Turning an old collage into new mixed media
"I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth."
-- Kiera Cass
Hi there! I've missed you so.
The last several weeks have been a whirlwind around here, and I'm happy to have found time to play a bit. Actually, it was a few tweens that got me back into the studio! I assist in an art journaling class for kids every Friday, and last week I brought - along with several other collage materials - some colored copies of my old work. I hoped they would like the bright colors and perhaps some of the images, but what I didn't expect was how much they liked the idea of using old art in new ways and, moreover, how much I would learn from them in the process! They completely inspired me to try new things and to look at my own art in a different way. Sooooo, I decided to see what I could do with one of the same copies I'd given them and filmed the process.
In the end, I used copies of one old collage (wayyyyyy back from the first Summer of Color!) and created two new pieces with them: both a loose art journal page & an altered brie box.
Loose art journal page
Altered brie box
Wanna see the process? It's all here, and below, and all under 10 minutes . . .
Thanks for popping by. Happy May & happy creating from our crazy house to yours.
With colorful kisses,
Kristin xo
11 comments:
what a wonderful tutorial!
Its beautiful,,
happy may day to you as well!
lovely work Kristin! nice to hear from you and happy spring!
Amazing wonderful!!! I am trying to use my art work that has been "abandoned" in drawers and boxes. Your post is so inspiration!
thank you!!
Looks great. I often re-use 'old' creations and it is fun! Hugs, Valerie
delightful reworks Kristin!! And I love how students and teachers can inspire each other. Nice video-and great nails-how you keep them so nice is beyond me!
I always love your work and look forward to seeing your process!! Are you having SOC this year??
What a wonderful use of previous work - it never occurs to me to do that! I especially love the brie box, what a great idea!
Wow, a very inspiring video, love your nails too! Great art journal page and altered box, I'll also copy old pages and use them in new projects, thank you for sharing sweetie :)
Love and hugs
Maarit
Such gorgeous art Kristin...beautifully done..and loved the vid too, such fun and magic!
Victoria
Glad you found time to play.... love what you did as ever :)
Happy May to you too!
Karen x
Wow, wow, wow! I absolutely LOVE this! And such a wonderful tutorial too, Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
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