4 Ways to Create Collage Papers with Magazine Image Transfers
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- In this art demo, we delve into the exciting world of creating layered magazine image transfers for collage foddeer. Various techniques, materials, and tips are discussed to achieve beautiful and layered textures for collage. The artist makes use of mixed media paper, magazine images, a rubber cement eraser, and many other tools to demonstrate four different ways of layering.
00:00 Introduction to Layered Magazine Image Transfers
00:11 Exploring Different Layered Magazine Image Transfer Examples
00:54 Understanding the Purpose of Layered Magazine Image Transfers
01:37 Materials Needed for Layered Magazine Image Transfers
02:08 Choosing the Right Magazine Images for Transfers
03:23 Additional Tools for Layered Magazine Image Transfers
04:19 Preparing the Substrate for Image Transfer
04:46 Choosing the Base for Your Image Transfer
06:31 Applying the First Layer of the Image Transfer
07:39 Applying the Magazine Image Layer
10:34 Exploring Different Layered Magazine Image Transfer Techniques
12:59 Removing the Pulp from the Magazine Image
24:13 Final Thoughts and Wrap Up
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As an art therapist, I use lots of collage. Collage is lots of healing! Thanks for sharing!
It's very therapeutic, thank you for watching!
This is a game changer for me.
So glad this demo supported your art journey.
"I drove nervously through DC" for all the thirty years i lived there! An enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work. Aloha
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
WOW! These look amazing . Luv this idea.
Glad you like them! They're so much fun to do!
Fascinating, thank you for sharing!! I just subscribed.
Welcome and thank you for subscribing! Happy to have you here!
Commercial glossy printing paper used in magazines gets it's glossy finish from a very thin layer of clay on the paper. Differences in results with this technique are most likely caused by the type of ink used. Contemporary publishers use more biodegradable inks, many of which are water based and sink into the clay coating rather than resting on top of it like oil-based inks would. Since the clay tends to dissolve when water is used to strip away the paper, the ink will often wash away with the clay. The more the wet surface is rubbed, the more of the clay melts away.
I have done image transfers similar to these using old newspapers. It's delicate, fussy work, but it's very possible. Whenever you can, remove the paper layer by peeling rather than rubbing. You may find that leaving a very thin layer of the original paper is less of a problem than you might think. Yes, once dry that thin layer of paper will make the image look cloudy, but a thin layer of acrylic medium will usually fix that. (I find that, for this application, gloss medium works a little better.)
I truly appreciate you adding your expertise to this demo for the benefit of us all. Never thought of doing this with newspapers and will have to give this a try!
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Thank you for that detailed information. I am just starting to use collage, I have very clear ideas of the results I want to achieve but no clue as to how to get them! You have explained why I have had some problems! I shall do more experiments now. Thank you.
I’ve been fascinated by collage art for years and you have just offered not only inspiration, but enough clear instruction to give me the courage to finally give it a try! Thank you so very much!!
That makes me VERY happy! Have you tried my free 5-day collage workshop? It's a good compliment to my paper demos.
Wallpaper trick: stick the bubble with a sewing needle or pin, and press down on the bubble. The air will escape out the tiny little hole
Brilliant! Will have to give that a try. Thanks so very much for sharing!!!
@@catrains.artistYou can use a blade to cut small slits as well if it's a big one.
@@narcolepticanarchy Great tip!
This was so exciting to watch. Can't wait to give it a try. Thank you Cat ❤
I am so excited for you to try it! There are endless opportunities to use it. Thank you for watching!
I'm looking forward to giving this a try!
I'm looking forward to seeing what you create with it!
This is so freaking cool! Can’t wait to try this. I love the one with the giant eye! Layering over writing is a great idea too.
Yes, I love this technique too. Have you tried it?
Thank you so much Catherine I really really enjoyed watching you create these collage pieces. This is really really helpful and useful too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
You are so kind, that brought joy to my heart. Thank you so much!
Love this! So glad the rubber cement eraser worked for you - it works great for me for most transfers. happy to see that a regular sponge works as well! image transfers can be finicky - so it is very satisfying when it works!
Yes! It's such a balance, right? Thank you so much for watching!
Very good explanations of the process. I can't wait to try it. Thanks so much.
This is a super fun technique. Hard to stop because a zillion options for making these!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! 😊💕
Thank you for showing the transfer that didn't work. I thought I was the only one who peeled way too big hunks from the image. I feel slightly less bad at this now. 😺
My art is filled with trial and error! It's all part of the journey!
Great video. Thanks 😊
You’re welcome 😊 Thanks for watching!
Thanks Cat. I enjoyed this. I’ve done different types of magazine transfers but never this way. I liked it a lot and will give it a try❤
Thank you for watching! Glad it's something new for you to try, I hope you enjoy it!
Great demonstration! Wonderful teaching!!! Thank you 😆😁😄😃😀
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching!
