• All Levels
  • Mixed Media

Drawing and Collage is an innovative course for beginner students who wish to develop their skills in the foundations of drawing, combining this with explorations in collage. This course combines the fundamentals of representational and expressive drawing with the collage process; from gesture and contour drawing to explorations in mark making or extended studies of the figure. 

We will incorporate a wide range of drawing media from graphite to charcoal, ink and colour media. A selection of our drawings will then be transformed through the collage process. They will be cut up, layered and rearranged in combination with other papers, materials and found imagery. Sometimes, the collage process will be the starting point for drawing. 

To enhance and enrich our experience, we will refer to artists, past and present, who combine elements of drawing and collage in their art practice.

In Winter term 2021,this course will be offered in two stand alone 5 week sessions.


Winter 2021: 5 weeks: Tuition $264 + Material Fee: $20 = Total: $284    


* This course is not currently open for registration

What you will learn

  • Fundamental drawing skills and mark making
  • Collage fundamentals such as the isolation and selection of materials, cutting and recombination, negative and positive shapes, contours, layering and transparency
  • Relationship between drawing and collage
  • Exposure to a wide range of drawing, mixed media and collage materials and processes

Materials to Bring

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  • 2 sticks graphite ***
  • assorted drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B 
  • drawing eraser
  • small box vine or willow charcoal, thin or medium
  • blending stick
  • 1 pad of newsprint 18 x 24
  • 1 pad of cartridge paper ***
  • 2 bulldog clips
  • Matte medium (medium size)
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors
  • Small straight edge knife 
  • a few inexpensive brushes for gluing

*** Bring to first class