How To Make Collage Art | Part 1

[@simoneshlomi3869]

The whole time I thought you needed to move the red closer to her so I am glad you did that!

[@chaoticcollage]

I knew something was wrong!

[@JustJournalingwithPossumPatty]

Howdy, Ashley! New friend here! Linda over @Linda's Mixed Up Mess sent me over. I'm #30 Thumbs Up! Thank you for sharing your collage process. Fascinating to watch you audition pieces and hear the reasons why they're used or discarded. Blessings & Bubbles...oooOOO

[@chaoticcollage]

Thank you so much!

[@simoneshlomi3869]

Hi! I enjoyed making collages as a teenager and I think I could learn to take it to a different level by watching your videos. TFS.

[@theeditor1149]

I'm glad I found your videos because as a child growing up in the 80s collage was really big and it was used in lots of fashion magazines and general women's magazines. My late father was very creative and as a teacher he would collage pictures from magazines to make file and book covers and he created the most extraordinary little pieces of art. I learned a lot from him about art and learned to cut and collage from. I only recently found out that cutting little figures/shapes/objects out of paper is called fussy cutting 😊 I also learned the trick of moving the paper instead of the blade to cut round things from my dad. One little tip I learned from Maremi's small art and Natasha Foote's YT channels is to maybe use some white gesso or some tracing paper/vellum to 'knock back' colours that you want to use but are too bright. It keeps the colour but it doesn't distract from the rest of the work. Thanks so much again for making this and talking through your process, it's lovely to hear how others think things through when creating their art❤

[@chaoticcollage]

That’s wonderful! ❤️

[@cindymitchell5114]

Yes,the act of cutting out images is a meditative process for me also!! Glad to hear I'm not the only one.I love your work!!TFS!

[@Paperlover123]

This turned out wonderful, Ashley!

[@carolwhiting4247]

Just found you as I start collaging. Love your channel.

[@leeibbertson1184]

Fabulous!

[@joank8370]

Collage is so fun and I love it. I like seeing other artists' visions. I would like to caution you about selling pieces using images that are copyrighted generally under 100 years old or found on free domain sites. I'm also curious how you store your art and images. I have thousands and am trying to create a new storage method

[@chaoticcollage]

Thanks for the heads up. Collage is for sure in the legal gray area when it comes to selling work. It often falls under fair use. In terms of storage, I am actually in the same boat as you! I just updated my system by buying a 12-drawer storage cart from Michael's. I separate my images into general categories and store my clippings in the drawers. It's not a perfect system because I'm still struggling to find what I'm looking for if I have a specific image in mind, but it is a lot tidier than what I did before, which was nothing!

[@lovelydaywithholly]

What kinds of magazines do your images often come out of? (I’m thinking specifically the vintage colour ads)

[@chaoticcollage]

I mostly used National Geographic, Life Magazine, and Ebony Magazine.

[@lovelydaywithholly]

@@chaoticcollage very cool!

[@lucianobrillini7706]

I have many issues of the science magazine but in digital format, consequently the paper is common, can it be fine anyway?

[@chaoticcollage]

I think it should be fine!

[@fierzafajri]

what kind of scissors do you use? please share i need that so much!!!

[@chaoticcollage]

I use the Fiskars non-stick precision scissors!

[@londawhitt6841]

😊👍👋

[@BittyPenny]

Yay!! It’s fun finding others who love collage on KZbin. I love tearing paper too. I like how free and easy this collage was. 📄✂️🌸💕🙌