Techniques Zone Collage Ideas and How to Make A Collage 1: If this is your first time I would use a page of card stock the same size as a piece of copy paper. Later on when you are confident you can upsize to canvas's or whatever you like. 2: Decide what colours you want to use for a start. I usually chose 3-4 colours as the main features. 3: Gather all your materials together and wear some old clothes. 4: The sorts of materials you need are PVA white glue, water it down 1 part glue to 1/8th Part water. 5: Start by ripping the pictures out and instead of cutting them rip them all the way around so they have lovely uneven edges. 6: I start by coating my surface with acrylic paints or Lumiere Halo paints. 7: Start ripping out small pieces of decorated papers and gluing them on the card with the pva glue. 8: Glue on your pictures and cover them with glue also. 9: Add in little pieces of fabric. 10: Now start gluing down another layer over the top. 12: Add more layers building up till you are happy with it. 14: Let everything dry.
Prepping the Pages of an Altered Book Journal I recently started an altered book project that will serve as a journal of my recollected childhood memories. I’m going to show you how I prep my pages and I invite you to play along with me by altering a book of your own. If you’ve never altered a book before, I promise you, it’s very easy, and more importantly, incredibly fun. This is the book I’m using. When choosing a book to alter, there are a few things I consider. I glue every two pages together to make my pages thicker. After my pages are glued, I’m ready for gesso. I’m not worried if my pages do break away from the spine. After the gesso dries, I create a simple background for my pages. After coloring the entire page with watercolor crayon, I squeeze some acrylic paint on a palette and spritz it with water to thin out the paint a little bit. I use a 3/4″ angle brush to apply the acrylic paint to the pages. This is the finished background page.
Glazed, Distressed Paintings I was so excited when Kirstin and Jordan of Kojo Designs asked me to be a part of their “the sincerest form of flattery” series! I love a good challenge so I’ve been keeping my eye out for something on my “wish list” that would be fun to do! I love these prints of glazed paintings from Ballard Designs and decided to make a miniature version of the beach themed one: With a few simple steps (and an eager toddler), I was able to mimic a similar glazed effect to create my own beach painting! My family spent most of the summer at Debordieu beach (near Georgetown, S.C.) when I was growing up. Here’s how to make your own! You’ll need:Acrylic craft paints (I use the 99 cent bottle ones)Art canvasNewspaper or phone book pagesMatte MediumGloss Varnish Step 1: I started with a plain gallery wrapped canvas…. ….and covered sections with a generous amount of matte medium using small sections of old phone book pages and adhered them using the excess medium. The prepared canvas looks like this: June 7, 2010
Altered Bits: Free Vintage Photos, Free Medical and Anatomy Photos, Free Background Images, Free Paper Textures, Free Images, Free Backgrounds, Free Altered Art Templates (Artist Trading Card Envelope, Altars) Free images of the moment: Free Vintage Tintype #1 Free Vintage Lady Photo Free 1812 Fashion Photo Free Vintage Child Photo Free French Botanical Illustration Free Alice In Wonderland Free Lovely Little Bugs Free Aged Paper with Numerical Chart Free Frida Kahlo Photo Free Butterfly Collection Free Altered Art Stuff! Free Altered Art Templates | Free Photos & Imagery Free Altered Art Collage Sheets | Free Photoshop Textures Free Background Images Free Art Templates Here are a few arty templates to download and use as you'd like. Artist Trading Card Envelope PSD | PDF Altar Template One PSD | PDF Altar Template Two :: View example here PSD | PDF Mermaid Doll Template PDF Free Art Bits: Free Photos and Imagery Here is a small selection of various images you can download and print to use in/on your altered book, assemblage, artist trading card, altar, art journal, or any altered art project. Click on the image number to view and download full-sized version: Free (Retired) Digital Altered Art Collage Sheets
joyouslybecoming: A video tutorial; mixed media background technique I'm pleased to announce that I've accomplished one of my goals for 2011: my first video tutorial ever. I've got a lot of techniques I want to share and an upcoming online class is finally on the horizon in the not too distant future, after I get my manuscript sent off the end of March I'll be ready to work on my first class. But until then, this is for you my readers, a "thankyou" for stopping by, occasionally leaving a foot or fingerprint, i love when you leave comments. I hope you enjoy my little presentation and find it to be a helpful tool for your artmaking toolbox or at least find a bit of inspiration, enough to take you into your studio to play. Mixed Media Collage; Backgrounds Tutorial from katie kendrick on Vimeo.
Mixed-Media Collage Creations: How to Apply Mixed Media to Collages Tutorial Mixed Media Collage: Any combination of media with collage. — Nita Leland, Creative Collage Techniques Beginner's Collage Techniques : How to Create Mixed Media Collage Art Combining Two or More Mediums By Chris Dunmire In Parts 1 and 2, I showed you how to make a basic magazine collage into an assemblage by using elements from magazines and adding on 3D objects. Now we're going to build upon those concepts. You can apply any other artistic medium to your basic collage or assemblage to turn it into a mixed media collage. Watch how I added sponge-textured gouache paint to my assemblage background to create a mixed-media collage. Part 3: How to Make a Mixed Media Collage Additional Materials Needed: Gouache paint or other artistic media (acrylics, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, etc.)Sponge applicator or paint brush Step 8 (Note: If you plan to make your collage mixed media from the outset, you have creative license to apply paint to the background at any point in creating your piece. Step 9
Gesso Samlper with bubble wrap and sequin waste This post is a Gesso Sampler as I’ve been experimenting with gesso this week for Crusade no 25! Gesso ['dʒɛsːo] is the Italian word for “Board chalk” (akin to the Greek word “gypsum”), and is a powdered form of the mineral calcium carbonate used in art. [..] Modern acrylic “gesso” is actually a combination of calcium carbonate with an acrylic polymer medium latex, a pigment and other chemicals that ensure flexibility, and ensure long archival life. It is sold premixed for both sizing and priming a canvas for painting. [quote from wikipedia.org] The quote above explains that gesso is a white sticky paint mixed in a jar. I remember a few years back when I read Lynne Perrella’s book Artists’ Journals and Sketchbooks. When I first got hold of gesso it made me feel (more than anything else) like a true artist! Let’s have a look, shall we?! Handcarved swirl stamp loaded with gesso on a page in my Art Journal. Then I kind of freaked out with the sequin waste and bubble wrap! I ♥ this crusade!
Babsarella's Pocketful of Sunshine It's been a while since I posted, but all is well and we are just keeping busy. Not a lot of arty stuff going on, however I am working on some holiday tags. We also took a brief vacation last week to Orlando and enjoyed some time at Universal Studios.