Description
Enjoy Mary Beth Shaw’s second Mixed Media Book Club! Mary Beth hosts renowned collage artist, Crystal Neubauer for an hour of collage techniques and ideas. Mary Beth shares what she learned about trying collage techniques from Crystal’s book, The Art of Expressive Collage. Techniques include: deconstructing an old book, auditioning collage papers, adding personal marks, adding depth with layers and painting, and many more. Throughout the webinar recording, Mary Beth and Crystal talk about all things collage! They’ll cover topics such as using neutrals successfully, selecting collage papers, creating collage papers, what it means to make expressive collages, and so much more! Plus, Mary Beth and Crystal answer audience questions about creating the perfect adhesive, choosing surfaces, working with vintage papers and more.
What You’ll Get
- A recording of the full webinar
- A demonstration video where Mary Beth teaches you how to make a collage in Crystal’s style.
Materials List
- Uhu glue stick and/or gel medium
- Collage papers- vintage, found, created, tissue paper
- Journal or other collage surface
- Black and white paints or gesso, plus other colors as desired
- Baby wipes
- Pencil
- Old hardcover book
- Craft knife
- Scissors
- Sumi ink (optional)
- Paintbrushes, variety of sizes
- Palette paper
- Fine line applicator
About the Host
Mary Beth Shaw uses stencils on anything and everything; if it will hold still, she will stencil it. Mary Beth’s spontaneous process utilizes pastel, ink, marker and acrylics layered with various collage, texture and three-dimensional materials. Mary Beth is author of Flavor for Mixed Media and Stencil Girl, a columnist for Somerset Studio magazine and the owner of StencilGirl Products. Mary Beth lives in Wildwood, Missouri with her husband and three cats and is passionate about every moment of life.
About the Guest, Crystal Neubauer, In Her Own Words
Regardless of the mediums I include, my work always comes down to collage. Whether rendered in a 3-dimensional assemblage fashion or a 2-D picture plane, my fascination begins with found papers. I see these items as a metaphor for our own lives and seek to bring them together in a way that opens the viewer to a deeper experience of an overarching theme of personal redemption, where every part of who you are is embraced and nurtured. I call my process intuitive, but it all boils down to learning to trust and open oneself to the voice inside, the one that can guide creative decisions and bring about a much richer work of art than what skilled technique alone can do.
From obtaining gallery representation, to writing a book, to teaching workshops nationwide and opening a studio in my own neighborhood, learning to tune in to the voice within has led me on a journey of learning “I can”; and I am delighted to share what I have learned in hopes that others will achieve an “I can” experience of their own.
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