Kelly Hoernig - Colored pencil collage : nature drawing and painting for mixed media

10" (25cm) square frame with 312" (9cm) opening

12" (30cm) cake board

12" 12" (30cm 30cm) wooden board

12" 6" 2" (30cm 15cm 5cm) wood block, sanded and rounded at the corners

3 wooden spacers or scrap cardboard

634" 5" (17cm 13cm) oval wood shape

8" 8" (20cm 20cm) Masonite board

Adirondack Color Wash in Espresso

Archival Ink Pad in Coffee

art journal

assorted canvas panels

assorted paintbrushes

assorted papers

binder clips (6)

bingo card

black transfer paper

book pages

bristol board and cardboard scraps

Canson Mi-Teintes paper in Tobacco and Twilight

clear glue

Coffee Break Design bee tag C-169

collage elements

composition notebook

container of water

craft knife

Crayola Model Magic air-dry clay

cutting mat

DecoArt acrylic paint in Asphaltum, Base Flesh, Camel, Charcoal Grey, Colonial Green, Cool Neutral, Dark Chocolate, Desert Sand, Driftwood, Espresso, Fawn, Flesh Tone, French Vanilla, Gingerbread, Honey Brown, Ice Blue, Jade Green, Lilac, Mink Tan, Mississippi Mud, Sable Brown, Sea Glass, Shading Flesh, Soft Black, Terra Cotta, Toffee, Traditional Raw Umber, Warm Neutral, Wasabi Green, White, White Wash

DecoArt Faux Glazing Medium

dictionary pages

drywall tape

empty toilet paper roll

gesso, white and clear

Golden Light Molding Paste

Golden Regular Gel

kneaded eraser

Krylon Workable Fixatif

library cards

light-colored fabric with writing

makeup sponge

masking tape 1" (25mm) wide

matte medium

metal findings and cabinet knob

newspaper

painters tape

palette knife

palette or palette paper

paper towels

pencil and sharpener

Prismacolor colored pencils in Aquamarine, Artichoke, Black, Black Cherry, Celadon Green, Chestnut, Chocolate, Cloud Blue, Cream, Crimson Lake, Dahlia Purple, Dark Brown, Dark Umber, Espresso, French Grey 20%, French Grey 70%, French Grey 90%, Ginger Root, Goldenrod, Green Ochre, Henna, Imperial Violet, Indigo Blue, Jade Green, Jasmine, Kelly Green, Kelp Green, Lemon Yellow, Light Umber, Limepeel, Mahogany Red, Muted Turquoise, Nectar, Pale Sage, Peach, Peach Beige, Sandbar Brown, Sap Green Light, Sepia, Sienna Brown, Slate Grey, White, Yellow Chartreuse, Yellow Ochre

puzzle piece

recycled book of your choice

recycled cheese box (e.g., President brie, Laughing Cow Swiss)

recycled cigar box

rubber stamps: alphabet, numbers, words

ruler

sandpaper

scissors

sea sponge

seed packet or envelope

spreader (e.g. hotel card, credit card)

stencils, variety

sticky notes

Strathmore mixed-media paper

stylus

Super Chacopaper transfer paper

table salt

texture itemsbubble wrap, burlap, corrugated cardboard, spiral paper edging, plastic, fabric, paper, doilies, tulle

toothbrush

tweezers

twigs

watercolor paper

watercolor set

waxed paper

white eraser

white transfer paper

Welcome to Colored Pencil Collage! I am so happy to be bringing you this multi-media creation filled with inspiration at your fingertips. I hope it will set you on a journey of playing, experimenting and growing into the artist you would like to become.

It is an adventure and through step-by-steps, you will see changes and advancements in your art. You will start to fine-tune your color palette and the things you collect and add to your artwork. It all comes with practice and does not happen overnight. Be patient with yourself and explore every possibility with the wide-eyed innocence of having never done it before.

My journey has taken a lifetime, and I am still learning and honing my skills every single day. Being creative every day is something I must do. It comes to me in many forms whether painting, pencilling, writing or taking photographs. It doesnt matter as long as I do something each day to keep me on my toes and searching for my muse.

In this book I will help you explore materials, colored pencils, design skills and projects that build upon themselves as the book progresses. Flip through, find something that sparks your creativity and start there. There are no rules, just fun projects to get you thinking outside the box and into your collections.

For me, collage is about adding a personal touch or piece of myself to my artwork. Whether it shows up in the color palette, subject matter or the ephemera I add, it all comes down to what I like and what I want my finished art to say. By combining the things you collect, treasure and love, how can the art you create not be about you? It really cant, and that is the beauty behind collage work.

As we get started, I thought it would be nice to introduce you to a few of my favorite things and sources of inspiration. I find both invaluable to being an artist and hope they will help you discover what you really love along the way. From material basics, mediums and embellishments to outdoor treasures, collections and a reference library, how can we go wrong with what inspires us? We cant, and thats a great thing.

It takes time to build up a wealth of resources so start slowly. If you like nature, take a walk and pick up anything that piques your interest. If you like to shop, make note of color combinations or interesting textures. All of this will create a library for you to call upon when needed. Throughout these pages I will be sharing what I love, collect and embrace as my inspiration starters. Let them guide you to a creative jump start to finding you, the artist.