Showing posts with label mixed media collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed media collage. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2015

New Approaches to Mixed Media Collage: 6 Week Online Workshop

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New Approaches to Mixed Media Collage: 6 Week Online Workshop 

Join artist and author Randel Plowman for a 6-week online collage workshop.
Beginning and advanced artists alike will benefit from this hands-on online workshop filled with downloadable projects and video demos, discussions about materials and techniques and more.  In addition to creating collages, participants will also learn about matting and framing their work. Those signing up for the course will also have the opportunity to participant in a theme-based online exhibition. An exhibition book will also be published that will include everyone’s work.
Everyone will be able to download projects and video demos to work on at their own convenience, share work and comment on others work on a private group site and read weekly interviews from other artists working in collage and more.

Workshop starts: September 12 and will run through October 24, 2015
Some of the things that will be featured in this course:

  •   8- online collage projects with downloadable video demos
  •   Overview of materials and tools
  •   Weekly artists interviews
  •   Ability to share your work with others taking the course
  •   Documenting your work: scanning, photographing and preparing your work for the web.
  •   Overview of matting and framing your art
  •   Optional one on one critiques via email
  •   Opportunity to participate in a theme-based online group collage exhibition which will include an optional book with everyone’s work and more.  
A material list will be sent a few weeks before the course starts and are typically kept to a minimum with basis art supplies. The cost for the 6 week online course is only $120.

Randel Plowman received his M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.F.A. from Northern Kentucky University. He has exhibited in solo and juried exhibitions throughout the United States; in addition, his work appears in many public and private collections in North America and abroad, his work has been cited in numerous publications, including The New York Times and USA Today; been featured in How Design magazine, Artist Magazine, Somerset Studio and Studio Apprentice. He is the author of two books, Masters: Collage, and The Collage Workbook: How To Get Started And Stay Inspired, voted Best Art Instruction Book of 2012 by the Library Journal. He is currently working on a new book about collage.
For more information about this online course please contact me at: randelplowman@hotmail.com

The workshop is limited to 20 people, so sign up early.

Cost for entire six week course is $120

Friday, March 06, 2015

New Online Mixed Media Collage Workshop

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New Online Mixed Media Collage Workshop

Join artist and author Randel Plowman for an 8 week personalized collage art workshop.  Each person signing up for the course will be provided with projects catered to their own skill levels and or time constraints. The course is custom designed for both beginner and advanced artist. Whether you want to work on a series or body of work or simply want to try new techniques for collage this workshop in for you.

Some of the things featured in this course:

·      Downloadable online video demos and prompts
·      Online classroom with group discussion forums
·      Private Facebook group for sharing your work with others taking the course
·      Weekly projects and ideas to enhance your creativity
·      Optional one on one critiques via email, Skype or phone
·      Creating a body of work based on a themes.
·      Daily creativity prompts
·      Documenting your work
·      Optional group critiques via Skype
·      After the course is complete a themed-based online exhibition will be presented. Participants taking the course will get to choose the theme or title for this exhibition
·      An overview of materials
·      Matting and framing your art
·      Downloadable content and more

The course starts March 22 and continues until May 24. A material list will be sent a few weeks before the course starts. Supplies are typically kept to a minimum using mostly basis art supplies.  The cost for the entire 8-week course is only $150

Before signing up you should have access and be familiar with the following.

        •       computer
        •       internet connection
        •       scanner or digital camera
        •       inkjet printer
        •       some skills using social media tools such as Facebook, etc.

Randel Plowman received his B.F.A. from Northern Kentucky University and his M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has exhibited in solo and juried exhibitions throughout the United States; in addition, his work appears in many public and private collections in North America and abroad, his work has been cited in numerous publications, including The New York Times and USA Today; been featured in How Design magazine, Artist Magazine, Somerset Studio and Studio Apprentice. He is the author of two books, Masters: Collage, and The Collage Workbook: How To Get Started And Stay Inspired, voted Best Art Instruction Book of 2012 by the Library Journal. This is ninth online collage workshop since 2013.
For more information about this online course please contact me at: randelplowman@hotmail.com 


To sign up for this course click on link below.
8-Week course is only $150

Monday, February 09, 2015

Saturday, March 22, 2014

How To Skip

How To Skip
collage on paper
8" x 7" 03/22/14
Comes mounted in a 13" x 12" archival mat. 
SOLD

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Experiments In Collage: A Six-Week Online Collage Course


Experiments In Collage:  A six -week online course taught by Randel Plowman.
Collage is the art of taking something old and making it new. Through fragmenting, combining, and recontextualizing, images can be transformed and given new meaning. The goal of this online course is to familiarize participants with various techniques and approaches to creating successful collages. This six-week course includes 8 projects with online studio demonstrations using various techniques. Those signing up can watch exclusive online videos, share their work on the group site and comment on others work. Each person taking the course will receive personal critique via email after each project. Space is limited for each session so sign up early.                                    
The course will start September 7th and run through October 19th
The cost for the entire six-week course is $120
Things you must have when taking this online course
  • computer
  • image editing software such as Photoshop, Picasa or GIMP. (Picasa and GIMP are both free downloads for Mac and Windows computers.
  • internet connection
  • scanner or digital camera
  • inkjet printer
  • some skills using social media tools such as Facebook and Flickr etc.

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Live video demonstrations will be broadcast each Saturday at 1pm cst and will also be available to watch anytime after that on the course website. 
A complete list of materials will be sent to you after signing up for the course.

Randel Plowman received his B.F.A. from Northern Kentucky University and his M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has exhibited in solo and juried exhibitions throughout the United States; in addition, his work appears in many public and private collections in North America and abroad, his work has been cited in numerous publications, including The New York Times and USA Today; been featured in How Design magazine, Artist Magazine, Somerset Studio and Studio Apprentice. He is the author of two books, Masters: Collage, and The Collage Workbook: How To Get Started And Stay Inspired, voted Best Art Instruction Book of 2012 by the Library Journal.

For more info about this online course please contact me at: randelplowman@hotmail.com

$120 for full 6-week course.
A complete list of materials will be sent to you after signing up for the course.


The session for this workshop is full. I will be conducting another workshop in late October. Thanks to all that signed up!