Getting started with collage art, part 2
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
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In part 2 I begin with a brand new blank book. It's a ring binder-type of book and before I start my collage, I've created a reminder to myself of what my plans and goals will be.
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When I had just started learning how to paint and draw and was expressing my fear of what if I do it wrong, my teacher used to say: " You will. So what? It's just a paper., you will do it again." It's just a paper and it stuck with me for years. But sometimes, if I do not want to spoil an image I want to do something out of, I will make a copy of it, and do it with the copy, and then go with the original. That also takes the edge off. I'm watching your playlist; your videos help a lot; thank you so much.
Great idea! I also like taking pictures of my (unglued) collage with my phone and then looking at it that way before deciding if I want to add something else.
Thank you, collage is something I’ve been wanting to explore for some time now. I checked out an embarrassing number of books from the library and I then became overwhelmed with an overload of info. The advice and tips in your videos demonstrate that it is not complicated and to keep it fun!
Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad it has helped :-)
Awesome!
I am happy to see that you don't ink and tear all your pieces, I have just done my first ever collage. I like it, it isn't any thing that I would try to sell,it is especially for me, I did show my daughter because she spotted it and asked about it so I told her to pick it up and look at it. She said she really liked it, I feel real good inside when she is happy about something that I have created, she is a teacher of high end math for 7th and8th grade students. Anyway thank you so much for sharing. When I finish I would love to send you a few of the.pages.
I love that you've started on making collages. That's great! If you are on Facebook, join the group "Vintage Gluebooks and Pages". You can see others contributions and share yours when you are comfortable doing so.
Thank you, lots of great ideas! Erica❤
So glad you enjoyed it! 👍🏼😉💖
@@MargareteMiller I really did! I’m cutting up 2 catalogs at the moment & am collecting collage fodder!
This is lovely
..especially like the addition of the lady.
I mentally choose with you where is the best place to put/match your papers. That's very funny!😁 Thank you for yours videos.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Ro ❤️
I love these videos. Thank you so very much for putting these together. I have a love/hate relationship with scraps of paper. I will collect and collect, then get overwhelmed and purge. Or, I find something I like, then I save too much of it and don't use it because it becomes precious. Glue books are so relaxing...I find that I do a combination of paper scraps, painting, stamping and inking. Your guidance on no-pressure is great - make things just for yourself (that's how it should be with most everything because it turns out better that way). I like your gardening three-ring binder for a quarter! I rescued a Pantone color chip book from the junk pile at work a few years ago and am inspired to get that out and starting gluing!
Hi Dawn, You know, I find it to be a really slippery slope with the saving of paper scraps. It's so easy to get overwhelmed. Even when I restrict myself I get caught up in saving and then end up with too much. But I LOVE your idea to use that Pantone color chip book. That would be awesome!! When you start it you have to post some pictures. I'd love to see it :-)
Oh my gosh, Margarete, the intentions you wrote for the front of this journal is so important for us as we learn. Thank you
Thanks, Dorothy. I think they’re important to hear often. It really does help.
Love this seeing your thought process and how it all comes together. You make the most beautiful collages and make it look so effortless. Thank you so much for sharing your tips, really enjoy your tutorials xx
Thanks so much for your kind comments, Lesley ❤️
Thanks! You've made composition less stressful for me. And your compositions are lovely.
I'm so glad. Collaging can be stressful if you set a lot of grand expectations for yourself. A little at a time works much better. Thanks for watching. :-)
Thank you for sharing you're awesome ideas. This makes me feel better about doing more collage. Have a blessed day 🙂.
That garden book offers so many possibilities. Great find!
Thanks, Christina. I'm still adding to it! It is fun to use :-)
This is an awesome collage, and makes it look so easy to put together such a nice composition. I am definitely going to attempt this over the week, first step will be gathering the pictures and such, but absolutely going to try. I will be watching these two videos over and over I am sure. Thanks for doing this tutorial.
I love this video, it is so stimulating and helpful! I really love the book first awesome grab, and your page is Great! Thanks for sharing with this newbie!
Love it. You make it look so easy
I have been collecting scraps for years..Magazine cut outs, things people have sent me, a few clothing tags and more. You have inspired me to bind a book I made years ago and have always loved and start gluing items that I have collected into it. I am in LOVE with the process and my pages. Thank you for getting me moving.
