Learn, have fun, and begin a lifelong journey with collage, sketchbooks and mixed media
There's plenty to see here:
- choose your papers and learn how to prepare them for painting
- practise a range of simple techniques for adding colour to your paper
- use watercolour, ink, and acrylic paint in creative ways
- make your own stamps
- make your own stencils
- make simple hand-drawn marks
- compose some sketchbook pages
- use your painted papers for a range of other applications
- use every last bit of precious paper
Choosing and painting paper
Learn how to prepare and paint a range of papers using watercolours, acrylic inks, and acrylic paints using a range of simple but effective techniques
Make stamps, stencils,
and more
Learn to make your own simple stamps and stencils for mark-making, plus some easy printing techniques that you can do at home without any specialist equipment. Practise some simple hand-drawn marks using a range of simple drawing tools.
Using your painted papers
Use a viewfinder to isolate the best parts of your papers; practise making some simple sketchbook pages with collage and mark-making, and learn more fun ways to use every last scrap of paper with my envelope and tag templates.
Course Curriculum
About me
I'm a mixed media and textile artist from the UK, and I'm looking forward to sharing some of my favourite techniques with you.
I've been working (or playing) in sketchbooks for as long as I can remember, because they help me to learn and to grow as an artist.
One of my favourite sketchbook techniques is collage, for which I always paint my own papers. In these lessons I share with you some easy techniques for producing beautiful and unique papers that will make wonderful collages in your sketchbook.
And it's not just for sketchbooks - I show you some extra ways to use your papers that are both fun and creative.
Come and join me and see how easy and enjoyable it is to make your own painted collage paper and explore some simple mark-making.
