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Collage made from magazine pages... 

Do you have some old magazines that you know should be thrown out or  donated to the op shop (thrift shop) ? 

I have a better option - better for the environment and your own creative development. 

 Look at the photos in your magazines, and cut out sections  so the image is not easily recognizable. (In the example above, the three small collages were made from cutting up photos from just one double page of a magazine.) 

 Then, place the pieces down on some plain paper - white or black are both good, but you may prefer other colours. Rearrange the pieces until you have a pleasing composition.  You may need to re-cut/resize some of the pieces or even tear them.  I admit that in a couple of cases, I turned the paper over and found something better on the other side than I had intended to use. 

 The images  above were originally of  a doorway, an outdoor area awning and some bar stools. Haven't they been transformed?  

In all of these six collages in the images shown  above and below, I have used a limited number of pieces of paper (no more than 5) and I have tried to highlight a colour. 


You can paste down the pieces when you like the arrangement, or just  keep all the pieces of paper and create something different another day. 

In a previous post, I wrote about a practice called "non-committal collage"  - you can't have negative thoughts about your design, because you don't have to commit to anything.  Have a go - nothing to lose because you can always recycle those bits of paper. 

Reference : https://empresswu.blogspot.com/2020/04/non-committal-collage-anything-goes.html

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