Author: Melanie Mowinski
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: June 21, 2022
Length: 224 Pages
About the Author
Melanie Mowinski is a professor of art at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and founder of PRESS: Letterpress as a Public Art Project. She has maintained a daily practice of collage and creating with paper for more than 10 years.
Practice Takes Practice
Melanie Mowinski shares basic collage techniques with beautiful color photographs. She includes the selection of tools, materials, and adhesives. The book features 55 prompts to jumpstart your practice. The prompts feature basic projects that inspire you to exercise your creativity and uniqueness.
There are profiles of collage artists that include their backgrounds and their artistic processes.
The last part of the book features instructions for creating handmade collage books and journals.
My Thoughts
Collage is my favorite kind of art so I tend to gravitate toward books like this. This is a gold mine of inspiration for collage artists at all skill levels.
The author believes a successful art practice takes "commitment, regular preparation and rehearsal, and focused attention on continual skill refinement." You should strive to create a piece of art every day. Practice takes practice.
If you commit to making one collage a day using the techniques and prompts in this book, I guarantee you will see great improvement in your process and the end results of your efforts.
MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5
FYI ~ I received a free digital review copy of this book from NetGalley.
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