I wasn't quite ready to give up the turquoise I was using in June so I paired it with 2 new colors. It was only a matter of time before I got some of my security envelopes in here 😆 - so many lovely gray patterns to choose from. Week 1 Week 2 Mixing gray patterns for this week's background. Week 3 A super hot day. Checked on the garden in the morning, put fresh water in the bird bath and then was perfectly happy to stay inside with the AC and make collages. Week 4 Indecision because of too many paper choices on my table slowing me down, so what did I do? Painted more coffee filters and stamped more circles on deli paper, of course! Week 5 Glad I had 5 Mondays to play with these colors. The coral color has become a new favorite. Finished 5 panel concertina So many gray, turquoise, and coral paper scraps left over from July's concertina sketchbook. As usual, a few more small collages were created before I clean up my table and prepare for August's concertina.
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For June's concertina I got to try out a new material that I received as a gift, piano roll paper. I love the color and smoothness of the paper but it's quite fragile from age and all the punched out lines. I liked having the negative space of the lines and dots to play with. In some areas, I let the white of the paper below show, in others I placed paper underneath to show through, and also used the cut-out lines as slots to weave through. Going for a beachy color scheme, I used additional tans, a variety of painted turquoise papers and coordinating embroidery thread. Week 1 Week 2 - adding sheet music to enhance the piano roll paper. Week 3 Week 4 - always love working with cheesecloth. The finished 4 panels These colors took me back to a time when I saw turquoise ocean water for the first time. It was a very long time ago on a trip to New Zealand. Such wonderful memories and something I will never forget - the water or the trip. Before putting away the box of papers I've been pulling from all month I made several more collages in my regular sketchbook. I think I could keep going and fill an entire sketchbook with these colors but July's colors are waiting in the wings. New Sketchbook Collage colors for the month of May. Week 1 - Felt like I was doing a little paper mending with this stitch today which reminds me I have a pair of jeans that could use a little mending 🧵🪡 Week 2 - I was a bit sad when I left the spring greens and yellows I was using for my April concertina sketchbook but . . . The peach and orange are so bright and cheery that they are making me just as happy 🧡 Week 3 - Spent some time trying to duplicate one of the background papers. I used it in the first and second panels this month and then somehow misplaced what I had left. It's the paper with the embedded cut threads. Might have worked a little better if I had used shorter thinner threads but it will have to do for now. Week 4 Week 5 - Do you ever look at the lint you peel off the dryer filter?
Collages using up the scraps left from May's concertina sketchbook. I'm celebrating World Collage Day Saturday, May 13th, 2023 with a FREE mini Surprise Collage Class *** (scroll down for the link to watch the recording of this class on my YouTube channel) *** World Collage Day, initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, is an annual international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Artists and art venues are invited to hold events on that day to celebrate the art of collage. World collage day is about artists connecting across borders and about sharing an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. Let's celebrate World Collage Day by creating a surprise collage! We'll start by making a collage on a half sheet of paper by tearing or cutting the collage papers into smaller pieces and then glueing away. The best part is - you can't make a mistake! The surprise comes when we take that one collage and see how beautifully and easily it turns into eight mini collages. While we are waiting for our collages to dry I'll give you some ideas for how you can use these mini collages. At the end I'll share a little about the Mailscape Collage Workshop that I have coming up in June 2023. Got your glue stick ready? Have a look at the short supply list below and start gathering your collage papers.
The Zoom recording for this mini Speed Collage class can be viewed on my YouTube channel Below are collages that were created during the live Zoom class. Gael C. Rosann W. Vivian L. Sharon M. Gayle R. Carrol S. Anja K. Even before I had finished my collages for March I started a collection of papers in the colors I wanted to use for April. With spring in the air, the greens were calling out to me.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Below is the finished four panel concertina. It's been so much fun working with all the different varieties of green this month. Each week I looked from my green and yellow paper covered table to the outside. There I saw more green and yellow as the garden is starting to come back to life. There is definitely a magical feel in the air this time of year. Here are a few collages made from the scraps I have left at the end of April. You can read more about see these monthly concertina sketchbooks and how they got started here. |
AuthorHi, I'm Kathy an artist working in the mediums of collage and eco-printing. I'm also a rust enthusiast who loves to teach. I enjoy sharing my processes and guiding you along on your creative journey. Archives
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