STILL+LIFE+COLLAGE

"COLLAGE", FROM THE FRENCH WORD "COLLER" MEANING "TO GLUE" ASSIGNMENT Create 2 collages in which you will combine one or more of your shaded still life drawings onto a support which has been collaged with a background layer of various papers, including newspaper. Keep color to a minimum. Use diluted white tempera to unify the ground layer. You may add other drawings and/or tracings from your folder to achieve a balanced composition. Color may be added last to unify, add accents and/or to enhance focal point Collage (From the [|French]: coller, to glue, French pronunciation: [|[kɔ.laːʒ]]) is a technique of art production, primarily used in the [|visual arts], where the artwork is made from an [|assemblage] of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may sometimes include [|newspaper clippings], [|ribbons], bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, [|photographs] and other [|found objects], glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an [|art] form of novelty. The term collage derives from the French "coller" meaning "[|glue]".[|[1]] This term was coined by both [|Georges Braque]and [|Pablo Picasso] in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of [|modern art].[|[2]] (WIKIPEDIA.[|COLLAGE]) Some examples of early 20th century collages by Picasso, Braque, Schwitters:

[|MARK BRADFORD ART 21] ASSIGNMENT: Two Mixed Media Still Life Collages Go through your folder and choose two of your best shaded forms studies. Use each to form the focal point of two collages that you will construct Steps in constructing collage: On 9 x12 piece of tagboard, begin to glue down pieces of various pieces of torn or cut paper. Take care not to use too many contrasting colors. Use rubber cement for this step. Make sure to apply glue on both back of piece of paper as well as on the support paper where you will be gluing it. Paint over the entire ground with __**diluted white tempera paint.**__ **Dilute small amount of paint in lidded cup with water.** Save in container for next class. You may also use diluted black ink wash if your center of interest is dark or on black paper. Position your drawing (__the center of interest__) using rule of thirds. You may cut or tear the drawing. Add other elements-other drawings from your folder, drawings or tracings, pictures from newspaper. Take care to use smaller scale images (smaller than center of interest) or use pencil or thin pen so other elements do not conflict with main image but add interest -__balance and rhythm__- to the composition Make sure your composition is balanced. You may need to add some more accents - colors, small repeating element. Circles from hole punch or small cut or torn colored paper, spattering with ink or ink/water color wash Overlay translucent paper is also a choice. When complete, glaze the entire piece with gloss medium (alternative: diluted Elmers glue)