Abstract art collage using gelli prints: simple and easy for beginners

#abstractart #collage #mixedmedia

I made 2 collage art pieces using a supermarket paper bag as a substrate. I used a mixture of bright colourful gelli prints with black to create an urban feel.

One came together easily, one not so much and needed a bit of white paint to finish it.

I hope you enjoy.
Kirsten 🌻

[dailydoseofpaper]

Piles and piles of collage papers?? How about piles and piles and piles and then some! Because really, even the tiniest scrap can be a treasure so theres no throwing away, Beautiful collages!😀💖🍀

[lindatoews]

I love how creative you are and your lovely accent! Thank you, Linda from BC, Canada

[apple]

Delightful collages - when you placed that cadmium yellow piece on the first one I got excited too!. (And yes, I also enjoy joining up lines as I collage.) Thanks for sharing.

[mariaguillerminaayrolo]

Beautiful collages!! Love both! A little more the second one! Gorgeous

[AshleyMurphyArt]

No rules!!! My eyes are the guide beside my heart!!! Very well done. Love the color combo.

[Cyrilmc]

Thank you so much Kirsten, I really really enjoyed watching you collaging those bag’s. And I really really love ❤️ those paper’s you created. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

[brittahansen]

Hi Kirsten, lovely work again. Especially watching you work on the second piece was exciting for me. I like collaging, because it´s always about finding the right place for a piece (of paper). And, when it´s done, it feels like having cleaned up a room in my inner space. Very satisfying. And for me less complicated than painting, because I can see the result of adding a detail much quicker.
When you added the white paint to the second piece, that made a great difference indeed. Thank you so much for showing 🤩and go on please! I love learning from you. 🥰XO Britta

[maryjupp]

i love your choice of substrate, easy, simple, effective. Ive read a lot and watched a lot of fussy videos. This was refreshingly simple and lovely

[MaryGadsby]

I really enjoy watching you and hearing your thought process!

[headlessviolin]

Well done I loved watching you might make me brave to have a go thank you xx

[lindyashford]

I like how you pushed through to get a resolution that pleased you. Both collages work well. I rather like the second ‘troublesome’ one, I think it will look great matted and in a frame. I do not think it will help to overthink what you do. Looking at how the process worked in retrospect is useful, but it really is the process that gives results and the decision making during the process, spontaneity gives good results, you video shows that. Nice work.

[allthumbs]

I think these are wonderfully arranged! Your 'rules' are simply how your eye approaches design; you make 'em and you can break 'em as you like. Abstract art still requires editing, evaluation and decisions. I sometimes find it difficult knowing when to stop. Also LOVE that cadmium yellow!

[redparrot]

Just started to watch … scissor holding … health and safety top five as Mike Rowe would say. 💕

[artemisia]

No, The green piece covers the best part of the design! I use an Elmer’s glue stick lightly so I can go back and move things around later without pulling up the paper underneath.

[redparrot]

Re rules … I think “rules” are helpful in that they eliminate/ encourage certain choices in an orderly way. That is a huge help when making decisions. We need to be less burdened by choice. It is overwhelming to think “I could do anything”. Instead, thinking “how do I proceed with these constraints”. Of course rule are always changing as an artist. We try x for a while then move to y. So the rule is never a forever rule but more a notional set of current constraints. Once the constraint space is exhausted one can move on. Or return back after time has passed. Anyway … long winded way of saying on board with rules. V helpful.

[WilsonMackle]

👍👍 love it. I'd love to buy one of these to put next to my desk. Would you take a commission and film the process of making it?

[artemisia]

Lots of people on YT tap their fingers when they’re thinking.

[artemisia]

One thing you can do to balance a collage (the second one) is to add a tiny bit of cad yellow somewhere else on the page.

[DrummerGrrrl]

I have boxes and boxes of collage material.

[redparrot]

Re piles and piles and piles and piles of paper … yes. And then? I. Make. More. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