Acrylic Collage: Creating Layers with Julie Burch
Goal: to experience a mixed media approach to creating a layered piece of art using acrylic
paint, acrylic medium and other materials
Recommended supplies:
Substrate (something to work on): hardboard such as gesso board, heavy watercolor paper,
canvas paper, cardboard or matt board or stretched canvas
Acrylic mediums: one or more of the following: soft gel, and heavy gel, or matt medium, or
gloss medium,
Acrylic paints: tube and or liquid, white and a few colors (if you’re not sure what to buy and
don’t want to get many get white, black, and red, yellow, blue, and titanium buff, plus one
other favorite)
Stencils, stamps and ink, texture makers: plastic wrap, bubble wrap, textured fabric
A variety of papers
Mark making materials, colored pencils, watercolor crayons, permanent markers
Tools for spreading paint and medium: paint brushes, pallet knives, rubber spreading tools
(blades)
Something to clean your hands or gloves to wear
Rags/paper towels, newspapers, plastic wrap
Water holder and or a Spray bottle of water
Tips:
Isolation layer protects what’s underneath
Stick with a limited number of paint colors, familiarize yourself with the color wheel: colors side
by side mix well, colors directly across the wheel will make browns and greys
Use your imagination to see imagery for a ‘picture’
Think about having a center of interest/focal point
Plan on several layers or techniques….5, 10, …..20
Think: back ground, middle ground, foreground or focal point