylic can be the thicker layer -- no oils)
Stabilo crayons or colored pencils
Scissors, water can, paper towels
A large piece of cardboard or corrugated cardboard.
If you have Industrial 600 glue from Hobby Lobby, bring it if you are planning to glue heavy things.
For a selection of papers bring:
Newspaper in another language or English, lace, paper doily, sand paper, old maps, old fabric pieces, old letters or copies, screening, sacks with printing on them, string or ribbon, aluminum foil, old paperback books, old paintings to tear up, old palette sheets, a few sheets of white tissue paper, interesting found paper such as old wrapping paper or wallpaper, small cardboard box.
A selection of found objects:
Old wire, bottle caps, nails or washers (look in parking lots for rusted metal or plastic), old keys or broken jewelry, used stamps, shells - things with an interesting shape or color and some flat surface for gluing. Organic things such as leaves or flowers don’t hold up.
You don’t need all of these-just a selection so you can have choices when you collage. Contact me for more info: kimkabler@hotmail.com
