How to Create a Homemade Collage

Summary: The word collage was created by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso to refer to their series of paintings in the early 20th century, which incorporated everyday elements such as matchbooks and newspapers onto the surface of their art. For decades, collages have been a favorite project of elementary school students who create self portraits from their favorite magazine photos, candy wrappers and stamps. With the rise of scrapbooking as a popular pastime, the art of collaging has reached a whole new level of artistic achievement for people who had never previously considered themselves artists.

Once you learn how to make a collage, you can use your collage-making abilities for a number of different projects. In this free video series, our expert will not only show you how to make a collage, but how to use collages to help plan projects, to help with shopping and as a motivational tool. You'll learn how to make family photo collages, nature collages and collages with a variety of themes. Be creative! Learn a new art form and use it however you like, as collages are great for scrapbooking, art projects or as a hobby!