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 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
Green collage created from my stash of green magazine clippings and fabric scraps for Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color. The assignment was to create a composition using only one color.
For this color wheel I chose colors from magazine clippings from the stash I’m collecting for future collages. I tried to select the pure colors achieved on color wheels mixed from primary colors and not toned down shades. I couldn’t resist including some that had images or texture in them to add interest and variety. … More Collage Color Wheel
I painted three grids yesterday using various amounts of colors from around the color wheel. I like all three, but find the center one most visually pleasing. This was from Jane Davies’ online class Unlocking the Secrets of Color.
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