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An Introduction to Visual Journalism with Juliana Coles! no prior art or writing experience necessary/for all levels.
Repetition is  necessary to artmaking and creativity- it allows us to create and develop a series, it assists us with composition, and greatly aids our experimentation process, which is the basis of all art making. This workshop will concentrate on setting up repeating black and white images for high impact, and learning how to work back into these black and white images for interesting affects that can be used with any other art form.  At the risk of repeating myself, I’ll repeat myself:  The art of repetition is a creative device we will use to set up and develop  the pages of our visual journal.  We can start with one image, repeat it like a quilt, or shrink it down, make more copies, and create a border. Or blow it up and expand on one single or central idea.  From one idea, from one possibility, we get many. The art of repetition is like a birthing ground or a playing field and is soothing or Zen like in that we don’t have to think about, or brainstorm what comes next, we just continue with our series and allow the potential to flow.  This gives our mind freedom to come up with new ways of picture making and story telling.  It’s in these repetitive experiences that we have our aha! or eureka, I’ve found it! moments.  This is the perfect introductory workshop for those interested in discovering my style of working! No inner self expression required!

 

Supply List

 

-Your Extreme Visual journal, blank book, handmade book, or book to alter.  
(see www.destinyvoyages.com for tips on choosing your book)

 

Mixed Media:
- your favorite glue - I love big UHU gluesticks
- scissors
- some brushes for your paints (no sponge brushes- get yourself a few good ones and a 1/4”  brush).
- a rag or two
- rubber stamp letters - I have a big set and a small set. 
- stamp pads (I highly recommend Staz On stamp pads because we work so quickly)
- acrylic paint- any brand, any color in at least two colors, one light & one dark. 
- at least two brush markers in different colors.  
- a permanent black marker
- a graphite pencil- regular old number two is fine, but if you can get to an art store get an ebony pencil, or a 6B, or a graphite stick (not charcoal)
- white gel pen, white pen and ink, or anything else that can write on dark surfaces.
- a writing pen
- optional: china markers in black, white, red. A couple water color crayons (not portfolios or water based oil sticks).

 Collage Items:
- random collage items ( copies of things that are precious)
- one magazine to cut up
- one poetry book to cut up ( you can share with friends)
Repetition: get to know your local copy center. Bring a bunch of interesting images- photos of figures and portraits, patterns, even some of your own artwork- or small sections of your artwork  to your favorite copy center and play around with the self service machines. Get to know them. See what they can do. Test out the different functions. You may need a little help at first, and most copy stores are very happy to help answer all your copying questions. Change the settings: there are settings for just text, for just photo, and something in between. Some settings will give your images shadings or tones of grey- we don’t want that- we want the real black and white graphic images- high contrast. Take your images and blow them up. Shrink them down. I love doing this and always have a good time seeing what happens.  Photos of people work really well. Make a series of repeating images- they can all be the same image- or images that look similar.  We’ll need three batches of different repeating images.  You’ll need at least 10 of each- some repeating  the same size and some in different sizes. Bring these stacks of images to class and be ready to cut, paste, and go crazy with layering materials!

 

for any questions or concerns email Juliana Coles of Pete and Repeat at meandpete@msn.com