Thank you, Catherine! Always nice to learn new ways to do image transfers. I think its important to use laser printed magazine, to get a good result. 🙂
How do you tell whether a magazine is lazer printed? I just use heavier weight magazine papers, and so far they have worked rather consistently, although one in this video did not, but it was a lighter weight too.
Good question. 😊But of I do other imagetransfers, I`m always recommended to use laserprinted images. But your methode is a bit different, so we just have to try, with the heavyweight papers and see of it works. 😃@@catrains.artist
i love your tuesday videos. thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
That's so kind, and truly makes my day! Thank you so much for watching them!
can you tell me the colors -3 of them -that you use. thanks@@catrains.artist
Fabulous as usual😊
That's very kind, thank you! 😊
Merci pour ce partage très instructif et intéressant.😘😘👏👏👏👏👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You are welcome. Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you.
You are very welcome, thank you for watching 💕
This is so cool and looks way easier than using citrasolve - the possibilities are endless. Now I need to go through my images I’ve been hoarding 😉
Absolutely! There's so much fun to be had 😊 Have fun!
You are wonderful, I totally love every video that you share with us...thank you so much 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
You are so welcome! That's so nice of you!
You are providing techniques no one else has. Many thanks!
I'm so glad that you are finding them useful!
I enjoyed your presentation and plan to try your technique and your clear presentation thank you!
Glad it was helpful! You're so welcome!
This is very wonderful. Can't wait to try this technique 😊 new subbie
Thanks and welcome! So glad to have you here 😊💖
thats cool!
you can also use a laserprinted picture and iron it onto your ground, then use the same water rubbing technique to remove the paper. best paper to use to transfer laserprints are the shiny magazine paper or the transparen architecturepaper.
Yes that is also a great method. I use copy paper for this, however I love the idea of trying out the papers you use. Thanks so much for sharing!
yes you can use normal paper, but you will have more paint transfere with the other papers :)
So helpful❤ thank you so much! Can I also use pouring medium?
You are welcome. No sure about pouring medium since I don't use that product, but my guess is that it would work. Sounds like an experiment waiting for you to do it!
I’m confused as to the type of “glue “used. Thank you so much!
I'm using matte medium.
Thanks for the great tutorial. This is kinda of a strange question . What is the hard blue rubber thing that you used to scrape the bubbles out. Before you switched to the roller
It's a catalyst wedge. They are a bit pricey, so you can use the end of a silicon spatula as a cheaper alternative
@@MandaPanda254 thanks so much I’ve trying to find out what those were. You’ve made my day.
@@markcirillo9133 no worries. I bought one the other week, it's definitely useful for many things, and a great tool in painting. But yeah I found the cheap hack works just as well for the most part.
Have fun creating ☺️
Thanks to everyone who answered for me. Yes its a catalyst wedge.
Love this technique and can’t wait to try. Can you link the video where you use these papers in a collage?
Here is the link to the last video like this ruclips.net/video/LJLtTV5_Wb0/видео.htmlsi=e7CxnFmlOHIv4nvJ, but if you go back to my videos last year, there are two more.
Thank you! Will this work on canvas. Prepared with gesso or??
It should, although I haven't tried it.
Catherine, On the image that didn't work so well (the bare branches on blue) do you think you could scan it and print on a heavier paper to get the image?
Yes that would be possible. However with so many magazines to try, if one image doesn't work, I typically just move onto the next!
Love a problem-solving challenge! Unless copy paper does not work as a peel able top image, could you try using the bold type as the base layer facing up and layer your usual smaller font as a top layer? Or small font magazine page over the bold type? or edit a copy of the bold type image in reverse so it is legible when you remove the back?
I’m intrigued by your 4-week process, heading over to find the follow up steps. And LOOOVE the tint of your base layer-brilliant!
You sounds like me, asking "what if" over and over! All of your questions sound like it would be possible, but only way to find out. I think you need to answer these questions and let us all know!
I tried medical paper from one of your other videos on a collage I was making for my granddaughter using her pics from Paris. It didn't work. I must have missed something because I wanted most to disappear and only show what I painted over the pics. It wasn't transparent enough? I will watch more and practice. Shouldn't have tried on a nearly completed gift 😂
Oh no! Many of the times these demos take trial and error, sometimes I find myself with messy outcomes in some of these demos! I hope you'll try again and let me know how it turns out, or if you have any questions!
I've actually never tried medical exam paper, but its on my list to buy and try. I use cheap tissue paper, and most of this does disappear with medium.
Try, sewing pattern paper.
@@cynthiahudson5228 Fabulous idea!
Nice of you to attribute all copying to Xerox!
Old habit, like calling all paper tissue kleenex!
Does the background layer need to be xeroxed or can u use the original music sheet. Dictionary page, etc?
Yes you can use the original. I was doing this in this demo!
You may be using too much water and being a bit inpatient which is understandable. Great video. Love the way you describe your process.
Absolutely possible. However someone suggested soaking the image in water before starting to peel the layers of pulp, which sounds like it would take less time. Glad you like the video.
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Is your paint watercolour or acrylic? Love this technique. Thank you
I use only acrylic. Enjoy making these!
