It’s nonetheless type of superb to me how a comparatively small and uncomplicated mission can show all the material collage method. The identical steps that I and my college students use to create portraits of all types of individuals and creatures are used right here, in February’s Fantastical Cloth Collage Fish Comply with-Alongside. Fairly highly effective for a humble fish!
Final Thursday night I launched my 2025 Fish Comply with Alongside mission to attendees. I demonstrated learn how to begin with a sample transferred onto a basis material—then learn how to reduce, place, pin and glue material items to start a collage—in my case, of a fantastically blue and rounded goldfish, Goldie.
Within the images under, are the start and finish photos of final week’s class. In a gentle stream-of-collage oriented ideas, I stored the viewers riveted as I created a tremendous mess with a bunch of blue items of material. A superb demonstration of the “messy scary” stage, I might say.
My homework (and for these following alongside) from one week to the following, was to cowl the inspiration material with a “first draft” of the fish physique and head—which I accomplished with the doubtful assist of my cat, Djinni. Tonight I’ll be delving into materials searching for fins and a tail for little blue Goldie.
In the course of the 4 Thursdays in February, I’m main you thru the creation of this new material collage fish quilt. This can be a reside occasion, so Zoom with us (me and Tom) in the event you can, particularly to make the most of the reside Q&A. If you happen to can’t be part of us, the displays will probably be recorded and emailed to you the following day, Friday. And in the event you join at any time earlier than the top of February’s closing class, you’ll obtain all 4 recordings of the weekly displays.
For individuals who wish to create their very own Fantastical Cloth Collage Fish, a provide record and a free fish sample of your selection (although you may make your individual design) is included once you join. Extra February Fish class data following under. Hope to see you there!
For fishy inspiration generated from final 12 months’s fabulous Fish Class, at present’s Throwback Thursday options the ultimate gallery of pupil fish submitted in 2024 (see preview images above)—extra of the amazingly inventive and colourful material collage beauties that had been made by my great college students. As soon as once more, thanks everybody for sharing!
Do you could have a Fantastical Fish (or some other topic) to share in a future End Line submit? Click on on submission button under—and thank you!
And Extra Fish within the Sea: Fantastical Cloth Collage, Closing February Outcomes! Half 4
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Susan Carlson Cloth Collage: Fantastical Fish eWorkshop I
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Susan Carlson Cloth Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
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Facial Options eWorkshop
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The Facial Options eWorkshop incorporates 8 movies and over 8 hours of in-depth instruction for creating every characteristic of a portrait in material. The movies are annotated with “Bounce Factors” permitting you to scan ahead and backward to the data you want. Facial options PDF templates are included as reference and primary designs to work together with. Just like the Cloth Collage On-line Grasp Class, membership on this eWorkshop is for all times.
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