Watercolor and Collage

One of the most exciting things about creating your own works of art is that you can experiment in new ways with artistic tools and materials. In this instructional video, you’ll be able to leap into the artistic journey alongside world renowned artist, educator, and author Gerald Brommer. Best known for his adventurous experimentation with the combination of watercolors and collage, Brommer will offer helpful tips and encouragement for both beginning and advanced students throughout the course of this instructional DVD. As the workshop begins, Brommer will offer important instruction about how to compost a work that will later become the basis for both watercolor and collage. Brummer admonishes his students to embrace the accidents and possibilities encouraged by his method of painting, and the texture and uniqueness that can be achieved when the two techniques are combined in a watercolor painting. Artists that are new to this style of creation will receive clear, easy to follow instructions regarding the entire process of how to combine collage and integrate it in the water color painting process. Brommer’s explanatory demonstrations help the new student to develop perspective and release their inhibitions when composing. First, Brommer reveals his step by step process for assembling, painting, and finishing a watercolor collage painting, including painting a base layer of color underneath, choosing and arranging the collage materials, painting over the collage, recollage, and then painting only until it’s finished, and when to know it’s time to stop. Then, over the course of completing a mountain landscape painting, Brommer will use various Oriental papers and watercolor painting process to enhance the textures of the scene. You’ll see how this technique gives elements a three-dimensional quality even though they are created with watercolors. Brommer helps students to see that the fun and challenge of this style of painting is that accidents can happen, but they can also be the best opportunities to create something magnificent.