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Mixed Media Airmail Art


NOTE: Originally a virtual classroom format, this is now a self-study format workshop

WE WILL COVER:

  • How to collage letters, postcards, and postage stamps in unique patterned, textured, and layered combinations

  • How to be sure your collage fodder glues down flat

  • How to create US Mail inspired collages by incorporating a subject with your background

  • How to create a compelling composition that will make the best use of your US Mail background elements

  • How to transfer a bird drawing with Art Foamies stamps

  • How to transfer a bird reference photo to the background with graphite transfer paper

  • How to create an underpainting with vibrant color and successful shading as a roadmap for collage

  • How to create a watercolor painting as finished artwork

  • How to paint your own collage papers using the gel plate; one video per technique

  • How to rip and glue–applying your collage paper in a painterly manner

  • How to tear with and without white edges

  • How to keep your pieces perfectly flat without cockling

  • How to vary your paper brush marks in size and shape

  • How to sign, varnish, frame, wire, and hang your finished Airmail Art piece

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