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My article in Art Journaling
In this April 2020 edition of Art Journaling, I have an article published. I show and talk about a junk journal/glue book I created called “Valuable Papers”. I found an…
Is there a purpose for creating collage art?
Recently, a person in my Vintage Gluebooks and Pages Facebook group posed a question about the purpose of creating. She said that it was very clear to her the purpose…
Canvas Art – French Papers
A few weeks ago I got message in my inbox from my local art museum. They said that they are organizing a fundraiser in May that will be an exhibit…
Using collage to create meaningful art
One of the collage-related topics people mentioned in the survey I sent out at the beginning of the year, asking what their interests were, was the idea of creating meaningful…
A Sketchnote of collage art ideas
Back at the beginning of the year, I created a survey asking those who have signed up to be on my email list what kinds of interests do you have…
Tile sketch workshop
Last month, I attended a thumbnail sketch workshop, done my Tansy Hargan, of the UK. She did a tour of California, and offered classes from San Diego up to San…
Learning from example
I’m a firm believer in learning from example. I totally love the idea of copying a style or technique until you learn from it, and your own style emerges. Since…
A Craft room in a Google office
Earlier this week I was in a Google office building in Sunnyvale, California, when I saw the neatest thing: a craft room for employees to use whenever they’d like. Is…
Where do you find vintage ephemera?
When you are beginning in collage art, or when you start to get familiar with it, you often develop an idea of the kinds of papers you’d like to work…
