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Collage…

Techniques
and Concepts
Collage

Collage

Collage

Collage
Techniques

• Masking
-helps to define crisp edges of
planes within your collage

-prevents areas from “running”


into one another.

-can be used to create visual


interest
Masking
layering
Superimposing one
image on top of another
image to create a
relationship between
each.

Layering deals with the


opacity of an art
medium.
•Opaque (solid)
•Translucent (somewhat
see-through)
•Transparent (clear)
layering
Layering
Using Text

• Text can be used to


create added visual
interest.
• Text can combined
with the Elements of
Art; it can be shown as
shapes, lines, etc.
Text
as lines and shapes
Using text
Incorporating Color and Texture…

Actual Texture

Implied Texture
Consider your Color Scheme…
Incorporating the Principles of Design
Repetition
Incorporating the Principles of Design
Contrast
Incorporate your own MARKS…
Incorporate your own MARKS…
Practice Time

Divide two
Select a color
sketchbook Masking &
scheme and
Incorporating
pages in half your own marks use Repetition

and
demonstrate
Layering &Using
your Text as Shapes or
Experimentation

understanding Lines

of each
technique in
sketchbook
the following
sections:

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