Reinventing Collage with Mixed Media

We had a wonderful 4-day intensive mixed media collage workshop at the Mendocino Art Center. We explored working with acrylic paints & mediums, assemblage, gluing, tearing, layering, cutting, drawing, and scratching  to create unique, layered paintings and 3-D assemblages.

 

Whether it be a spontaneous collage or a carefully planned assemblage, from a memorial altar to a mixed-media collage, we learned countless techniques & exercises that brought us into the flow…..

 

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SOCK ANIMALS Sox-n-Animals GIMMEE more, more, MORE! Yet another addiction.

Jessie made Capra the goat, who looks an awful lot like the real Capra the goat that Jessie milks on the farm.

Spot and tush (toosh), who is sibling to Fatush who lives in Geyserville.

even closer! Yummy!

tush (“toosh”) looks a lot like his sibling Fatush but had a freak ear accident. Please don’t stare, he’s a little self-conscious.

Ever seen a cute butt? Well here’s TWO!

the ever-growing menagerie

Yes, If I had more time I’d have a lot more critters. I love, love, LOVE to make these, and you can see by Jessie’s magnificent goat that the sock critter fever is contagious, indeed!