How to Make a Collage

Learn how to create a landscape by collaging a variety of paper scraps and other everyday materials.

Drop in anytime for a virtual session of our popular series and experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges. This week, learn how to create a landscape by collaging with a variety of paper scraps and other everyday materials. Check out the source image below, gather your materials, and get started whenever you're ready. Please note: This event is prerecorded.

Featured Artwork:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3497?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=1&showOnly=openAccess&ft=landscape&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=51

Caleb Gardner (died 1761). Easy Chair, 1758. Made in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Walnut, maple, 46 3/8 x 32 3/8 x 25 7/8 in. (117.8 x 82.2 x 65.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1950 (50.228.3)

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Easy Chair, Caleb Gardner Jr.  American, Walnut, maple; wool on linen ground (front panel), wool and silk on linen ground (back panel), silk and cotton tape, silk and wool tape, American
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