Add small squares of fabric, attach with matte medium, and top with assorted fabric shapes....
Cover with a gesso wash. Remove the shapes from the surface, and see how they masked the gesso from the original fabric.
Cut into 4 smaller squares, add quarter circles of assorted papers and fabrics.....
These collages are all on gessoed canvas. or denim....sometimes scraps stitched together first.
Tracing my raven drawing......then choose from the gessoed watercolor paper backgrounds I made last week.
Apply the tissue raven to the background, add more collage with magazine paper, get a little tired of tearing magazine "feathers". I cut a wing out of batik fabric and used black and green acrylics to paint the raven....drying now. We'll see how this evolves! [shadow of my arm in the photo....I kind of like that!]
Another collage in progress on cloth background....hence the wrinkles...
We gessoed watercolor paper and canvas (which had been stitched together). Then we played with acrylic paints to make backgrounds.
I like all mine, but this little indigo has a Japanese feel, wabi sabi. I really like it!
Jane also showed us how to design and cut stencils from freezer paper which will be used later as the collage elements build.
I'll be back to show how these collages develope as the class progresses!