Wow I just found this video and I'm so excited about this. Is there any technic where we can transfert image from a print copy paper out of my printer at home ? I'm new to this so it might be a silly question 🙂
Its not a silly question. If you google image transfers, you'll find a lot of instruction of using a laser copy as an image transfer. I actually teach this in my classes.
Very cool.. as usual.. I have NEVER had success with transfers of any sort...🙁Could you do this without mounting the base layer to a heavier substrait, especially if you are only using part of the entire transfer for a larger piece?
So glad this technique resonates with you Emily. Yes you can mount this to a lighter paper, but I would still use a somewhat heavier paper as the bottom layer, like a 80 lb drawing paper or 100 lb mixed media. These can easily be torn and glued as collage elements.
Thank you for sharing this technique- it did not work for me- do you have to let it dry before scratching the magazine layer? Thank you!
Yes, I believe so. If you watch the video again, you'll see how long I waited before pealing off the top layer of pulp.
Thank you so much for this!! I tried it several times and it looks like the image came through, but after waiting for a few minutes, the image just disappeared into the substrate. What did I do wrong? Thank you so much in advance.
It's hard to tell what you are doing wrong without seeing your process. Are you GENTLY rubbing the pulp off the back of the image?
Yes, I am. I’ve actually tried this three times already and the image comes up at first but then after 1015 minutes it’s gone it disappears into the paper. Am I not putting enough medium or am I not waiting long enough. I waited for it to dry about 20 minutes, please help. I really love this process.
I used magazine page from National Geographic. I thought that might be a good one to use. Perhaps I need to buy a Vogue magazine and do one on that and maybe it might work then
@@mariaavina2838 I think what you are seeing is that more pulp needs to be taken off the back of the image. As it dries, the image will get hazy, which means you need to gently rub off more pulp. It often takes me 4-5 rounds of rubbing, allowing it to dry in between rounds to see where there is still pulp to rub off.
If you want a specific part of the magazine image, you could lay that on your desk and put the glued substrate on top of it so you get it in the right place :)
Great idea!
Have you ever used calendars?
Do you mean have I ever made calendars with my art? I made them the last 2 years, but decided not to for 2024.
@@catrains.artist I was wondering if you ever used them to transfer this way?
How long do you have to leave the piece to dry before rubbing?
Just so all the layers are dried to the touch. Depends on how much glue you used - more glue means more wait time.
Could you use PVA glue instead of matte medium?
Yes I believe that would work, although haven't tried it myself. Hope you will give it a go and let me know how it works!
Excellent… but one doubt l want to clear.. why do we need to transfer image?? It can be straight glued also. Why putting upside down n then so much rubbing.. plz guide
It lets you see through the top image to the bottom one with text or music etc. So, it's like when we accidentally took two photographs without advancing the film. I hope that helps.
There are idiosyncrasies in a transferred image that contribute to the appearance and texture of the finished artwork. Directly collaging an image, rather than using a transfer, tends to be hard edged. The results are less organic. There's also the transparency mentioned above. Transferring the image also reverses it which can have surprising effects on the image.
The two commenters below responded exactly as I would have! You can certainly glue magazines directly onto a collage, but using a magazine transfer instead just adds another dimension of interest to our mixed media work, and also can get around the copy right issue since the final work probably will look very different than the orignal.
@@catrains.artist thank you so much 😊 ❤️
Can i use black/ white photos from the fifthies
On photo paper
I would recommend taking your vintage photos to a copy shop and having a colour photocopy made. I haven't done this exact technique, but I have had good luck with both packing tape transfers and matte medium transfers using colour photocopies in the past. (matte medium transfers are done by painting multiple layers of medium onto your image, allowing them to dry in between and to dry completely when you have enough layers, and stripping the paper off the back.) colour copies will allow you to preserve the original vintage photo while still using the image.
It may be possible to separate the emulsion layer from the photographic paper on your old photographs, and it's definitely worth experimenting with if you have photos you don't mind destroying while you experiment. Photo printing, especially old black and white photos, are a result of a chemical change to silver particles suspended in the emulsion layer of the photo paper rather than the depositing of a layer of ink on paper as you see in published images. If you want to transfer the image from an old photograph, you have to transfer the entire emulsion layer.
I so appreciate you sharing your extensive experience on this technique. I'm learning from YOU!
@afasimpaur answered brilliantly!
I am thinking that I probably added too much water
Are not the magazine images you use copyright protected?
Yes, but if you alter the image enough so that it has a significant different meaning, and look than the original, you are most likely safe using magazines.
People have been making collages and projects and cutting up books and newspapers and magazines and encyclopaedias etc since the beginning of time (almost 😂)… if it’s for your own enjoyment/use, it’s not something you need to worry about. If you are worried about it and/or selling, then do your research …. and print your pics from royalty free websites like Pixabay or Unsplash, etc and don’t use a magazine 🤗
@@cazkiwinz4300 Very good advice!
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@@anziebouwer-marais3023 No? What are you saying no too? Curious.
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THank you!