Collage Cover

1. SKETCH BOOK
Collage Cover
Main Focus: you!!!

2. Why do we need a
Sketchbook?
To put your ideas and opinions on paper
To take important notes
To doodle and draw things you see or imagine
To work out your ideas in numerous thumbnail
sketches
It acts as a record of where you started and how
you have grown as an artist
To aid in the creative process

3. What is a
Collage ?
Collage (From the French: coller,
to glue, is a technique of art
production, primarily used in the
visual arts, where the artwork is
made from an assemblage of
different forms, thus creating a new
whole.
It can include: newspaper
clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or
handmade papers, portions of
other artwork or texts, photographs
and other found objects, glued to a
piece of paper or canvas.
The origins of collage can be
traced back hundreds of years, but
this technique made a dramatic
reappearance in the early 20th
century as an art form of novelty.
The Sorrows of the King, Henri Matisse

4. Let’s look at some types of
collages…

5. Torn Paper

6. Simple and Bold
Color and Shapes

7. Mixed Mediums

9. Do you have
ideas?

10. Criteria (how will you be graded)
Must cover entire background
Need minimum of 3 medias
ex. Crayon, colored pencil, watercolor paint,
magazine pictures, photos, drawings, oil
pastel,etc.
Must be creative and create an interesting
composition
Needs to have an overall theme
Must have letters or words that aid in
representing you or the theme
Craftmanship, effort, and participation are also a
part of your grade.

11. Previous Student Collages

14. Things that will help you
have a successful collage
cover… Write down things you like ex. Hobbies, music,
friends
Collect a variety of magazine pictures that you
like
Find different pictures of textures in magazines
that can add interest to your collage
Test different mediums on scrap paper before
adding to final cover
Bring in pictures and scraps from home (photos,
ribbon, lace, feathers, buttons, etc.
Creative block? Start by thinking how you can
use the elements of art: line, shape, color, value,

15. Good or Bad?