Ep 114 Art Collaboration Ideas

In today’s art podcast we are chatting about artwork collaboration strategies. We are likely to give you some solutions on distinct techniques you could work with other artists and creatives.

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Songs | RSS

One particular artist commences a drawing and the other finishes it

Collaborating can be wonderful pleasurable, so you want to consider a little something, but you want to continue to keep it really uncomplicated to check the h2o, you make a drawing (or component of a drawing) and then ship it to the individual you have picked to collaborate with… and then that man or woman could contend the drawing, or add their individual component to it.

Or better nevertheless you could the two produce a drawing and then swap!

And this reminds me of that recreation we used to play as little ones, called ‘Hats.’ And what you would do, is attract a hat at the best of a piece of paper, then fold it down so the other person could not see it, then they would attract the head, fold it down and hand it back again. And you’d continue to keep carrying out it until finally you achieved the feet. Then at the finish, you would open up up the paper and expose the bizarre man or woman you’d equally established.

A sketchbook relay

Another actually great notion would be to get jointly with a group of buddies and do a sketchbook relay. So, you would sketch the to start with site, then ship the e book to the upcoming human being and they would fill the upcoming website page and so on. Sooner or later, the full book would be 1 large collaboration!

We have imagined about performing this for Kick in the Creatives, but the logistics may possibly be a little bit difficult because we are all above the entire world! But it could be seriously neat to do a thing like that.

Edit two items of artwork alongside one another digitally

You could both of those build something by hand and then edit it together digitally with a image editing app like Photoshop.

One particular way of carrying out this is to both start with the very same reference picture. Do your individual interpretation and then see if you can blend the two with each other digitally. Or just one of you could get started so the other can see what they have to operate with.

We did think that we could potentially do a collab like this. Possibly Tara could draw a deal with and then Sandra could attract a piece of fruit or a hand keeping a glass and then we see if we could lower them collectively digitally

Quite a few artists draw on an on the web drawing board

There are on the net drawing boards in which you can get alongside one another with online buddies and all attract on the similar board. Tara at the time did this at an on-line occasion and the results ended up pretty neat.

A second artists performs about the major of your artwork digitally

Another way to collaborate is for one particular of you could develop a piece of artwork and then the other particular person functions over the major digitally. That’s the way I have labored with the collaborations I have accomplished. Since the other artists function digitally, I begun and then scanned in my piece and then they worked above he leading.

Create each individual other an art box venture

An additional way you could collaborate is by sending every single other a bundle of art products that the other individual has to develop something with. This could be the components that you like to use that may well drive the other individual out of their consolation zone.

Sandra and Tara did this by sending every other artwork materials of an agreed value.

Art postcard swap

So, on our Fb group, we organise a postcard swap at the commencing of every thirty day period. So, any individual who needs to do it, places their name down and then we randomly find pairs. Then these two individuals have to produce a postcard and ship it to the other human being by the conclude of the thirty day period. So it not strictly a collab, but it is a pretty way of sharing art and so awesome to receive something distinctive in the article, that is not a invoice or a piece of junk mail!

E book of artwork or selection of postcards

You could appear alongside one another as a group and create a e book of artwork or collection of postcards – as perfectly as currently being a pleasant piece it could assistance cross promote you. This would get the job done properly if you ended up heading to show up at an celebration exactly where you could hand them out

Collaborate on artwork worries you established yourselves

You could collaborate by placing every other artwork difficulties. This is how we began performing alongside one another and what received me drawing again. You can pick a challenge that fits you both even if you approach it different methods.

Doing the job with a buddy assists hold you accountable

Do an current artwork problem together

You could do the exact organised art challenge with a pal. That way you can cheer each other on and examine notes!

Joint art exhibition or function

One more way of collaborating is to do a joint exhibition or occasion. Sandra did a joint exhibition a pair of yrs back, with her good friend Kerry, who’s also an artist and it actually does make it considerably less nerve-wracking, simply because you have every other there for ethical assistance. Also, you have someone else to enable with all of the organising, which can be rather a headache on your personal.

Tara has organised a collaboration event for NFTS. It delivers collectively 30 artists to do 30 collaborations in 30 days. We have to warn you nevertheless this is quite an undertaking to bring 30 men and women collectively, Tara was feeling really stressed at instances. So you may well want to begin little and then build up to even larger collaborations

Collaborate on teaching art

You could collaborate on educating art. Is there something that you and a mate would like to instruct. Why not train it together and provide two perspectives to the table

Collaborate on art in distinct kinds

And as we know, artwork arrives in a lot of distinct forms. It does not have to be all about visual art. You can collaborate on a piece of audio, a poem, or probably a story, like Tara and I did.

Or maybe 1 can compose the e book and the other could illustrate. Just never check with me to illustrate it in any other case you’ll nevertheless be ready three a long time later on!

In reality it could be any sort of inventive endeavour mixed together. I have a short while ago noticed some electronic artists collaborating with musicians to develop animated art with music

Matters to think about when collaborating

1 last issue and it’s an important issue to consider… If you are wondering of embarking on a significant collab, then make positive you are assured that you are a great match. Remember, you will equally require to be dependable and on the identical site, in any other case you may find that you will either allow down the other person or they will enable you down.

Help us on Kofi

This week’s artistic question

Q. If you could element in a famous painting, which would it be, and why?

The very best responses will be study out on a potential podcast.

You can Tweet us your responses @KickCreatives or permit us know in the Facebook Team, which by the way if you haven’t now joined, I highly propose that you do! We will put the query up there and also on the Fb page… and of course, on our Instagram webpage @kickinthecreatives.

If you have any tips for the podcast or our worries make sure you really feel no cost to get in touch.