Altered Magazine Pages With Easy Overpainting: Painting on Magazines and Coffee Table Book Papers 

Thank you so, so much. This is truly nice to hear and you have made my day! I hope you have a creative weekend. Kelly

It is hands down my fave technique for creating messy mystery. It is NOT everyone's technique (I know because occasionally I will get a loud and long comment making it clear 😺) but it just moves around so much and looks like a peeling fresco and that makes me happy. I hope you are having a creative week! Kelly

Thank you so, Cara. 🌷🌻🌼

Shiny Lost Cause would make a good name for a 1970's rock band. Just saying. 😺

Why Susan, I am so moved and touched because believe me, this is why I do all this, to try to make the world a better place in the way I know best. Thank you, my dear, for letting me know. 🌷🌻

@BookandPaperArts I discovered you 3 days ago. I've watched the videos about sanding glossy paper and adding colour. I've immediately done as you instructed and my work is so much better. I'm new to collage and it's a real treat.🥰

@@susancampbell703 Welcome and thank you, again, Susan. Happy making! Kelly

I just did a projest with deglossed paper and Dorlands Wax Medium......so cool!!​@BookandPaperArts

Yea! And it is a good day with I can make a verb out of the words "Carmen Miranda", headdress-wise. 😺

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Thanks bunches, AnneMarie. This is truly nice to hear and makes me happy. Thanks for touching base!

Hi Theresa. It is fun and super budget-friendly and can be done so many ways and is not fattening. What's not to love? And it's a good day when I find a way to turn the words "Carmen Miranda" into a verb. 😺

@@BookandPaperArts It auto corrected Kahlo to my granddaughters name Khloe, oh, I need to check before I hit send.

Thank you for checking in, Cristina. This is truly nice to hear and it makes my day.🌷🌻🌼

Fun and weirdly versatile, Marlene. I hope you give it a try and make great pages! Kelly

Thanks bunches, Ron. It is new to me and I will be using the heck out of it going forward.😺

I believe she is from America and American English is her native language

@@sheryllamoureux1068 Hi Sheryll. Thanks for replying. I have NO idea what this was about. 😺

Yes, I believe that this is an obscure technical artist's term. 🌷🌻🌼

Hello and welcome! Thank you for getting in touch with this lovely message. It means a lot. Have a creative week and happy making. 🌷🌻🌼Kelly

Thanks bunches, Barry. 😺

Hi Kathy, what a good question. There are two things in play here. One is that most of these images are in the public domain meaning that they can be used freely and for commercial use. Next, there is law called Fair Use which says something like you can use an image to make a new image if it is an original and unique piece. It does not have to be wholly unrecognisable. Have a look online and do a little reading about Fair Use and it should put your mind at ease. Keep me posted! Kelly

Am thinking...if Nature had copyright in place, we humans may not have existed! 😅

@@earthrooster1969 Well said, Suhita! 🌷🌻🌼

@@BookandPaperArts 💕😀

And only matters if you want to sell!

Hi Paige. Gouache is a paint that is heavier than a watercolour but it is water-based as opposed to acrylic paint which has a plastic base. But remember, you do not have to use gouache because I did, especially since I used them since they were all I had on hand and the only reason I have them is that I won them in a drawing a while back! I tend to work in watercolour and ink. Now go give it a try! Kelly

Hey Lynn. This was from a coffee table book with black and white plates. I sanded it back (you can see the before and after in the video for contrast) and yes, the paper does warp, even more so if it a thinner magazine page. As it dries, however, it flattens itself (mostly) and you can always iron it under a paper towel and it will lie straight then, or just let it be wobbly for texture. So many options! Keep me posted. Kelly

Here's what I did, and it helped SO much. I started my small mixed media journal with the promise it was going to be the worst page in the world. Then, I intentionally used every technique in my arsenal. I stamped, glued, painted with nail polish, labeled, did ink drawings and dabbed acrylics all over the place. There was no rhyme or reason to anything I did. It turned out horrendous, and I'm so happy! Nothing I did from then on was that awful, and by doing it on the first page, I knew I could get working on the next pages, no problem. The other thing I keep in mind is to work small. My mixed media notebook is only about 5 x 7, and sometimes I even divide the pages into smaller sections. For example, I do 3" x 3" zen tangles, and am done quickly. Or, I collage on half a page. Thinking small keeps me from worrying about how to fill the space. Remember, this is all experiment and play, not a great work of art. No one is going to see it, and you can throw it away if you want. I hope you do try. Being frozen is so frustrating, but the editor that tells us we're no good is not helpful. Send him out to play and you go have fun. Good luck, and Hugs.

