BTEC Art Blog: COLLAGE WORK - CITIES, PEOPLE AND PLACES WEEK 3

Tuesday 10 March 2020

COLLAGE WORK - CITIES, PEOPLE AND PLACES WEEK 3

Some examples from previous students.

COLLAGES

Use your existing Architecture imagery as the basis for this - prints, photos and drawings. Try manipulating them on the photocopier or through Photoshop to to make inventive combinations of imagery that show creative use of idea, surface, typography and image making. Combine this imagery with the additional collage ingredients supplied - coloured papers, stickers, tape, squared/graph paper, raffle tickets etc.

A few pointers:

Inclusion of text, numbers and symbols can be very effective.
Using strong focal points (e.g. a larger image of a particular building) often helps your collages becoming too fragmented.
As well as papers you might work back into your collages with paint, spray stencils, pens, stitching etc.
Along with addition be aware that subtraction can be a key part of the collage process. If your images become overcrowded using areas of plain papers or white paint can be an effective way of freshening up your piece. Careful consideration about the retention of areas of space, as you make the collage, is another way to do this.
As with other images we have created this year producing a composition with balance that leads the viewer's eye as you intend is the ideal. Repetition of colours or symbols can help achieve this, along with strong directional elements.

Supporting Research

To inform your own collage experiments you should look at the work of all the following Artists/Designers who use collage techniques and mixed media in creating their work.
Once you have familiarised yourself with their work choose one of the Artists whose work is illustrated below and produce 2 pages of research into their practice. As usual obtain several good reproductions of their work, provide some background information and analyse at least 2 images in depth, identifying what media are being used and commenting on how they are being handled, this is particularly important. Discuss ideas such as:

Use of materials- how do you think they have produced this image?
What makes their marks, techniques interesting?
What combination of materials and techniques are they using to create an effective image?
Can you describe the use of space, composition, form and use of colour within this work?
How does the eye travel around the piece? What parts are you drawn to and why?
How have they interpreted the architecture theme in inventive ways?