Sometimes, very rarely, I come across a photo that stops me in my tracks. This photo did just that. Last week I stopped into my favorite shop Treasure Island, in Sunnyvale, California, to look through old postcards. In one of his shoeboxes with cards there were some photo postcards mixed in there too. I found …
Collage art concepts – Anchoring your elements
Sometimes when you creating a collage, it’s tempting to leave elements that floating on their own. Here I show you why it looks better if you anchor them. Scenario (picture 1): I have this vibrant pink paint chip. It’s not the easiest color to collage with, but I have the perfect complimentary stamp, as …
Planning and creating in 2021!
I’ve got exciting news to share. I’ve designed and had printed a gluebook/planner with weekly prompt assignments, for the whole year of 2021. I had the idea to create a gluebook as a designated place for the assignments after I saw so many of you enjoying working on them week after week. Here’s what the …
Zine swap — now open
The last swap of the quarter is here, and it’s zines!! You can send in up to 8 copies of a single zine, which are letter size (A4), and have been done in a collage-art style. Additionally, at least a third of your papers need to be vintage or vintage styled papers. Zines are due …
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 we are in the middle of the current postcard swap on “home”, I had been looking for some inspiration to get me motivated for creating …
