Sketchbook Techniques: Collage with Found Materials

In this short and energizing session, illustrator Erin McGill will show you how to transform your sketchbook by blending basic art materials — like pen, marker, and colored pencil — with found objects such as scraps of paper, maps, tickets, and natural elements.

You’ll learn how to capture and memorialize personal moments — whether from your travels, experiences, or surroundings — by incorporating these meaningful pieces into your artwork. By the end, you’ll have a few new collage pages and plenty of inspiration to continue preserving your memories in a creative, visual format. Perfect for anyone looking to jumpstart their artistic journey or explore new techniques.

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This program is part of the Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts.

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Erin McGill

Erin McGill was born and raised in New York. She received a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute, where she discovered her love for patterns and textures. Since 2004 she has had a small craft business creating wearable art, toys, cards and decorative whimsical art based on her drawings. She is the author and illustrator of picture books including: I Do Not Like Al’s Hat, Matchy Matchy, If You Want A Friend In Washington and others. Since 2019 she has been teaching both children and adults various arts and crafts classes. In her free time she enjoys garde ...