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    • Drawing Exercises & Shading Options
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Painting Challenge
    • Paper Plate Sculpture Challenge
    • Digital Art History Poster
    • Pastel/Oil Pastel Master Study
    • Digital Personal Poster
    • Glidden's Guernica
    • Clay Challenge
    • Curiosity Project
    • Song Lyric Design Challenge
    • Options
    • Term Test Project: Personal Squares
  • ART 2
    • Drawing Exercises & Shaded Drawing
    • Painting Challenge
    • Collage Challenge
    • Clay Tile
    • Design Challenge
    • Digital Letter Art
    • Digital Layered Landscape and Still LIfe Painting
    • Pen and Ink Collage Challenge
    • Linoleum Block Printing
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Word Art Challenge
    • Term Test Project: Variations on a Theme
  • ART 3
    • Relief Paper Drawing Exercise
    • Drawing Challenge
    • Extreme Perspective Challenge
    • Abstract and Nonobjective Painting
    • Pastel/Oil Pastel Challenge
    • Clay Challenge
    • Watercolor Challenge
    • Digital Challenge: Biographical Collage
    • Ipad Pro and Apple Pencil
    • Digital Media Tribute
    • Digital Positive Message Video
    • Throwing on the Wheel
    • Paper Sculpture Challenge
    • Creative Lettering Challenge
    • Term Test Project - Handmade Book
  • ART 4
    • Senior Square/One Powerful Word
    • Drawing Challenge
    • Creative Tool Painting
    • Innocent/Sinister
    • Collage Mask Challenge
    • Creative Photo Challenge
    • Contemporary Sculpture
    • Oil Pastel/Pastel Challenge
    • Clay Vessel Challenge
    • Mixed Media Printmaking Collage
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Digital Art Options
    • Throwing on the Wheel
    • 8 Idea Challenge
    • Final Test Project Options
  • ART PORTFOLIO
    • Senior Square
    • "Choice" Word
    • Procreate Collage
    • 6 Word Memoir/Life Mantra
    • New Perspective
    • Font/Lettering Challenge
    • Hidden Message Art
    • Emotional Portraits
    • Abstract Realism Painting
    • Creative Canvas OR Creative Tools Painting
    • Poetry Inspired Design
    • Develop Your Style
    • Conversation Fragments
    • Wood Burning
    • Set Your Restraints
    • Book Sculpture
    • Thank You!
    • Senior Tray
    • Art Portfolio 2: Themed Challenge
  • 8TH ART
    • Principles of Design: BALANCE
    • Principles of Design: CONTRAST
    • Principles of Design: EMPHASIS
    • Principles of Design: MOVEMENT
    • Principles of Design: PATTERN
    • Principles of Design: RHYTHM
    • Principles of Design: UNITY
    • Extra Time: Coil Baskets
  • 7TH ART
    • Elements of Art: LINE
    • Elements of Art: COLOR
    • Elements of Art: SHAPE
    • Elements of Art: VALUE
    • Elements of Art: FORM
    • Elements of Art: TEXTURE
    • Elements of Art: SPACE
    • Elements of Art: OPTIONS
  • 4TH-6TH
    • SCHOOL SPIRIT
    • POSTER DESIGN
    • ROCKTOBER
    • SELF-PORTRAITS
    • HOLIDAY
    • ANIMALS
    • CLAY
    • COLOR
    • FIBER ART
    • GROWING THINGS
    • PAPER SCULPTURE
    • DESIGN YOUR OWN
    • WATERCOLOR COLORED PENCIL
    • ART FUN STUFF
    • VIRTUAL SNOW DAYS
  • MISC.
    • GR Art Classes
    • Artist List
    • STANDARDS BASED GRADING
    • Google Sites Digital Portfolio
    • Joining Google Classroom
    • Student Self-Eval
    • Meditative Art Techniques
    • Google Drawing Mosaics
    • Photo Resource Info
    • Clip Art Resource Info
    • Procreate Info and Tutorials
    • Procreate Challenges and Tips
    • Canva and Ipiccy Tutorials
    • Random Art Stuff
    • Extra Time/Learn More:
    • 20-21 Virtual Art Fair
    • Mrs. Baack's Art
Art 2: Collage Challenge
PictureThree Musicians by Pablo Picasso, 1921
Collage comes from the French word "coller", meaning "to paste." Artists started creating collages in the early 1900s.  Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were two of the first artists to create in this medium. 
​The current definition  of collage is: "An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a 
​surface, often with unifying lines and color."   

Mixed media art and collage are very hot right now in the creative world.  I have several books and there is a crazy amount of information, ideas and techniques on the Internet.  Feel free to experiment!!

Here's a great article about beginning collage: Collaging for Beginners

You have three options with this challenge. 

​1)  Social Issue Collage
Research artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and his artwork. He was a collage artist who used his work to give voice to the African American experience in America.  (Romare's website)  
He dealt with daily life and social issues.  If you choose this option, I will ask you to pick a social issue and create a collage that teaches about this issue and your feelings about it.  
Include: facts and statistics about your issue, printed imagery, created imagery (your own artwork), lettering, quotes, etc.  


