Student artwork

Digital collage by Donna Wagner
Digital collage by Donna Wagner

With their kind permission I am posting some images created by students in my recent “Nature Based Art Class”.  I truly enjoyed getting to know everyone who participated!  Additionally it was great fun to create and share artistic ideas with a group.  I hope each student had fun during the process. 

Digital collage by Aaron Green
Digital collage by Aaron Green

It is so much fun to see how different each person’s art is!  Many of the images I am posting are digital collages, created in Photoshop Elements. 

Digital collage by Kimberly Lowery
Digital collage by Kimberly Lowery

As you can see, even though they all used images of nature from photos the end results were quite varied!

Digital collage by Donna Wagner
Digital collage by Donna Wagner
Digital collage by Judy Lawhon
Digital collage by Judy Lawhon
Digital collage by Adam Green
Digital collage by Adam Green
In addition to taking photos and creating digital collage we experimented with some alternative printmaking techniques. 
Monoprint on gelatin plate by Susan Baggarly
Monoprint from a gelatin plate by Susan Baggarly
The printmaking projects were photographed and incorporated into some of the digital collages and/or used to create a collage on canvas. 
Collage on canvas by Lynne Medsker
Collage on canvas by Lynne Medsker
The added benefit to teach is also that I get to play with my camera, with printmaking, with paint and paper and do activities that I probably would otherwise not take or make the time to do!  I am hoping to have another session early in 2009, if you have ideas or would like to be included in the contact list for upcoming classes please feel free to e-mail me at lynnemedsker@yahoo.com – thanks!

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