Creative Collage Techniques

by Leland, Nita

• ISBN13: 9781581800982
• ISBN10: 1581800983
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

This liberating guide will teach artists how to begin, design and apply collage techniques in exciting new ways. It features fascinating work from 50 leading collage artists who explain their techniques in easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations. Seven different sections encourage artists to stretch the relationships between color, texture, shape and paper. Following 100 innovative demonstrations, artists will achieve amazing results from mixing collage with other mediums, including watercolor, acrylics, unique papers and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART ONE: ABOUT COLLAGE
Introduction	1	(3)
A Treasure Hunt for Collage Materials	4	(2)
Making Rubbings for Collage	6	(1)
The Origins of Collage	7	(8)
A Matisse Collage of Your Own	11	(4)
PART TWO: COLLAGE PROCESS
Getting Started	15	(6)
Creating a Magazine Theme Collage	16	(2)
Creating a Found Papers Collage	18	(1)
Working With Printed Words	19	(2)
Getting Serious About Collage	21	(8)
Encasing Papers in Medium	27	(1)
Creating a Transfer Film	28	(1)
Landscapes and Portraits	29	(8)
Using Newspapers in a Landscape Collage	31	(1)
Creating Form With Magazine Clippings	32	(1)
Making a Portrait Collage	33	(4)
Combining Basic Collage Processes	34	(3)
PART THREE: COLLAGE DESIGN
Design and Color	37	(10)
Making Design Charts	42	(3)
Monochromatic Collage	45	(1)
Weaving Colored Papers	46	(1)
Using Ready-Made Papers	47	(6)
Rice Paper Collage	49	(2)
Creating a Torn Paper Organic Design	51	(1)
Making a Collage Mosaic	52	(1)
Designing Collage Abstractions	53	(8)
Geometric Abstraction With Cut Paper	55	(1)
Organic Abstraction With Cut Paper	56	(1)
Combining Cut and Torn Papers	57	(4)
Designing With Ready-Made Papers	58	(3)
PART FOUR: MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
More Techniques and Materials	61	(8)
Paper Collage With Colored Pencil	63	(1)
Autobiographical Collage	64	(1)
Using Photographs in Collage	65	(2)
Using Antique Photos	67	(2)
Watercolors With Collage	69	(6)
Watercolor With Collage	70	(2)
Watercolor on Rice Paper Collage	72	(2)
Rice Paper Overlay	74	(1)
Acrylic Paints With Collage	75	(10)
Acrylic Applique	77	(1)
Textural Effects in Acrylic	78	(2)
Creating a Monotype	80	(5)
Collage With Mixed Media	82	(3)
PART FIVE: MAKING COLLAGE SUPPORTS
Texturing Supports	85	(6)
Creating Distressed Paper Supports	87	(1)
Texturing Supports With Mediums	88	(1)
Creating a Layered Support	89	(2)
More Textured Supports	91	(8)
Making Sand-Textured Supports	92	(1)
Using Wood Shavings or Chips	93	(2)
Applying Fibers to a Textured Support	95	(4)
Working With Textured Supports	96	(3)
PART SIX: MAKING COLLAGE PAPERS
Customized Collage Papers	99	(9)
Making Brayer Papers With Gesso	100	(1)
Painting Your Brayer Papers	101	(1)
Making Crystalline Paper	102	(2)
Creating a Crystalline Free-Form	104	(2)
Encasing Materials in Rice Paper	106	(2)
Marbled and Handmade Papers	108	(13)
Marbling Papers for Collage	110	(3)
Embossing Paper for Collage	113	(2)
Making Cast Paper for Collage	115	(1)
Making Handmade Paper for Collage	116	(5)
Using Customized Papers in Collage	118	(3)
PART SEVEN: THE FINISHING TOUCHES
So What Else Is New?	121	(8)
Creating an Environmental Collage	122	(2)
Other Possibilities With Collage	124	(5)
Conclusion	129	(1)
Appendix	130	(2)
Selected Bibliography	132	(1)
Index	133