New Creative Collage Techniques: How to Make Original Art Using Paper, Color and Texture Hardcover-spiral – Download: Adobe Reader, October 21, 2011

I am fairly new to collage and found lots of inspiration in this book, along with general information about composition, color and techniques. Many different styles shown, something for everyone.

It is full of ideas and techniques to use paper, color, and texture to achieve different kinds of tactile aspects and dimensions that give collage a new, more modern feel and a more arresting and interesting look. Collage has changed a lot over the years and this book will furnish you with ways to make your old collage a thing of the past!

Nita Leland has written an excellent book teaching the many facets of collage, for the new beginner, to those working on professional presentation of their art work. She provides an easy to understand, illustrated glossary of Collage terms on page 10, and on page 147 presents, shooting and showing your collage - photographing collage, galleries and exhibitions, and copyright concerns.In this 160 page hard-backed spiral bound book, she presents 60 will illustrated "how to" projects, with tips for beginner and advanced alike. At times giving step by step photographs and collage work to illustrate the text. My city library carries three copies of the book.It's a sound, well written and organized book. Mine copy is a used, ex-library book, purchased for $16.45; it needed a strip of clear packing tape along the hardback spine, a quick fix that has lasted a year of class room use, and it looks like new.If interest of my students weights-in, I'd say this is the favorite collage book of all those I've introduced. Many who have continued working on their study of collage have purchased this book for themselves.Enjoy,DYC

I was surprised that this volume was not published by Liquitex or Golden or any other acrylic product company. If you object to the environmental impact of acrylics, this IS NOT for you: the author seems to only use acrylic whatever with often unnecessary applications like covering all paper surfaces with gel medium before you use them. To me, only my opinion, many of the examples of finished art were not attractive, some actually hideous, some boring, many with muddy color, etc. Only one was actually memorable, Cody F. Millers "Sarah and the Promise" which was balanced, striking, pleasing and interesting visually. If you are a newcomer to collage, i could see that this book would benefit you, as there are many techniques explained. However invest in other books, too, many specific to each individual product like "The Encyclopedia of Polymer Clay Tecniques" by Sue Heaser which is a good, basic book about using polymer clay. Sculpting with clay, polymer or otherwise, can add wonderful depth, texture, etc to any mixed media piece, just glue those flat backed sculptures on that board! Soooooo, back to Nita Lelands book- for myself, an artist of many years, i would have preferred more non acrylic methodology. I love "Yes" paste and plain old inexpensive white glue. Anyway, not a bad book, just way better for those unfamilar with acrylic paint, varnishes, gels, etc.

Recently, I visited our public library and picked up about eight books to review on the subject of collage. I'm a newbie to this form of art and was looking for some basic knowledge and techniques to help me and a friend get started. We didn't have alot of time to find the perfect book, and this hands-on review of many books seemed like the best way to select one for purchase. "New Creative Collage Techniques" was published in 2011, is a spiral bound hardcover book which allows me to open it flat which is especially helpful to me. It contains 60 projects by 60 artists, each well illustrated with well written instructions. For me, it was the best choice. I bought it used....in almost perfect shape.....for an incredible price. Thank you Amazon!!

I am a long time fan of Nita Leland. The text of the book doesn't disappoint. I have read a lot about collage and yet still find new and useful tips in her book.I previously wrote that I was disappointed in the pictures. I have to apologize - I had somehow locked the position of the Fire so that it did not rotate and this had the result of NOT allowing you to enlarge the pictures. Once I unlocked it, I was able to double tap on any picture and have the screen fill up.You need to look at the small picture and rotate to the widest measure before enlarging. If the picture is landscape and you are holding the Fire in portrait, it will not enlarge properly and rotating afterwards will not change the enlargement.I am sure this is somewhere in the manual, but I did not see it there.

This book is a good resource for collage basics; ideal for the beginning collage artists. The first 75 pages prove that. The spiral binding does allow you to lay it flat on your work area BUT there just isn't anything new, innovating or inspiring about these projects. It contains the same ideas and "supports" for collage as any other simple collage project book -- marbled paper, encasing, rubbing paper, transfering and tearing/layering paper with a few "natural" and lacy/flowery found objects thrown in. The book does contain beautiful photos by other artists including some nice work by Virginia Williams. I feel this book was created to fulfill a contractual agreement and provided a gallery for other artists. The description states, "From basic methods to the latest innovations ..." but this book lacks new ideas and the techniques described seem a bit "old school" for today's question, "How can we incorporate some of the many found objects or many products available on the market into our collage?" As for the complaints about stains and watermarks -- these are printed on the pages; it's part of the book's design. If you truly have a stained "used book" and paid for a "new book" then check on a refund.

I have dipped into this book from time to time as the collage "mood" takes me. One thing that really bugs me about this book is that there is hardly any reference to composition. Its all fine and dandy having a collection of pretty papers, but if if you don't know how to construct a balanced or flowing composition, its just going to end up a mess. She mentions "Cruciform" once, I think, but no explanation of what it is or how to go about achieving it. Some design hints would be helpful - that is a technique too.

If you like craft but need new ideas then this book will inspire you! I do mainly art journals and scrapbooking and this book has given me new ideas for backgrounds using collage.

Was hoping to discover something new but this book is not quite what I was hoping for. I'm sure I will use some ideas but will have to see!

lots of great ideas promt delivery

Lots of ideas, and helpfully illustrated