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Taught by Erin McCluskey Wheeler
This class will be available to view on January 01, 2026.
Collage invites us to look at the world and see possibility in every scrap and shape around you. Bay Area artist Erin McClusky Wheeler has built a lifelong creative practice from this simple shift in perspective, and she shows you how to do the same. You don’t need a special stash of papers to begin—Erin guides you through making your own painted collage materials and shares her favorite ways to find and reuse everyday papers. While you're free to work in any size, Erin creates 4x4-inch collage studies, each day introducing prompts that explore color, composition, layering techniques, and processes to help bring your ideas to life. If you choose to follow this format, by the end of the course you’ll have many individual squares that can be curated into a larger, cohesive art piece. Ultimately, collage becomes an act of recycling yourself—repurposing materials and ideas to create something entirely new.
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Collage invites us to look at the world and see possibility in every scrap and shape around you. Bay Area artist Erin McClusky Wheeler has built a lifelong creative practice from this simple shift in perspective, and she shows you how to do the same. You don’t need a special stash of papers to begin—Erin guides you through making your own painted collage materials and shares her favorite ways to find and reuse everyday papers. While you're free to work in any size, Erin creates 4x4-inch collage studies, each day introducing prompts that explore color, composition, layering techniques, and processes to help bring your ideas to life. If you choose to follow this format, by the end of the course you’ll have many individual squares that can be curated into a larger, cohesive art piece. Ultimately, collage becomes an act of recycling yourself—repurposing materials and ideas to create something entirely new.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Junk mail, vintage papers, magazines, cardstock and various collage papers
- 4" x 4" squares of smooth watercolor paper
- Mixed media weight paper
- Glue stick - Erin uses Gloo brand
- Scissors - small and short that come to a point
- Cutting mat and craft knife
- Metal ruler with a cork backing
- Pencil
- Artist’s or washi tape
- Neocolor 1 wax oils (water resistant) or crayons
- Tombow water based pens
- Acrylic or watercolor paint in a few different colors
- Paint brushes, one flat wash and one small round brush
- Brayer
- Rags or paper towels
- Deli paper or glue mat
- Yes! paste and palette knife
Optional:
- Gamblin cold wax medium
- Matte varnish or matte gel medium
- Frame or block panel
- Paper tape
Downloads:
- Work with color and composition in small format collages
- Paint your own collage papers
- Consider and chose options for glue and finishing collages
- Source collage material from everyday materials
- Create and curate multiple small art pieces into a larger art pieces
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