Make a Wallpaper Collage Using Old Magazines

I want to do my small bathroom with women's faces, but I don't have glue.

How do I start? I've already cut the pictures out so what's the next step? How do I place them on the wall? Were do I start with the photos?

You can begin sticking them together using duct tape. Fold the tape into rolls and stick them on the 4 corners of the back of the paper of faces. You can now stick these to the wall. It would be a better idea to run down to the stationary and buy glue.

Warning. If your bathroom has a shower or bath, making a collage of pictures is not a good idea. The moisture in the bathroom will ruin the collage very quickly.

How can I create a collage of overlapping pictures?

There are many ways to overlap pictures. To make it simple, you can overlap the pictures by bringing the pictures in front then overlap it to the side with the other pictures. You can also try measuring the picture you want to be overlapped by other pictures first, and simply cut a bit from it to make it neater.

You can also try to look and gather some ideas by looking at some collage albums and pictures all over the internet or HERE

Overlapping is simple. Cut your pictures into different shapes, and instead of placing them side by side, with their edges barely touching, or not touching at all, place the pictures where there edges go over the edges of the other pictures. Make sure you overlap the unimportant parts of your pictures, and not overlap something important, like a face.

Using old magazines as wallpaper.

If you plan on creating your very own customized wallpaper collage using old magazines, I'm quite sure you can do it - it's just a matter of time and creativity.

First think of the theme you want to create using your old magazines, then cut out the pictures you like, one by one, so it looks like a jigsaw puzzle and then connect each piece as if you're doing a puzzle. Depending on your creativity - you can end up with perfect eye-catching wallpaper.

You said that squares and other similar shapes should be avoided, but squares worked out fine with mine.

Avoiding cutting a picture in squares and rectangles is only an advice, especially if you want to put more pictures on your collage. It really depends of the creator's preferences. You may, in fact, not have many pictures and these types of cutouts will cover more space. One can be creative with these shapes too. You do not need to see the whole picture so you can patch them to make one picture look like it's on top of another. Putting them in random layers also gives that unique texture to your collage.

If square cuts worked for you, then you have done it well. Many people are creative enough to get these shapes to look fine in a collage. After all, it actually boils down to one's creativity and resourcefulness. Aside from squares, you can experiment with more difficult shapes, too, like the rectangle and circle. Including these shapes in your collage will be a nice contrast, and bring balance to those pictures that are free-cut. Just make sure you don't overuse them, or paste them in too uniform a design, as it could make your collage too predictable, and make the pictures you've cut in other shapes look as if they don't belong. It's all about balance.

Yes, regarding a person's taste when it comes to using squares in this article. If you are fine with using squares then that is totally fine for you to do so. It's all about what is appealing to you. Other people who don't like squares in their collage -shouldn't use them.

How is the glue used to mount the magazine pictures?

I can imagine various ways to use glue (though I haven't experimented with decoupage to know), but I don't want to get the magazine pictures too wet. I'm helping out an elder with some favorite magazines. Do we add decoupage over them after pasting to protect them?

White glue is not the best option to use, as if you use too much, it will make your collage soggy. Also, with higher temperatures, your glue can melt and that will cause your collage to fall apart.

It is highly recommended you use a glue gun instead, which uses that plastic-like heated glue. These are sturdier and more tolerant of different types of conditions - humidity, etc. Also, it won't make your collage look wet, because the moment it dries, it basically just stays where it is.

Wallpaper from magazines problem.

'Hello! I cut the small pieces from the magazines, like 10*5, and glued them to the wall. It's looking not that bad, but now I am thinking that this room is not big and I need to make the painting itself not that vivid. What do you think, what can I probably do with that? Any ideas?'

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I'm an avid reader and was thinking of using old book pages, I know I can use the glue for the back of the pages, but what do I do for the front?

I'm afraid after the glue dries the pages will look too dry. Is there a gloss or something we add to the front?

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Do you know how to make a face collage?

How do you make collages that are made up entirely of faces?. I have tried: I have tried making an artistic photo collage out of pictures of flowers. I think it was caused by: Are there any special tricks I can use to make a face collage?

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