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A lot of people think to be good and art and design you need to be good at drawing and painting but this isn't always the case. Collage is a great example of a different way of making art. The name comes from the French coller which means to paste and that's it. To make your design you simply stick and paste objects and images to create a brand newpicture.
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That's exactly what Lydia and I did to create a new picture for her bedroom wall. So, what I've done is get a piece of board, some exciting glue and I've printed loads and loads of pictures and what we're going to do is when we've got a lot of these together, we're going to cut round them and we're going to layer loads and loads and loads so that we get this mad picture of everythingthat we want. It doesn't have to be board. You can use a piece of card instead but you will need paper glue. Remember you can use anything to create your collage. Pictures from magazines, old family photos or like I've done here print images from the computer. First decide the layout you want and then stick your pictures down. There's no right or wrong way to do this becauseit's your picture and you're in charge but to get some tips you could look at the work of some famous collage artists such as Kurt Schwitters.
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A German artist who was a member of the Dada School of Art.
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Henri Matisse. A French artist who was a leading member of the modernist and impressionist schools of art.
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And Julian Trevelyan a British artist who followed the surrealist school of art.
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Once you have your images stuck down, don't be afraid to add to your picture.
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So this is looking great. I think we're about ready to make it a little bit extra special. So, should we add something to it?
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I have made you some stencils. What I've done is got a piece of card and I've drawn with a ruler some letters to make these words and then I've got a craft knife and cut them down so if you get your mum and dad to help you and we're going to get a brush and this lovely bright [STUTTERS] red paint and we're going to paint really really really carefully in the gaps and then whenwe peel it off it should say lights, camera and action.
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As well as stencilling, some artists add buttons and even leave some stones to their collages.
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Well done [GASPS], good work. What do you think?
Lydia:
I love it. [INTERRUPTION] It's really nice.
Speaker:And it looked even better hanging on the wall in Lydia's bedroom.
Video summary
Becci Sharkey demonstrates a simple way to make an artistic collage using printed black and white pictures.
The finished collage is further enhanced by adding painted text.
This short film is from the BBC series, I Want to Design.
Teacher Notes
Students could create their own collage.
You could ask students to pick their own pictures and explain why they've picked them.
As a class, students could look at and analyse the work of famous collage artists.
This short film will be relevant for teaching primary design & technology and art & design.
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