Anne Bagby’s Collage workshop video created by Creative Catalyst Productions is the next best thing to being at a workshop in person.
A few years ago my sister and I took a class from Anne Bagby at Artfest.
She is a talented artist that creates paintings and collages using a wonderful variety of visual textures.
Bagby shows you her cool techniques for carving rubber stamps to create your own unique collage paper. She also shows how you can combine your own stamped papers (and commercial papers) to make “complicated paper” which is fun and easy with great results.
She also has a clever way of drawing parts of the collage on separate paper and trying things out to see if she likes the scale or the feel before committing to it. This is a great way for anyone to play with their mixed media collages without feeling like you are going to ruin your work.
She shows you several great ways to work and rework pieces so you really can’t make a mistake – you can change or fix anything as you go.
As a matter of fact, that is what I love about her techniques. You can be loose and free with most of the process and yet get some very sophisticated results that look like they would be very hard to achieve.
The advantage of this video is you can take Anne’s class whenever it’s convenient without leaving home.
Or if you are like me and you’ve already taken the class but can’t find your notes and need a refresher, it’s ready when you are!
I also enjoyed seeing the completed process step by step of a couple of her paintings, which there isn’t time for in a hands-on workshop.
Of special note, the filming quality is excellent with close ups when you need them. It’s as if you are getting your own private class with a great view.
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned artist, I think you will find the simple techniques that Anne Bagby teaches will be fun to try and yield sophisticated results.
Click here for Anne Bagby’s Collage: Paper Patterns and Glazing DVD
