Article · The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Watercolor-Painted Collage Papers
By Meghan Burch
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2016
About this lesson
The Carle Museum's studio method for making textured collage papers: crayon rubbings on tracing paper, washed over with liquid watercolor that the crayon resists, then dried and cut or torn for collage. Offered as an easier alternative to acrylic-painted papers.
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