Collage Composition with Catherine Cruz

July 22 + 29, 2023 - 11 AM - 3 PM

12:30-1:00 lunch (BYO brown bag)

Fee: $170 + $20 materials fee (for 2 sessions)

Class takes place in the Painting/Drawing Studio

Number of participants: 12 max.

Ages 16 and up

In this workshop, collage artist Catherine Cruz will focus on the basics of composition and abstract collage design. This class is appropriate for people with no previous art experience as well as artists interested in exploring a new medium.

Participants will learn how to select papers and start a collage, understand the elements of composition and practice several exercises for different types of composition. They will leave with several small collages on paper or canvas panel.

Required materials: Liquitex matte medium, Glue stick, Scissors, Nylon paint brush, flat 1”, Empty plastic container 32 oz for water, Collage papers with various colors, patterns, textures, and images.

Materials provided by instructor: supports for collage and additional collage papers.

You may contact Catherine Cruz at beyouartstudio@gmail.com

About the instructor: Catherine Cruz is a French-American artist, whose work is informed by textures and patterns created by the passing of time and the effects of the natural elements on the built environment. She has taught collage and mixed media workshops in the Bay Area and France since 2019, and this is her third year at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Her background is in interior design and green building certification. She works from her home studio in Sebastopol, and is a participant in Art Trails Open Studios.