Kathy Johnson Art

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​2025 dates to be announced soon!

Sketchbook Collage
Workshop

Suppy List

General items:

• sketchbook* - suggested size is something close to 8" x 10" with a wire binding so the sketchbook can lay flat when open                                                  (paper should be approx. 80lb. (119gsm) drawing paper or mixed media paper)

          *You can work on individual sheets of paper if you prefer.
​           This class is more about having a place to practice and experiment with different kinds of collage on 'not precious' paper. ​

• glue sticks - I like the UHU brand but any brand you have on hand is fine
• liquid acrylic medium (Elmers glue or PVA glue with a little water added will work as well)
• flat bristle brush - approx. half to one inch
• magazine, catalog or scrap paper to glue on to protect your work area from getting sticky with glue
• ​scissors & craft or utility knife
• mat for cutting
• pencil
• ruler
• awl 
• sewing or embroidery thread 
• ​sewing needle
• 8" x 10" piece of tracing paper
• 8" x 10" piece of corrugated cardboard

Collage materials - paper: 
(these are just suggestions, you do not need to have all of the papers listed here)

Papers headed for the recycle bin:

• shopping bags
• security envelopes & postage stamps
• packaging - food boxes, tissue boxes,
• tissue papers – from shoe boxes, gifts, etc.
• old greeting cards
• clothing tags​
• corrugated cardboard

 
Things from a restaurant:

• napkins
• coasters
• placemats
• ice cream cone sleeve
• to-go coffee cups
• coffee cup cozies/sleeves

Other papers:

• used tea bags, coffee filters
• images from magazines
• maps
• old handwritten letters
• graph paper/ ledger paper
• old art torn or cut into smaller pieces
• sheet music
• dress maker pattern tissue paper
• mulberry and other decorative papers
• copyright free images (see link on the resources page of the handout)
• photographs
• paint sample cards
• wall paper pieces
• Book Pages - garden, dictionary, etc.

Collage materials - non-paper: ​

• ​fabric scraps
• ribbon
• lace
• wire
• netting
• ​pastic
  

• cheesecloth
• leaves
• small sticks
• dried flowers
• leaf skeletons
• ​metal
  

For Painted Tissue Paper Video:

• a few colors of acrylic paint (watercolor paint will work but may give less vibrant results)
• soft bristle paint brush
• cups for water
• cups for mixing paint
• white tissue paper - new, from gifts or shoe boxes etc.
• other white translucent types of paper - mulberry, decorative lace types of paper, etc.​
• a board covered with freezer paper or heavy plastic or Teflon sheet approx. 12" x 16"

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