Collage vs. Image Transfer: Comparing Two All-time Favorite Mixed Media Methods
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Collage and image transfer are growing in popularity with art students, professionals and collectors, and for good reason. Each technique has many strengths and minimal drawbacks…and where one falls short the other steps in. So learning more about both methods is an excellent strategy for those looking to expand their creative tool kit.
In this three hour workshop, we will explore various ways and reasons to use collage and image transfer. Included are demos, step-by-step instructions, Q & A, show and tell, and lots of time for practicing the techniques. This is a process oriented class, meaning we will focus on learning how to use the materials more than creating fully developed artwork, though some of your “trials” could end up ready for framing!
Cost: $45
Brief Instructor/Artist Bio:
Laura Raborn’s paintings have been exhibited in Arkansas, the U.S. and the Bahamas and are in multiple collections such as the CARTI Collection, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Bill and Hillary Clinton private collection. Her work has earned numerous awards and she has a thriving portrait commission business, one of which was presented to the former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Beebe. An interview about her most recent work can be found at https://www.arkansasartscene.com/home/interview-with-artist-laura-raborn.
Her Little Rock studio is open for appointments and her paintings can be viewed at www.laurarabornart.com or by visiting Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, AR, Justus Fine Art in Hot Springs, AR and Princess Street Gallery on Harbour Island in the Bahamas.
Materials:
3 acrylic paints (including white and 2 light colors of your choice)
2 sheets of 18x24” water color paper
3 paint brushes or foam brushes (roughly 1”)
acrylic gel medium (Golden is my favorite but you can get any brand. You can choose from matte, gloss, semi-gloss, satin, soft, regular or hard…any type will work as long as it is called “acrylic GEL medium” NOT liquid medium)
scissors, container for water, paper towels
Optional materials: newspaper articles and headlines, magazine articles and headlines, black and white photo copies of your favorite photos, Mod Podge (only if you already have some) apron, small piece of any grade sandpaper, images printed with toner printer (like commercial copiers at FedEx, Office Depot, etc). Extra transfer materials will be provided but it will be helpful to bring some of your own.
