Learn Fine Art Stamping with Anne Bagby

Anne Bagby's instructional workshops teach fine art to stampers and stamping to fine artists. Anne paints still life arrangements and surrounds the objects with borders typical of the design style of the era in which the object was used. [continued…]

Collage: Paper, Patterns & Glazing

Put patterns to work with mixed media artist Anne Bagby. You'll create your own stamps, masks, stencils, and paper as you build a truly customized collage. Work fast and free, layering homemade paper and lush acrylic glazes to design an intricate and eclectic figure.

Anne makes all her own collage materials. She combines stamped and painted patterns to create the wafer-thin paper she uses throughout the workshop. You'll transfer antique designs to hand-carved stamps and cut contact paper masks to guide custom stencils.

Using an experimental process, working simultaneously on five figures, Anne takes risks with the weakest, using the freedom of collage to find creative solutions. You'll quickly build shapes with paper and slowly unify them with controlled glazes. The borders may resemble tapestry, quilts or printed fabrics.

Anne shows you a variety of techniques to create the decorative borders including, stenciling, stamping, photocopying, computer printing, monoprinting, airbrush, collage and painting.

Materials:

Golden brand fluid acrylic and other transparent acrylic paint, Glaze Liquid, White and black acrylic, small jar of mat medium or gel, 2-inch china bristle brush, a variety of brushes, squeeze bottle witih metal tip for making lines, ruling pen, scissors, X-acto knife, Sharpie, Lino-cutter with medium V blade, Safety Kut rubber, Toner copy of black and white pattern, foam rollers with air tight container.