Collage seems to be an art form that any of us can do. There's no need to be a talented drawer or painter; just cut out pictures from old magazines and throw them together in interesting ways. That's what I used to think collage was all about until I read this book. Plowman, an MFA student who runs a popular collage blog called "A Collage a Day," explains how to prepare different materials and the tools to use them in your art. From transparency film to laser transfers on tracing paper to items found in the street, he shows the reader how they can inspire and transform the look of simple collages. He talks about the basic tools and materials needed to get started and even supplies 50 creativity exercises for the reader to explore their creativity. My only complaint is that he seems to use some of the same types of materials over and over in his collages, so that many of them had the same basic look. 132 pages.
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