VIRTUAL DROP-IN: COLLAGE PORTRAIT
Wednesdays | September 15 | 1-2pm PT
All ages and skill levels
This workshop will explore an impressionistic approach to portraiture through mixed media collage. Based on Jean Michel Basquiat’s expressive work, participants will explore how lines, color, symbols, and words can express emotion and represent different parts of one’s identity. By incorporating sketching techniques, drawing, and text, participants will create a mixed media collage.
Collage Portrait is a part of the three-session series that explores different approaches to creating a self-portrait, from abstract to expressionistic, and ends with an introduction of the head and face proportions as a basis for a realistic drawing. Participants may choose to attend one or any number of sessions.
Image of Self Series Outline:
September 8 – Abstract Self Portrait | Map Your Identity
September 15 – Portrait Collage | Express Yourself
September 22 – Self-Portrait Drawing | What’s in Your Face
Supplies:
- sketch paper
- white eraser
- thick background paper for collage
- sketch utensils - pencil and sharpie
- collage materials – colored paper, magazines, old books, calendars, patterned paper, etc.
- adhesive - glue or glue stick
- a variety of drawing tools for adding color to your work, e.g. colored pencils, markers, crayons, pastels
Instructor’s Note: Participants are invited to create their own paper to be incorporated into their collage by adding washes of watercolor, markers, or pastels onto white paper ahead of the class. Instead of working on white blank paper, try using old book pages as a background.
Virtual Drop-In: This program is a part of Virtual Drop-in Series. | By registering once, participants may attend all weekly session.
Teaching Artist: Tessie Barrera-Scharaga
Registration: Free | RSVP is Essential