Exploring Composition with Collage
Music Box 1564 Argyle Avenue, British Columbia V7V 1A1
Marlene Lowden, 2025
(courtesy of the artist)
Exploring Composition with Collage
Back by popular demand! Unlock the secrets of powerful abstract compositions in this full-day workshop with Marlene Lowden. Using collage as our medium, we’ll explore how elements and principles of design such as shape, colour, dominance, and contrast create focal points to shape the meaning of our work. Along with hands-on exercises, we’ll dive into major compositional theories and discuss how they influence abstract art.
Drawing inspiration from both historical and contemporary artists, you will leave with a self-created guidebook of strategies to enhance your future artwork. By the end of the workshop, students will:
Understand the key principles of composition in abstract art
Learn how to use collage as a tool for experimenting
Gain inspiration from the work of historical and contemporary artists
Develop their own compositional "toolkit" in the form of a self-created guidebook for future reference
Explore how compositional choices convey different meanings and messages in abstract work
All materials provided. However, feel free to bring your own magazines or whatever visual materials you'd like to work with.
Cost: $95
Register at 604-925-7270 (course # 183201 )