Oh, yay, Melissa! Awesome!! I'm so glad to have spurred you a bit on this :-)
Thanks so much for all the advice. It really helps. Your page turned out beautifully.
Thank you so much this has been very, very helpful and useful, and I really really enjoyed watching you place those pieces together to form the whole thing. xxx Mags
Awesome, Mags. I'm glad you found them useful!
Thanks so much, Margarete for sharing your process and how you get your materials. I love collage too!! I wish I had more time to do it. I love your collages. They are really lovely. Take care and wishing you well!!
Thanks, Juliana. :-)
Wow that looks so great. 😍
Great tutorial. Many ideas shared and very inspiring. Your journals are so pleasing to the eyes.
Thanks, Retha! :-))
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Thank you for this! I find it very helpful to see other artists at work and hear their thought processes.
Thanks for your feedback, Nelda :-)
I really loved seeing your process & I liked your reminder at the beginning. That's good advice for all of us! :-)
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it :-)
I'm hooked....I could watch your videos all afternoon!
What a nice thing to say! Thanks, Jill :-)
Thanks for sharing your process! Great page!
Another fun video..Storage I like the idea of the clear plastic, I have several for a ring binder and that will be a good solution. Your page collage here is awesome ! Thank You
Thank you for sharing this. I’m just getting started with artist pursuits and, because I’m on disability, I don’t have the money for stamps, ink, paints, etc. However, I do have tons of paper, books, magazines, etc. So collaging will be my starting point!
hello Bec Wakefield, i am on disability also and i have slowly built up my crafting stash, i even built up on golden paints, took me a bit but i have a bit now :). i also have a lot of awesome scrapbooking paper and a lot of supplies, i go to thrift stores, i dont live in a big city , i live in a small town. i also go online local groups and find a lot of cheap prices supplies that a good quality
also try garage sales, found a tonne of scrapbooking items and inks and stamps.
Once agin, thank you very much. This has been really helpful.
so happy with your videos!!! thank you so much for doing these....
Thanks so much, Rose! :-)
Hi Margarete, I like to see your videos and your art. Thank you for sharing your ideas
Thanks so much, Maria. I appreciate your words :-)
Thanks for sharing your process, your beautiful work, and all your great advice. We are definitely our own worst critics. Your statement of purpose for the beginning of your journal is a great idea to address that demon.
Thank you for your kind words :-)
Wow. I love the garden book! Great find. What I am learning from your videos that will help me is size. I started my first glue book in a 9 x12 journal I had on hand. It's A bit daunting sometimes to fill up this size page. I think I would enjoy a smaller size for sure. And using postage stamps, index cards and playing cards are also appealing to me. Thoroughly enjoying your channel and am anxious to get to work (play!) with these new ideas. Thanks!
Yes, Pam, I've found that smaller is better. I hope that works out well for you too :-)
I journal write in my notebooks, then half the page for collage. Happy trails.
Thank you for sharing! 🌻
Oh, I love your videos. I have gotten so many ideas. :)
Awesome Heidi!! :-)
Oh So...enjoy your process...informative....I learned from this video. Short " rant" happy you taught a lesson & didn't use my time for personal problems...rant over!😒😄Thank you!!
side note: those side borders would make pretty washi
Love this. Tfs xx
I love this page .....
I am so nervous to start. Your videos give me the push. 😊
I'm so glad! 👍🙂💜
Thank you for sharing, interesting!
Enjoying these 2 videos - I bought a lovely travel journal just like the gardening book - it has pockets and tabs, and cost me just £1, and I got it at a charity shop.
So cool, Helen! You are ready to go :-) Thanks for watching.
Hi Margarete,
I love your work, I found you through Junk Journal Junkies, I saw in your scraps there in the video.. the chocolate flyer from Askinosie chocolate company... that is right here where I live in Springfield, Missouri...
I am an antique lover and paper fanatic, especially vintage... my parents we're antique dealers in California where I grew up... I have TONS of vintage items and always scouring flea markets and everywhere for more, it's an obsession. I adore the Readers digest idea as those book covers we're pure art!
Thank you for your inspiration!!
