Harvest Table Collage Workshop
Price
$50
Date
Saturday, Dec. 12,
1 - 4:30 pm
About the Course
What happens when an ordinary table becomes a landscape of shapes, colors, and
unexpected relationships?
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore painted-paper collage through observation
of a seasonal harvest table. Arranged with autumn fruits, vegetables, vessels, textiles, and
other gathered objects, the table will serve as a shared starting point for looking and making.
We'll begin by mixing colors and painting our own papers, creating a palette to work from
throughout the workshop. Participants will then explore the arrangement, selecting a particular
view, grouping of objects, or interesting relationship between shapes to translate into collage.
Through cutting, arranging, and layering painted papers, we'll explore composition, color, and
the possibilities of simplifying and transforming what we see. Rather than aiming for faithful
reproduction, we'll consider how color, shape, and spatial relationships can create an entirely
new image.
Participants will leave with one to three small painted-paper collages and a new way of
approaching still life through observation and invention.
No previous collage experience necessary.
Your Instructor
Devin Curry
Devin H. Curry is a painter and collage artist based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She holds an MFA in Painting and teaches at the university level. She has taught at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and has developed and led community-based collage programs.
Supply List
Painting Supplies
Acrylic paint:(any brand will do)
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Yellow Light
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
Mars Black
Titanium White
2-inch flat painter's brush
Disposable gray palette sheets/ paper plates
Water container (a pickle jar, a cup, anything that can hold water works)
Paper towels
Collage Supplies
Watercolor / heavyweight paper (pad of 8X10” we will cut down)
Scissors
Water container
Instructor provides
Glue
Paper (for painting)