365 Days of Art & Week 14 of Collage

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 84

It’s been too long since I’ve created art; not sure why. I’ve had lot’s of inspiration but I think I’ve been surrounded by too much clutter. Tonight I cleared a space and produced another collage from the The Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman. In week 14 the challenge was to use stamps in our collage to create an additional layer of intrigue.

When I was a young girl my aunt had a personalized stamp made for me with my name. So it consists of my German first name Carola and my maiden name Winkler. I can’t believe that I saved it all these years. I used parts of envelopes and stamped labels and a bit of Washi tape to create my collage.

365 Days of Art – A Secret Message

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 64 and week 13 of the collage challenge

In week 13 Randel Plowman challenges us to create a collage with words and letters from magazines and newspapers to create a hidden message. Since I used entire words it shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out my message.

Have you figured it out?

365 Days of Art – Collage Challenge

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 62 and 63 and week 11 and 12

I’m a little behind with the collage challenge that Evelyn Flint started so I’ve done two weeks back to back. The first one was a numbers challenge. Randel Plowman who wrote The Collage Workbook instructed his readers to create a collage with numbers, either spelled out or in numeric form.

For Week 12 the theme is typography. This collage was created using letters and type from a variety of sources.

Week 13 should prove to be interesting. It’s called Secret Message. Stay tuned for more collages.

My Last March Square – March 31st

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Becky B for hosting this fun challenge

I’m combining my collage challenge (week 10) and 365 Days of Art (Day 62) with my last March square. This collage technique is called décollage and it involves layering paper and then tearing away the top layer to reveal what’s underneath.

365 Days of Art – Squares and Rectangles

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….day 53 and week 9 of the collage challenge

I’m starting to get back into my art making groove. This is the squares and rectangles assignment from Randel Plowman’s book The Collage Workbook. Evelyn over at Evelyn Flint’s blog has challenged us to follow the weekly assignments as laid out in Plowman’s book.

My entry is titled Basquiat Meets the Ballet.

March Squares – Day 1

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becky for hosting March Squares

I’m combining today’s challenge with Evelyn’s Collage Challenge and my 365 days of art (day 52).

Week 8 of the Collage Challenge from the book The Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman is Reassemble. This week we were to take an image and cut it into squares of the same size. Then we were to reassemble the squares into a new collage. Unfortunately I didn’t take a photo of the original picture. It was an animated penguin.

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365 Days of Art – Strips

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….day 47 and week 7

I’m a little behind with my collage art so I’ve posted two assignments back to back. This week’s assignment was to take two different images and cut them into thin strips of equal size and alternate them to create a new image.

For my first one I had two different images of snakes and for the second one I used an image of a tulip and one of my art papers that had similar colours.

365 Days of Art – Image Pairings

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 46 and week six

I’ve returned to work on some more of the 50 creative exercises from Randel Plowman’s book The Collage Workbook. Evelyn Flint and her sister, Carolyn, have challenged themselves to work on one exercise each week and I’ve decided to join them in their challenge.

For week six we were instructed to take an image and cut it into two pieces and create two different collages. I found an image of a Joan Baez and Bob Dylan poster that I used for my two collages this week.

365 Days of Art – Colour Plunge

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 34 and challenge #5 from The Collage Workbook

This week (I’ve finally caught up) Randel Plowman asks us to choose a colour and make a monochromatic collage using various shade of that colour. I’ve made two. The first one is mostly reds and the second one contains a variety of pinks. I’ve already starting using my art papers that I made yesterday. Check out Evelyn Flint’s colour plunge. They’re amazing.

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365 Days of Art – Colour Charge

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….day 32

I’ve gone back to doing more collage. This is from the Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman. It is assignment #4 where you apply colour to a collage that is primarily black and white. In the first one I added some touches of red using red paper and a red photograph and in the second one I added blue using a highlighter and chalk pastels.

Thanks to Evelyn Flint for starting this weekly collage challenge and introducing me to Plowman’s book.

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