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Create a Playful Collage Animal: An Exploration in Mixed Media

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Create a Playful Collage Animal: An Exploration in Mixed Media

Introduction

Materials (this part is so fun)

Sketching Shapes

Mindless Watercolor

The BEST Acrylic Paint (you're welcome)

Magazines - What to Look For

Measuring Your Cuts

Building Up Your Layers

Fun Details to Add

Now do this!

What You Will Learn?

  • Get ready to break outside of your creative rut! Creating collage art is all the rave right now and I'm going to walk you through how you can make a fun mix media piece featuring an animal of your choice. We're going to jump into a LOT of fun techniques, media, shapes and texture, including but not limited to....
  • This class should prompt you, more than anything, to work with what you have. Search through your storage for old craft supplies like glitter, ribbon, wrapping paper, old magazines, etc. Grab the newspaper from your recycling bin. Borrow your kid's paint, or even better, have them play along! Use crayons, pencils, found nature items, and more to form overlapping shapes to create your very own playful animal out of collage. .
  • This project will form organically as you dive into the process of creating. It's less about the final product and more about embracing imperfections during the process as you enjoy the textures of different media and allowing your imagination to open up a bit more. .
  • Be sure to upload your class project so we can all see the animal you chose and the fun result that your process rendered!.