I'm teaching this mixed media mini course (just 4 weeks of inspiring assignments and directions) online with Joggles this summer. Check out the site for more specifics and check out Barbara's other workshops as well. There is an online forum included, and I always use the opportunity to share the work of participants on my blog -- and provide some free goodies as well.
This class is scheduled to begin on June 28, 2013. You can sign up anytime between now and then!
Inspiration Is in the Cards
What gets you going in the studio? (Be it a back bedroom, kitchen table or dedicated workroom..) Susie Monday shows you how to make Inspiration Cards and how to use them as art work prompts, creative jumpstarts and mini-art gifts for friends. The four week class takes you through collection and collage activities, photo-editing and word-smith fun to make your collages even more interesting, the use of an all-in-one printer or copier to "finalize" your cards, and suggestions for how to make Inspiration Cards part Tof your artist's path.
Week 1: What are Inspiration Cards?
Learn about Inspiration Cards and how to use them with lots of examples from Susie and her former class participants, then assemble and organize your collage materials -- paper, packaging, magazine images and photos, fabric, trims and more -- and start to work. This week's lesson includes five design assignments that use your right-brain intuition, intentions and goals and your left-brain analysis of composition and color schemes.
Week 2: Collage Alterations
Photography your designs and send your collages though a variety of photo-editing and alteration experiments using on-line tools and websites on your computer. If you have an iPad or other smart tablet or smart phone, you can also use some suggested apps to make other interesting alterations with editing, filters and collage options.
Week 3: Card Making from your Images
A couple of iPad manipulated photos make these digital cards fun!
Using an all-in-one copier and/or ink-jet printer, you'll learn to size and reduce your collages and finish your Inspiration Cards. Susie details options: printing on different papers, tissue paper prints incorporated into paper cloth, printing on fabric to make stitch-able cards and more. Add embellishments to make your cards even more scrumptious!
Week 4: Inspiration Cards as Ritual, Routine and Reward
Collect your cards and pull one out when you need some inspiration and get-go!
How can you use Inspiration Cards in your studio and art-making life. This lesson will take the cards full circle with suggestions for how to make them (and their creation) part of your art life, as well as some suggestions about ways to organize, share and continue this practice. You'll also get links to some art-making inspirational videos (by famous and not-so-famous artists from around the world) that have inspired Susie in her own work and creative life.