Thanks, Linda, and I agree, it is an obsession! I can't imagine living with antique dealers. You must have some interesting stories to tell... . Have you made anything with your vintage findings? I'd love to see. :-)
Loved the videos..your collage work is beautiful, very inspiring! Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks, Paula :-)
Loved these videos. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Darlene :-)
This is so wonderful. Thank you. I have gobs of vintage family ephemera and I would be really interested in the video you are talking about doing about that. I look forward to your next project.
Hi Julie, Yep, I'm making notes right now about how to tackle a project using vintage (family) ephemera. I'm going to think about it for a little bit. It's an important topic. Thanks for watching :-)
Margarete Miller I'm really looking forward to seeing this video too! loved this one, TY!
THis 2 part series was wonderful. I really enjoy your videos and your work is beautiful. I just love the cover of that gardening journal & for only $.25 - oh wow, lucky you! It is helpful to hear the thought process of another artist as they work. I appreciate you putting this together.
Awesome! Thanks so much for your kind words!
My understanding of collage has been that the images included combine to make a meaningful statement. In other words I thought “meaning” was a prerequisite to creating. Consequently, being unable to conjure up an idea with sufficient gravitas, I have avoided collage art. It’s funny that I have let that narrow definition prevent me from making, what is to me, beautiful imagery. I see, after watching your channel, that the only rule to collage is that you put together images you like in a manner that’s pleasing to your eye. Thank you for helping me to discover a wider understanding.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Andrea! I'm so glad I was able to help you see something differently. I do hope you will experiment and see what you create!
BEAUTIFUL PAGE.
Thanks, Tina :-)
Waw! I never made collages but I think I have to try it.This was pretty interesting! Love your work.Thank you so much for inspiration xx
Yes, do give it a try and see what you come up with. Stick with it and you'll get better and better :-)
1ST COLLAGE TIPS VIDEO I FOUND REALLY USEFUL, THX!! :)
If you can’t copy what others do how will you ever learn the methods? When you’re new to a craft how would you ever know the possibilities inherent in the craft if you don’t have the ability to observe and copy a skilled maker?
I agree with you. Copy until your own style emerges--and it will!
I enjoyed watching your videos, your collage books are beautiful, but I was hoping you would be talking about composition like you mentioned on your first video. I would love to know your thoughts on the reasons why this or that image are placed and where it should be.
My problem is after I make this, what do I do with it. Sure, it's great in the process but after I finish this and go on tothe next one and then teh next one...soon I will run out of room. My minimalize card has been removed since I started paper crafting. I love doing it , but what hangs in my mind is where I am going to put it. I started to make what I call "Jokes, Quotes and Other Notes" using junk journal/glue book techniques. In these I glue cartoons and jokes I cut out of books and magazines. I give them away to people who are having a hard time (using physically or emotional). I like doing those and will continue but I'm really looking for something else. I feel stuck. I have a ton of scraps and embellishments and all that but no idea what project to do that will use them. Sorry...I'm going on so much. Thanks for your videos.
It’s like that with all art, isn’t it? What to do with the painted canvas. What to do with the coloring book page. With collage you can keep it, give it, mail it, exchange it, etc. I never run out of ideas of what to do with it.
I am in awe of your garden journal you got for $0.25! . I once found a gorgeous hard cover journal with Buddhist quotes and lotus flowers etc. I am so afraid to use it and spoil it if I mess up :). Every page you create is so pleasing to the eye. You have inspired to use my stash and create a journal even if it's not as good as yours! PS: May I ask what brand your garden journal is? Sometimes ebay etc. have them and would like to know a bit more if you don't mind me asking. Thanks!!
What do you do with scraps/images you keep rejecting as you collage? Toss or keep?
I set them aside and put them back in the boxes with the other pieces. My boxes contain papers by sizes. 👍🏼
What kind of glue are you using , I’m really a newbie
I use gluesticks primarily, Kathleen. Pretty much anything will do. The cheap stuff is fine.
Tfs! Interesting how you put the page together. But: Do you use this further in such way? Journal on it or something? Or just the fun of looking at it as a finished art piece? Thank you and sorry for this weird question...
It's not a weird question :-) I just like to collage and not write anything on it, but you certainly could write on it with the right kind of pen, I think. It's just a matter of what you like. After I am done with a book I like to flip through to get inspiration for other projects.
Margarete Miller Thank you for the fast answer! They are really lovely books to flip through!
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