COLLAGES TO MAKE

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Comment by Julia on March 9, 2009 at 11:53pm

I decided last night that it was time I got to work on a collage-I just found some old English 'Womans Weeklies' from 1950 and decided before I threw them, to keep a few snippets for my hall of memories. They were mostly cut out and dog eared , as someone beat me to it, and most of the images back in 1950 were in black and white, except for a few advertisements for ladies stockings and a few short stories...

This is just for fun, and it sure beats being bored with my computer! Very sticky hands ensued, and I basically worked direct and just went for flow and color tie up in some way...

It's not finished yet, I pasted onto heavy watercolor paper, so I can maybe do some washy backgrounds, though I feel rather peaceful with the white bits-perhaps a few ink doodles, we'll see...

Comment by Boneita Edlund on January 4, 2009 at 1:49am

Before I clicked to join the Collage Group 1 minute ago, I read most all of the replies and discussions among everyone for the past year. It almost scared me away. Then I decided that I wanted to become more of a collage artist and there are no rules to follow. Waiting for an order of beeswax to arrive next week, which I plan to use as the final coating on whatever I decide to collage. It might be something suitable for hanging, sitting pretty on a table, or to keep me company while I endlessly peruse the CCS site on Saturday nights. If anyone has done bees wax collages before, I would love to hear from you for tips on how to keep things artistic and not too messy. Glad to be joining such a motley crew - and, please know, I say that very lovingly.

Comment by tearee claire on December 8, 2008 at 4:39am

Thanks gal's!! I'm going to start an Art Journal this week, I'll let you know how it's going.
Tearee

Comment by Carol@Swallowcliffs on December 8, 2008 at 12:21am

Try this site for some insight on not creating art for fear of messing it up: www.chrisdunmire.com

Comment by Jules on December 7, 2008 at 7:18pm

tearee, my best thought on overcomming that fear is to just do it- after doing it a few times you come to find out that fear was nothing but a boogie-man. Once you know that in your heart as well as intellectually the fear loses its crippling power. :-)

Comment by Barbara Ann Storrier on December 7, 2008 at 6:23pm

Tearee, one of the things I've learned from CCS is to let go of perfectionism (yes, I know it's hard to do) ... and not expect things to happen as we envision they will on the first try. And often when mistakes do happen, they can be "happy accidents" that lead us into unknown territory that we might not have thought of or attempted. It does take a bit of bravery to use liquid media as it's not as easy to control ... but letting go of control is where creativity often flourishes!

Comment by Carol@Swallowcliffs on December 7, 2008 at 5:58pm

tearee, do some just for fun things to experiment on. Start an art journal where you play with your fears then you will be able to make good decisions about the pieces you love!

Comment by Carol@Swallowcliffs on December 7, 2008 at 5:55pm

Welcome tearee! You are gonna love it here!

Comment by tearee claire on December 7, 2008 at 5:46pm

I joined today hoping to learn some new technigues. Like being brave enough to add paint to enhance the paper elements---I don't want to mess up something I love already, but I it's not finised. This happens alot and things get left unfinished. Any tips on overcomming my fear?

Comment by Carol@Swallowcliffs on November 21, 2008 at 11:54pm

I hope you all will "get up and boogie!" as that is what keeps us doing! LOL

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