How to Make a Collage

A collage is a complex array of images and pictures all mashed up and overlapping; learn how to make an artistic collage in this free video art lesson.

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Summary: A collage is an artistic, though often seemingly random, arrangement of images or image fragments that is taken as a whole. A complex composition of pictures are mashed up, overlapped, rotated, and stuck in place to create a barrage of imagery, often thematically or topically linked. Many artists employ collage in their works, and collage are often an early assignment in school art programs. Any craft store holds all the supplies you need to make a collage, but finding just the right pictures, photos, or images will be up to you.

In this free video series, expert craftsman Mike Muller shows you how to make a collage. You will learn how to arrange supplies and a workspace, composition and design strategies, what kinds of images to use, and more. Mike leads you through choosing glue or tape, sealing with wax, and adding an label to your collage. All here, folks.

About the Expert

Mike Muller has been an Austin-local French presser for four years and makes his coffee from whole beans each morning. Mike has traveled around North and South America, the Caribbean, and all over Europe on coffee-drinking adventures... some good, some bad. But Mike always comes home to his favorite cup in the world, one from his own French press.