Color As An Antidote to Anxiety Making Simple Color Collages: Collage Class with Alexandra Sheldon

Описание: Color As An Antidote to Anxiety Making Simple Color Collages: Collage Class with Alexandra Sheldon
Mar 10, 2022

Featuring Artist Fiona Kennedy. Make simple collages in beautiful color combinations. We will paint paper and do some color mixing but have on hand any painted papers, magazine solids or any colored papers kicking around.

As always, I intend for my classes to be active art-making sessions for you with a smattering of different techniques. It is my belief that if we can make something with our hands then life is easier and less anxiety provoking. Above all else I want my classes to be invigorating yet relaxing, contemporary yet unpretentious and wide open to total beginners as well as experienced artists needing a jumpstart.

Here is my general list of materials to have on hand (of course you can improvise with what you have):

Any type of paint pens
Any transparent papers like vellum
Water based paints like acrylics, gouaches or watercolors (I like Turner Acryla Gouaches, Holbein Acryla Gouaches, and Golden acrylic colors - a variety of colors is good to have.)
Assortment of brushes (flat nylon Aquarelle brushes available from Blick are great for painting paper.)
Plastic scraper or old credit card for collaging stuff flat
Papers found in a recycle bin like envelopes, paper bags, receipts, cereal boxes, cardboard
Pens, pastels, sharpies, colored pencils, water soluble pastels, charcoal, pencils, paint pens or ball point pens
Ruler, sponge, water, paper plates, newspaper, magazines, trace paper, sketch paper, newsprint, any type of Bristol paper or mixed media sketchbook paper
Card stock in white or cream from Staples. It is a cheaper alternative to Bristol paper. Get the 11” x 8” 110 pound. This is a good substrate for collages.
Scotch Low tack artist tape or any type of painter's tape
Mixed media sketchbook, any size
Glue sticks or acrylic matte medium (I prefer Utrecht matte medium, available online from Blick Art)
These are great colors to have on hand (but don't forget that you can always improvise in my class and could even use a box of watercolors):

Pretty essential:
Black
White (I use a titanium white)
Burnt Umber
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Either Cadmium Yellow Light or a Lemon Yellow (one is a rich yellow tone and the other is much lighter)
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue
Cerulean or Bright Blue
Hookers Green
Quinacridone Magenta or any Magenta
Payne’s Gray
Second List:
Phthalo Blue (also called Windsor Green if made by Windsor & Newton)
Phthalo Green (“ These two colors make mixing tropical greens and blues much easier. They are super strong rich colors)
Prussian Blue (super gorgeous)
Quinacridone Crimson or any Crimson
Raw Sienna
Sap Green
Cadmium Green
Cadmium Orange