Drawing With Scissors: Modern Folk Inspired Botanical Collage

Discover the joy of collage and unlock your creative potential! This course offers a fun, freeing approach to image making, perfect for breaking through creative blocks and exploring new artistic ideas without the pressure of perfection. Ideal for all skill levels, you'll learn to combine color, mark-making, and the playful technique of drawing with scissors to create stunning folk-inspired botanical art.

Why Take This Course?

• Connect With Joy and Playfulness in Your Art-Making: Experience a relaxing and enjoyable way to create art. Collage is a mindful activity for unwinding and finding joy in the creative process. It's a fantastic technique when you feel creatively blocked or uninspired, or if you find traditional drawing intimidating.
• Exploring New Techniques: Expand your creative skillset! You'll learn to work with various materials and techniques, gaining practical skills and a deeper understanding of color, mark-making, and the art of collage.

Is This Course For You?

Absolutely! This course is designed for all levels, from complete beginners to more experienced artists. A composition references and sketching guides are included in the class resource PDF to help beginners get started. For those seeking further support, download the additional Botanical Collage Workbook on my website, featuring printable collage papers and templates. Advanced artists will also find this approach playful and freeing, allowing them to adapt the project to their own style and materials.

What You Will Learn:

• The visual characteristics of folk art and how they beautifully complement collage.
• How to select your color palette and materials effectively.
• Generating rough sketches to create a variety of botanical designs for your collages.
• Using mark-making to add depth and interest to your collage papers.
• Mastering drawing with scissors to create layered shapes and unique collage elements.
• Composition tips and best practices for assembling your collage.
• Ideas for finishing touches and extending your collage ideas.

What You Will Take Away:

By the end of this class, you will have:

• One (or more!) playful and quirky botanical collages.
• A selection of folk-inspired botanical sketches.
• A framework for choosing colors and making marks in a fun, playful, and freeing way to apply to your future projects.

What You Will Need:

The materials for this course are simple:

• A selection of paper to collage with and onto (plain white paper works great too!).
• Any art materials you're comfortable using (avoid materials that smudge).
• Scissors.
• Glue suitable for paper.
• Pencil.
• Eraser.
• Scrap paper.

I can't wait to see you in class! Let's create!