The Stein’s Collect exhibit at the SF MOMA is gone, but not its influence. I saw the show this summer while taking Glenn Hirsch’s painting workshop at UC Berkeley extension. I was excited to see so many of the paintings that I have seen in books over the years. Looking at the SFMOMA website to … More Inspired by Alice’s Chair
As a follow-up to the warm landscape collage, I decided to try for a cool beach scene. A few weeks ago I went on the Coastal Trail hike in San Francisco from Land’s End to Mile Rocks Beach. As I turned the corner I saw that some previous beach walkers had created some cool rock … More Cool Beach Collage
One of the final color study assignments in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color was to create a warm landscape collage using our painted papers and the techniques we learned in class. I chose a few of my warm collage papers and some warm images that I liked. The dark plant on the white … More Warm Landscape Collage
Check out the great textured collage papers I created in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color!
Here’s another analogous collage, this time with blues and greens. My process was similar to the red ones I posted earlier today. Some painting, then some collaging, then some stepping back and adjusting. I used some of the painted papers I created in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color in the final stages.
Here are a couple more collages for the series of color studies I’m creating in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color. The first is a monochromatic collage using variety of reds plus white and a little black. I also mixed a dark, almost black color by adding a dark green to one of my … More Red Collages
This Yellow and Purple Collage is another example of complimentary colors for the series of color studies I’m creating in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color. They say a good composition will look just as good upside down. In the case of my latest color study – I’m still deciding if I like the … More Which end is up?
In this collage I use colors analogous colors (adjacent to each other on the color wheel) for my composition. I used a combination of techniques and media including mixed paint, magazine images, fabric, and stitching. This collage is another in my series of color studies that I am creating in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the … More Analogous Color Collage
This composition uses two complimentary colors (opposites on the color wheel) and is another in my series of color studies that I am creating in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color. I started with some magazine images in blue and orange. I found my original composition very busy with lots of visual images and … More Blue and Orange Collage
After the relative ease of making the green collage, this one seemed more difficult. I’m creating a series of color studies in Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color. For this one, I started by creating a background with magazine clippings with some yellow paint. After I added more clippings, I felt the composition was … More Yellow Collage
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