At a nearby art gallery there was a recent exhibit on art and climate justice. The curator also held an art class based on that theme. The students were tasked to bring in pictures of landscapes that would be a guide for our collages. I chose one of my favorite pictures that I took at Martha's Vineyard of the big houses sitting near the beach with the vast blue sky overhead.
To help organize in how to lay out the collage, we drew bold black lines over the major sections of our pictures (you can also draw over a clear plastic sleeve if you want to protect your picture). This approach helped me visualize the major sections I wanted to focus on in my collage - the sky, grass, and sand.
I then created the collage with different types of torn paper and incorporated acrylic paint to add color, dimension and texture. See the steps below. ~ JM
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| The finished collage. |
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| 1. Landscape picture. |
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| 2. Using a black permanent marker to outline the major parts of the picture. My focus was the sky/clouds, grass and sand. |
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| 3. Use torn pieces of paper from a variety of sources and begin organizing prior to gluing on a separate canvas board. You can also incorporate markers, paint, glitter, etc. Here, I glued the general layout before adding the acrylic paint. |
