Creative Collage Captions

This is the very first page of my art journal, LOVE that photograph and just added a few words, and the welcome mat by Mary Englebreit. I once had one of her calendars and saved it, in fact I rarely throw away old calendars since I enjoy the images and they are great to use for art or inspiration.

This is just one of my many images of a 'dream home' - certainly a favorite, LOVE the architecture of this house! The design seems to wrap itself around in a welcoming way, and includes all those arches (LOVE them!) and the adobe and clay tile roof is just my style... and the pool? not too shabby either, eh? All of my dream homes are near water of some sort; lake, river, beach or a pool, or both (best).

Only once did I actually have an art studio, and it was in the basement of a house where I used to live. I painted a corner all sorts of funky colors from leftover paint in wild ways with a huge sun on one wall and a spiral shape on the floor (concrete) and sponge paint designs everywhere ...what FUN! Surely the new owner thinks I'm an eccentric nut case! (proud smiles)
However it was in the basement and I rarely spent much time down in that cold dark place - but it was a great place to keep my art supplies and whimsical goodies. For me a working studio would need to have windows and sunshine peering in, similar to my vision of SARK's magic cottage.

This kind of collage is simple and fun. You might recognize it from the intro photo above, where I just added the lettering for the lens title.
To make a similar collage: Start out with two full page size photos that you like, preferably similar in some way... colors or theme or ... ? Then cut or tear the images into strips (mine are vertical, could also do horizontal strips) and then glue the pieces down alternating those from one image to the other. Then if you like you can glue some other image on top (colorful lizards above) and - done! Unless...of course you think of other fun stuff to add.

The photo itself is stunning. I saved it from a newspaper article about depression maybe 10 years ago, the photographer's signature is visible at bottom right. Then I added the words and the cocoon shape/lady/butterfly - that took forever as I pieced it together from another cut out.

This pic is the one that started it all, for it will eventually become my Mandala Collage, that's the goal-setting project that I'm working on right now. That is me in the photo...younger and thinner :-) taken about 10 years ago in Mexico.

See the mandala collage project for goal-setting.