Today I am sharing one of my favorite practices with you-collage.
I say it all the time but there is just something I love about tearing and gluing down bits of paper. Sometimes I will clean up my desk after a project by picking up all the little bits of paper and gluing them down in my journal. I love using a wet glue for this like matte Mod Podge or regular white glue diluted with a little water.
Today I am sharing a process art journal page from start to finish using the DIY collage pages we made yesterday.
I started off by going through my pages and choosing several that I felt like playing with. I didn’t over think this process and just chose ones I liked.
Then I started tearing some pieces from the pages and gluing them into my journal. Again I didn’t really think too much about this and just had fun.
Once the pieces were glued down I dried them with my heat tool and decided to add a drawing as my main image. I had been sketching faces in a new journal I received at Christmas and I used one of them as my inspiration. I took just a piece of printer page that was on my desk and began sketching with a water soluble pencil. Once I was happy with my sketch I added some color with my watercolor pencils. Originally I thought I would activate them but I decided I really liked the sketchy look so I left them.
I used a glue stick to apply the image to the page and then took some green craft paint to paint around her and the opposite page, pulling all the elements together. Then I took another of the collage pages and cut a heart out of the page to add to my left side page. Before gluing down I added some book page behind the heart and cut out the word “love” from the dictionary to add.
I am really happy with this page. I am always hesitant about my drawing skills but that’s exactly why we should draw! Adding as many handmade elements to our journals personalizes them in a really unique way and helps to build our confidence in our own creativity.
I hope you enjoy watching the video below. If you have any questions please let me know!
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante
Music by Ben Camden – Take Me Away – https://thmatc.co/?l=8E9D24E7
Beautiful ideas and art. Collage is always fun! Hugs, Valerie
Thank you so much Valerie!