Dear Sheila, I wish I could tell you how many, many times I have heard this in my years of teaching journal arts. Not some things - you can do this and not only can but you should. I am making another messy journal for this weekend's video so I hope you stay tuned for that and let it nudge you gently into Doing It and having fun and expressing yourself and using up all of that good stuff that is waiting for you. Next, this may help, a recent video about giving ourselves permission to use that good stuff. Please take note of the first, pinned comment by a hospice nurse who had something wise to say about the cost of not beginning. I have a feeling she was talking to you and didn't know it yet. Please keep me posted. You got this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6p5E4oWwZ_k.html&pp=ygUoQm9vayBhbmQgUGFwZXIgQXJ0cyBwZXJtaXNzaW9uIHRvIGNyZWF0ZQ%3D%3D

Hello Centi! I do not make good portraits but I enjoy playing around making abstract ones and I love, love how fun and forgiving soft pastels can be in this. Fun and mysterious portrait making at the same time. 😺

Hi there, Sheri. I do use an ink jet printer, the HP Envy. It is about four years old and the about printers is that they get better and cheaper for the better ones all the time. HP printers offer an ink "scheme" where you estimate the amount of pages per month and they send you monthly cartridges and it is super cheap and efficient. I really recommend it. Let me know how it goes! Kelly

@@BookandPaperArts Thank you for the info!! Love watching your channel too. 🙂

Hi Diane. Well done on you making some gorgeous pages and thanks for letting me know. This is what I like to hear. 😺Kelly

Hello and welcome, Jade. I am so pleased you got in touch to say hello. I hope you make some great pages. 🌷🌻🌼Kelly

Why thank you, Katherine. Here's wishing you a creative and blessed week. Thanks for touching base!

Hi Debbie. Thanks for the vote of confidence. And yes, I agree he needed a little oomph. I am definitely going to use this a hack for making portraits as it not my strong card but I am more and more attracted to it. Have a creative weekend!

Why thank you. That is truly lovely to hear. You have made my afternoon. 🌷🌻🌼Kelly

Hi Alexandra. Thank you so. I would completely wear a hat like this. And you? 🌷🌻🌼

Hi Valori. Thanks bunches. I like that aspect, too, especially as I am not a strong realistic painter but enjoy giving it a whirl. This sets me up and lets me go wild. Thanks for getting in touch! Kelly

It is my real pleasure, Valisha. Thank you for touching base! 🌷🌻🌼Kelly

Hi Cat. Agreed. It does not seem as dramatic as the portraits but in person it has a dreamlike quality. 🌷🌻🌼

C'est mon plaisir, Simone. J'espere que vous faites les pages formidable ! Kelly

Thanks bunches, Deb. And thank you for stopping by!

It is my real pleasure, Deborah. Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you so, Deirdre.🌷🌻🌼

Thank you, Debbie. That is truly nice to hear.

Thanks bunches, Debbie. I hope you make some great pages! Kelly

Hi there. It is "gouache". It is a water-based paint that is thicker and less translucent than watercolour.

Gouache is what happens when acrylic paint meets watercolour 😍

@@creativebeanart Sounds about right. 😺😺

Thanks bunches, Margaret!

Hi Gaby, I have enormous respect and love for God. I also believe that God is the great Creative and as such delights in our creating. I did not desecrate an image (and an image in itself is not holy, it is only that, an image and not an idol), I altered it so that it is another image now, one that I believe honours the intention of creating. All the best, Kelly

Dear me - what an absolutely bizarre, pharisaical response. 'Ruined' is also your personal opinion; it's not fact. Anything done with love, joy, and simple happiness would surely never offend God.

@@Ron-AyresThank you for the vote of confidence. As I often work with religious images I am sometimes surprised I don't get this kind of feedback (the original one) more often. However, I feel strongly that a picture or a book is not what is holy and to try to make them so is a bad idea. Still, I occasionally add to a video that I truly have no desire to offend those who believe, nor those who do not. Also, thank you for using the word "pharisaical". That made my day. 🌷🌻🌼Kelly

@@Ron-Ayresthank you for a new word to tuck in the back pocket of my noggin! I’ve never heard/seen that one before

People will nitpick anything