Caroline talked about creating a piece of art through assembling items with collage. She showed that you can use glue such as the basic PVA glue plastic tape or even clay to cover the basic shape. she also uses a thick card to make shapes as well as using bowls or even a balloon to cover with a paper mâche.
With the sample she was working with today she chose two pieces of collage papers that worked well together. With the first one, she cut it into an oval in the shape Would become a cat. She then cut out shapes of the ears and stuck these on with the other collage paper. She used a heavier plain heavier paper to work around the nose area. It was bent outwards, giving a cat like look. She then introduced paint. The paint went over the nose and eyes to start with, and then she added a mouth and tongue. If the face needed reshaping, she would add black around the outside of the head to do this. She then finished with painting the background to help the image pop out.
She stated that you could use any papers for the collage as there are many ways of adding color and texture, including small stencils, which are inexpensive to buy as well as photos from magazines, which can add interest and be incorporated through painting onto them.
The result was a fun looking animal, which we first wondered whether it was a mouse, but we decided that yes it was a cat and a cute one.
