THE TRUE SIGN OF AN AMATEUR ARTIST

 I read someone online who critiques artwork say the true sign of an amateur is one who jumps around from subject to subject (or maybe from medium to medium) so I’m am amateur.  And I never said I wasn’t so I’m okay with still learning and keeping things spicey…

Signed up for a collage workshop (Collage Makers Summit) through the artist (Drew Steinbrecher)  who hosted the printmaking workshop last year.  I have all these printed papers so why not learn how to use them well?

Here’s Drew’s bonus lesson (prior to the class starting Monday).

Collage a sheet of paper (I used a heavy piece of mineral paper - like Yupo but not as slick).

Then turn that collage over and cut the paper into pieces - same sizes or different, doesn’t matter.

Then see what you have and work with those, either adding more collage work, rice paper, etc., or acrylic markers, etc., to embellish the smaller collages and make them more interesting.

I liked the outcomes on all of them, but Sweetie says the lower right one looks better with the blue on top and I think he’s right.  Another thing about this is that you can turn in however you want and see what looks best to you.