Collage - Light, Design, Color and the Silhouette

designusing collage

Mixed Media Painting Fall 2015Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

the tradition of surrealist collage-space

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

analogy of shape

Man Ray

analogy of shape

Magritte

analogy of shape

Raoul Hausmann

analogy of shapeand figurative swaps

Bruce Conner

analogy of shapeand figurative swaps

“paper dolls”

Hannah Hoch

Hannah Hoch

“paper dolls”

Kara Walker

“paper dolls”

Marty Skocilich

Marty Skocilich

Marty Skocilich

Marty Skocilich

Design Exercise

Collage can be real or abstract.Make a background first, then select pieces for color as much

as for ‘idea.’

The collage must have:1. A “light” source 2. Rhythm through repetition of:

• triangles, squares, circles • parallel wavy lines• zigzagging lines• positive and negative shapes • including at least one silhouette

3. One large shape created by overlapping smaller of shapes of a similar color

the illusion of “light”

Repetition of geometric

shapes

Rhythm through repetition of:• triangles, squares, circles • parallel wavy lines• zigzagging lines• positive and negative shapes • including at least one silhouette

Aishlin Harrison

positive/negative shapes

silhouettes

Greg Sand

Scale: overlapping

shapes of similarcolor to create

one large shape

Aishlin Harrison

Collage can be real or abstract.Make a background first, then select pieces for color as much

as for ‘idea.’

The collage must have:1. A “light” source 2. Rhythm through repetition of:

• triangles, squares, circles • parallel wavy lines• zigzagging lines• positive and negative shapes • including at least one silhouette

3. One large shape created by overlapping smaller of shapes of a similar color