Weekly Art Challenge: Make a Collage out of a Magazine Ad!
Weekly Art Challenge: Make a Collage out of a Magazine Ad!
For this week, go through any magazine that you have laying around your house and tear out an ad that inspires you. Then start cutting it up and playing with it. For my collage here, I started with an ad for coffee (that's the main image in the center). Then I cut up the text in the ad and reworked it so that it reads: Express Yourself. Do it. The Most Majestic Experience. Cool, huh? Then I added bits of paper scraps, ephemera, Victorian Roses, and watercolor crayon scribbles. I loved doing this and will surely do it again! Next time, I'll scan the ad first before I make the collage so you can get a better visual of what the ad looked like initially.
This art challenge is so much fun!! If you're inspired and decide to make a collage out of an ad, can you please post it on your blog and link to here? I would love to see!! : )
As you can tell by my art challenge collage above, I love our Victorian Roses! You can see how I added one to my collage on the right (the rose looks so pretty tucked into our Spoil Me chick's hair) and don't ya just adore Linda Kunsman's pretty collage on the right with the brilliant red rose?
Other featured ARTchix products in these 2 lovely collages: Winged Cuties collage sheet, Gold French Borders, and Tiny Iridescent White Dot Borders.
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I LOVE it, Helga!!! SO COLORFUL and BRIGHT!:)
Posted by: Beth Moran | January 07, 2009 at 03:22 PM
Happy New Year! and WOW Helga -what a wickedly colorful explosion of art to start another creative year!! I LOVE it!!! It was a pleasure to see your holiday pics too,looks like you had a grand time! :)Linda
PS thanks for showing my art-I have used those Victorian Roses many times!
Posted by: Linda Kunsman | January 07, 2009 at 04:06 PM
I Have to sort something out so i can purchase from you,no credit card :( but i belive i can get something similar that works the same so fingers crossed for me lol
Posted by: carol | January 08, 2009 at 01:01 AM
very inspiring. i took your challenge! here's my post:
http://lifewithmonkey.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/collage-art-challenge/
Posted by: shawnee | January 10, 2009 at 06:37 PM
Nice. I do random collaging like this every morning. I call it Gluestick Therapy :)
Posted by: Jupiter | January 11, 2009 at 02:03 AM
hey, i couldn't resist and made a journal spread
http://belindaschneider.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/john-galliano/
Posted by: Belinda | January 12, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Helga, I love your collage and just had to play - thanks for inspiring my first piece of mail art for 2009!
Cindy :)
Posted by: Cindy McMath | January 12, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Hi Helga!
I finally got around to trying this challenge - your collage was gorgeous by the way!
Here is the link to what I made ... http://rachelemiliejackson.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/helgas-challenge/
I'm enjoying your blog!
Best wishes, Rachel Emilie Jackson
Posted by: Rachel Emilie | February 04, 2009 at 09:45 AM