Colour Collage I

What Is It?

If you’d like to develop your sense of colour, be bolder with applied paint techniques and create in a more expressive and uninhibited way then join me on Colour Collage I. It’s packed with content to inspire and enthuse and is now available as self-paced.

Focus

Colour Collage I is a program to explore painting and layering techniques, with a strong focus on making a broad range of colours from the basic warm and cool primaries in order to explore colour theory in a creative way.

Painted paper collage is an ideal process to explore different creative styles and multiple subjects. It allows you to be brave with colour combinations and encourages an adventurous, confident approach to experimentations with mixed media and painting techniques.

How It Works

The course material is published on my learning website. There are three modules, that typically take a week to go through: a project posted every weekday and a larger weekend assignment concludes each of the modules.

Short recorded videos embedded in the daily projects will guide the processes along with written posts and progress photos for a total of eighteen projects and over six hours of recorded demonstrations.

Please be aware that there is a specific material list (see below) required to get the most out of the course. Before registering, please familiarise yourself with it

Dates

The course is available for a limited period as self-paced. You’ll have full access to all the material for one full year after your registration. This enables you to revisit projects or to complete them at your own pace.

Cost

Access to the full Colour Collage I course is £287.

Basic Material List

Here's a list of the materials that will be used throughout the course. ​These are exactly the same as those used in the online videos and in my daily art practice. If you use them, I’m positive all of the techniques demonstrated will work.

Quality paint and paper makes a difference to outcomes!

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• Golden High Flow acrylic paint 2oz (30ml) basic set of ten colours.

• Please don’t buy Fluid acrylic, it needs to be High Flow paint that behaves like ink. The opaque set of ten colours is central to this course. Please don’t get the transparent set either.

• Other suppliers: Ken Bromley ship abroad or another option from the UK. Also available here or on Amazon if you can’t find it elsewhere.

• In case of emergency, alternatives to High Flow: acrylic inks such as FW or Liquitex are possible but won’t give you the same intense pigment, colour variation or value as High Flow.

• Please note, regular acrylic paint is not suitable for this course.

• Golden Matte painting medium (473ml) is the recommended size but it does come in smaller containers

  • Please don’t buy Gel or Gloss or Fluid Matte or the OPEN medium option!

• Deli paper, one box. Senior size, around 10”x10”. Logan, a US brand, is ideal (also available on Amazon). If you have problems getting hold of this paper contact Esté.

  • Deli Paper are also available in boxes from Handmade Paper UK

• Sketchbook: Cartridge or watercolour paper size large, paper should be suitable for water-based medium. Moleskine or Hahnemuhle A4 watercolour landscape layout will be used in the course demos

  • Esté’s recommended brand and large size block Arches Aquarelle watercolour block 14”x20" Cold Pressed (green cover)

  • OR Quality 300gsm (140lb) Cold Pressed medium textured large watercolour paper sheets x 12 similar to Arches Aquarelle

• Regular paper sketchbook for drawing and testing ideas.

• Paintbrushes: Soft nylon brushes suitable for acrylic. Rosemary and Co offer good quality brushes that are value for money.

  • Fine point, medium size (e.g. Designer, Size 8)

  • Fan brush (e.g. Blender, Size L)

  • Flat, 3/4” size (e.g. ’One stroke’ series 303)

  • Comber brush (e.g. Medium size 5/8”)

  • Dagger brush, medium size 1/4" or 3/8” (e.g. Series 311)

  • Optional: Mop brush size large, No 3 (e.g. Golden mop series 304)

• Old toothbrush or stencil brush.

• Carbon black copy paper black 10 sheets Esté mostly use Pelikan Carbon paper in her demos.

  • Don’t buy grey graphite or transfer paper. Look for carbon paper online (e.g. Amazon). Contact Esté if unsure.

• Black pigment ink Fineliners (markers)

• Masking tape

• Removable masking fluid (not permanent or wax based)

• Pen sized craft knife

• Dip pen with own choice of nibs. I recommend Speedball's Mapping set for drawing

• Derwent Inktense Pencil Ink black (a single pencil, not a set)

• Regular latex balloon

• Cardboard inner tubes of loo rolls or kitchen paper towels.

• Optional a small rotary cutter (18mm or 28mm) and surface suitable for cutting, like a cutting matt or cardboard.

Suppliers

International shipping is offered by Jacksons’ Art and Ken Bromley both are based in the UK. If you are in Europe, Asia or Australasia it might be an economical way to buy materials. In the United States the best supplier is Dick Blick. Please get in touch if you are stuck with regards to supplies. Golden Artist Colours has a store locator here.

The list of materials is extensive but they will be used in all projects and enough left for a follow up courses and further experimentation.