Mixed Media/Collage Assignment 8...1. Reflect on your past and create a collage/mixed media artwork...
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With this project you will be focusing on creating a mixed media artwork reflecting on an important event in your life. 1. Start by gathering materials/objects as suggested in the slides. 2. Create a flat surface for yourself no smaller than the size of 1 foot by 1 foot. You can use paper, cardboard, canvas, etc. Think about layering your materials. You must have a background, meaning NO blank cardboard/paper/canvas/etc. Decide what you want your background to be, and your layers on top of that and so on. 3. If you do not have glue to secure the artwork in place that is ok! Just place it where it would go instead. Use any materials that you have to create a collage/mixed media artwork that represents a time in your life that has shaped you. The materials/objects should relate to your message. TOPIC- Mixed Media/Collage Self-Reflection Reflect on your life and where you are right now. What has brought you to this place? Where do you stand? What are the key factors in your life that has shaped your thoughts, values, circumstances, etc. Use these ideas as directions to start your artwork. Consider what materials you have and how they connect with your memories that you want to share. Your artwork will express something deep and meaningful. It can be something smaller or something bigger. It can be something that brings pain or joy, or both. Go down memory road and truly create something that is a piece of you. <3 Assignment 8 BE SURE TO USE THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROCEDURES TO SUBMIT YOUR PIECES! MORE on next slides
Transcript of Mixed Media/Collage Assignment 8...1. Reflect on your past and create a collage/mixed media artwork...
With this project you will be focusing on creating a mixed media artwork reflecting
on an important event in your life. 1. Start by gathering materials/objects as suggested
in the slides. 2. Create a flat surface for yourself no smaller than
the size of 1 foot by 1 foot. You can use paper, cardboard, canvas, etc. Think about layering your materials. You must have a background, meaning NO blank cardboard/paper/canvas/etc. Decide what you want your background to be, and your layers on top of that and so on.
3. If you do not have glue to secure the artwork in place that is ok! Just place it where it would go instead. Use any materials that you have to create a collage/mixed media artwork that represents a time in your life that has shaped you. The materials/objects should relate to your message.
TOPIC-Mixed Media/Collage
Self-Reflection
Reflect on your life and where you are right now. What has brought you to this place? Where do you stand? What are the key factors in your life that has shaped your thoughts, values, circumstances, etc. Use these ideas as directions to start your artwork. Consider what materials you have and how they connect with your memories that you want to share.
Your artwork will express something deep and meaningful. It can be something smaller or something bigger. It can be something that brings pain or joy, or both. Go down memory road and truly create something that is a piece of you. <3
Assignment 8BE SURE TO USE THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROCEDURES TO SUBMIT YOUR PIECES!
MORE on next slides
REQUIREMENTS1. Reflect on your past and create a collage/mixed media artwork2. 2 + hours of work
a. At least 1 foot by 1 foot (or larger)b. You can just set it in place for the photos or secure it if you’d likec. The key here is LAYERS. Create a dynamic artwork by layering multiple smaller artworks
or materials together to create one complete piece.3. Take 2 photos (that are renamed correctly) and small write up
a. One photo of you in-progress working on the artworkb. One photo of the final artwork (straight down/over as pictures show- no shadows!)c. A short description of what the artwork means (in the body of the email)
IDEAS/REMINDERS/TIPS/HINTS*Be creative! Be imaginative! Listen to music, let your mind flow into the artwork.*Reflect carefully on your life and choose a situation or memory that occurred in your life.*Have a background set up underneath your artwork that connects to the overall aesthetic.*Move the items around before committing to an ultimate design.*Step back from the artwork and see what is working and what isn’t. Can you make it more interesting by layering something or rotating something? Is your idea translated effectively or can you amplify your message by continuing to work? Can you add certain colors to relate your emotions to the viewer?
Examples on the next slides
Mixed Media- the use of a variety of media in an entertainment or work of art
Collage- a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric
onto a backing
Material Ideas-
● Watercolors● Colored Pencil● Various Pen● Newspaper● Magazines● Photos● Fabric● Beads● Natural Objects● Paint
It's all about layers...How can you layer things to build on each other
when you are using different materials?
You have to think about what will come first- What is your base?
Do you have more than one base? What is at the very most top layer?
What is in between?
Plan and prepare
Reflect on Your LifeWhat Stands Out, What Means a Lot to You?
Think About Something that Changed Your Life...
Could be Something that was Difficult, Incredible, or BOTH! Could be small or huge!
Artists Usually Create Art by Reaching Within Themselves and Expressing Themselves with an Image that Represents Something Deep…
They Create Art to Communicate to the World About their Heart, their Opinion, their Story
With this project you will be focusing on creating a mixed media artwork reflecting
on an important event in your life. 1. Start by gathering materials/objects as suggested
in the slides. 2. Create a flat surface for yourself no smaller than
the size of 1 foot by 1 foot. You can use paper, cardboard, canvas, etc. Think about layering your materials. You must have a background, meaning NO blank cardboard/paper/canvas/etc. Decide what you want your background to be, and your layers on top of that and so on.
3. If you do not have glue to secure the artwork in place that is ok! Just place it where it would go instead. Use any materials that you have to create a collage/mixed media artwork that represents a time in your life that has shaped you. The materials/objects should relate to your message.
TOPIC-Mixed Media/Collage
Self-Reflection
Reflect on your life and where you are right now. What has brought you to this place? Where do you stand? What are the key factors in your life that has shaped your thoughts, values, circumstances, etc. Use these ideas as directions to start your artwork. Consider what materials you have and how they connect with your memories that you want to share.
Your artwork will express something deep and meaningful. It can be something smaller or something bigger. It can be something that brings pain or joy, or both. Go down memory road and truly create something that is a piece of you. <3
Assignment 8BE SURE TO USE THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROCEDURES TO SUBMIT YOUR PIECES!
REQUIREMENTS1. Reflect on your past and create a collage/mixed media artwork2. 2 + hours of work
a. At least 1 foot by 1 foot (or larger)b. You can just set it in place for the photos or secure it if you’d likec. The key here is LAYERS. Create a dynamic artwork by layering multiple smaller artworks
or materials together to create one complete piece.3. Take 2 photos (that are renamed correctly) and small write up
a. One photo of you in-progress working on the artworkb. One photo of the final artwork (straight down/over as pictures show- no shadows!)c. A short description of what the artwork means (in the body of the email)
IDEAS/REMINDERS/TIPS/HINTS*Be creative! Be imaginative! Listen to music, let your mind flow into the artwork.*Reflect carefully on your life and choose a situation or memory that occurred in your life.*Have a background set up underneath your artwork that connects to the overall aesthetic.*Move the items around before committing to an ultimate design.*Step back from the artwork and see what is working and what isn’t. Can you make it more interesting by layering something or rotating something? Is your idea translated effectively or can you amplify your message by continuing to work? Can you add certain colors to relate your emotions to the viewer?