2. Cut Paper Black and White Self Portrait/Important Person Portrait
Using black and white paper, cut pieces to create a self portrait of yourself from the waist up, holding an object that tells something about you.  Include a border and as many details as you can.  Then create a portrait of someone close to you OR someone famous that you like or admire.
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3.  Nonobjective Collage Series:  
Choose five colors (including black and white) to use in a series of 4 collages.  Repeat patterns and shapes so the pieces look like they belong in a group.  Paint 12 x 18 light paper pieces texturally to use in the collages. You may also draw and paint right on the collages.
Here is a link to a contemporary Vermont collage artist who explored this idea: Jane Davies Studios

Check out her other work, too.  She's got some great stuff on her website! Examples of her work below:
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Reflection Questions:
1. What is the most important thing you have to pay attention to when creating a collage, no matter the subject matter?
2.  Critique your work.  What was successful about your collage(s), what did you struggle with, and what did you learn?
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  • HOME
  • ART 1
    • Drawing Exercises & Shading Options
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Painting Challenge
    • Paper Plate Sculpture Challenge
    • Digital Art History Poster
    • Pastel/Oil Pastel Master Study
    • Digital Personal Poster
    • Glidden's Guernica
    • Clay Challenge
    • Curiosity Project
    • Song Lyric Design Challenge
    • Options
    • Term Test Project: Personal Squares
  • ART 2
    • Drawing Exercises & Shaded Drawing
    • Painting Challenge
    • Collage Challenge
    • Clay Tile
    • Design Challenge
    • Digital Letter Art
    • Digital Layered Landscape and Still LIfe Painting
    • Pen and Ink Collage Challenge
    • Linoleum Block Printing
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Word Art Challenge
    • Term Test Project: Variations on a Theme
  • ART 3
    • Relief Paper Drawing Exercise
    • Drawing Challenge
    • Extreme Perspective Challenge
    • Abstract and Nonobjective Painting
    • Pastel/Oil Pastel Challenge
    • Clay Challenge
    • Watercolor Challenge
    • Digital Challenge: Biographical Collage
    • Ipad Pro and Apple Pencil
    • Digital Media Tribute
    • Digital Positive Message Video
    • Throwing on the Wheel
    • Paper Sculpture Challenge
    • Creative Lettering Challenge
    • Term Test Project - Handmade Book
  • ART 4
    • Senior Square/One Powerful Word
    • Drawing Challenge
    • Creative Tool Painting
    • Innocent/Sinister
    • Collage Mask Challenge
    • Creative Photo Challenge
    • Contemporary Sculpture
    • Oil Pastel/Pastel Challenge
    • Clay Vessel Challenge
    • Mixed Media Printmaking Collage
    • Colored Pencil Challenge
    • Digital Art Options
    • Throwing on the Wheel
    • 8 Idea Challenge
    • Final Test Project Options
  • ART PORTFOLIO
    • Senior Square
    • "Choice" Word
    • Procreate Collage
    • 6 Word Memoir/Life Mantra
    • New Perspective
    • Font/Lettering Challenge
    • Hidden Message Art
    • Emotional Portraits
    • Abstract Realism Painting
    • Creative Canvas OR Creative Tools Painting
    • Poetry Inspired Design
    • Develop Your Style
    • Conversation Fragments
    • Wood Burning
    • Set Your Restraints
    • Book Sculpture
    • Thank You!
    • Senior Tray
    • Art Portfolio 2: Themed Challenge
  • 8TH ART
    • Principles of Design: BALANCE
    • Principles of Design: CONTRAST
    • Principles of Design: EMPHASIS
    • Principles of Design: MOVEMENT
    • Principles of Design: PATTERN
    • Principles of Design: RHYTHM
    • Principles of Design: UNITY
    • Extra Time: Coil Baskets
  • 7TH ART
    • Elements of Art: LINE
    • Elements of Art: COLOR
    • Elements of Art: SHAPE
    • Elements of Art: VALUE
    • Elements of Art: FORM
    • Elements of Art: TEXTURE
    • Elements of Art: SPACE
    • Elements of Art: OPTIONS
  • 4TH-6TH
    • SCHOOL SPIRIT
    • POSTER DESIGN
    • ROCKTOBER
    • SELF-PORTRAITS
    • HOLIDAY
    • ANIMALS
    • CLAY
    • COLOR
    • FIBER ART
    • GROWING THINGS
    • PAPER SCULPTURE
    • DESIGN YOUR OWN
    • WATERCOLOR COLORED PENCIL
    • ART FUN STUFF
    • VIRTUAL SNOW DAYS
  • MISC.
    • GR Art Classes
    • Artist List
    • STANDARDS BASED GRADING
    • Google Sites Digital Portfolio
    • Joining Google Classroom
    • Student Self-Eval
    • Meditative Art Techniques
    • Google Drawing Mosaics
    • Photo Resource Info
    • Clip Art Resource Info
    • Procreate Info and Tutorials
    • Procreate Challenges and Tips
    • Canva and Ipiccy Tutorials
    • Random Art Stuff
    • Extra Time/Learn More:
    • 20-21 Virtual Art Fair
    • Mrs. Baack's Art