Collage Couture: Techniques for Creating Fashionable Art - Softcover

Nutting, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440308314 ISBN 13: 9781440308314

Publisher: North Light Books, 2011

Synopsis

Play dress-up with your art!

Collage has never been so fashionable! In Collage Couture you'll learn how to sketch fashion figures, create stylish dresses from patterned paper and apply a variety of textured backgrounds to your collage pieces. With styles ranging from cute to elegant and sweet to sophisticated, these mixed-media projects will transport your art from the studio to the runway!

Collage Couture features:

   · 22 super-pretty projects, from collages on canvas to framed shadowbox art to gifts for your fashionista. Play with your materials paper, paints, ink and markets to create pieces you'll be happy to display and share.
   · Illustrations and easy instruction for creating fashion sketches and silhouettes. And don't forget the details: learn how to add eyes, lips, hair and, of course, clothing!
   · Tips and advice on setting the mood in your studio, from enhancing your art space with flowers and china to wearing a tiara as your work! Why not feel as pretty as your art?
Indulge your inner girly-girl with Collage Couture!

About this title

About the Author:

Julie Nutting is a mixed-media artist with a degree in fashion design. Her work has been featured in several issues of Somerset Studio, including the cover of the winter 2008 issue of Somerset Studio Gallery and the September 2009 issue, featuring her work in a 5-page spread showcasing "pink" art inspired by breast cancer awareness. Julie currently teaches workshops at the Fontana Art Center and has been selling her work through Etsy for over a year.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1440308314
• ISBN 13: 9781440308314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128