Combine drawing with collage for fun fashion art!
This is the second blog project to take inspiration from artist, Elizabeth Zunon. The museum has held a close relationship with Elizabeth Zunon as not only an artist within its collections but also as a teaching artist, and presenter. Much of Zunon's illustration work combines painting and collage. We'll use a combination of drawing and collage today to test out what it's like to work in her style.
If you would like you may follow the Drawing Portraits tutorial from our first blog inspired by Zunon's work for some assistance in drawing a face.
Draw an outline of a simple item of clothing like a t-shirt or a plain dress design. Carefully cut out the inside of the shape.
Take out found papers like magazine images, colorful wrapping paper, gift bags or other interesting papers and hold the cut out form in front of them. You may want to photograph what the image looks like with the different found "outfits."
Once you have found your favorite design for the shirt glue the papers together to make it permanent.
Now's the time to polish the picture up. Would you like to add details like buttons, zippers, or pockets to the collaged clothing? Draw it in! You may also experiment with combining drawing and painting with collage in the background of your picture.
Wanting to be Free Like the Wind Blows Through a Tree appeared in a children's book published in 2011 called "My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey".
Published April 30, 2020