Collage Breakthrough with Catherine Raines lesson 1 and 2

This is a free online class that Cat offers before her Collage extended course. I enjoyed doing this free course last year (similar but different). Last year the course included decorating papers, both patterned and what she calls "quiet" using only 2 colours plus black and white. This year she sent emails with You tube videos on decorating these papers prior to the course starting.. I was helping with my new grand daughter June and travelling so was not able to prepare. I did enjoy the videos though.

The upper right is Lesson 1, on 9 squares (2" x 2")  in my sketchbook, using 2 pieces of collage papers using one piece of patterned paper and one "quiet", using different values, shapes and orientations. These also had to be different from the boxes next door. I had to make "papers" out of anything I could find (receipts, dryer sheets, delivery papers etc.). For the one on the right, I used an inflight magazine I read on my flight. I also changed the orientation of my sketchbook. 

Above is lesson 2 (left) on 6 larger squares (3" x 3") using the same found decorated papers, this time using 3 papers (2 pattern and 1 plain or 2 plain and 1 pattern) with the same rules (different orientation, values and sizes). The one on the right is a different orientation of my sketchbook and again using magazine pieces. These all took a lot more thinking than I expected.
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