How To Transform a Painting with Collage and Mixed Media
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This week's KZread video features a painting makeover! Watch me transform a watercolour painting into a beautifully layered collage, blending different papers, mark-making, and even stitching. I hope this video inspires you to revive your old, unfinished artwork. Share your thoughts in the comments and let me know if you'd like to see another piece undergo a transformation!
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Please continue do painting makeovers. I have LOTS of paintings that I need new inspiration to finish. 😂😊
Yes, please, more transformations!!!
Yes please love watching the transformation of an older piece of work.
Yes, more rescues of all kinds please
Love seeing the transformation. It’s inspiring to use those “failures “ and bring them back to life. More examples please.❤
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
Wonderful feedback, so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Yes to more makeovers!
So much fun! Love to see transformations, because it shows ways to keep working on a piece to making it something new… and for a beginner like me, not liking the first draft happens a lot lol
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
I love that! Thank you for such sweet feedback. I am always reworking things I do not like, or scrapping first drafts. I think that is all part of the creative process, so you are right where you need to be! 😊
Yes please... I too have loads of unfinished pages that could see the light of day again.. and perhaps be transformed 😊
Laura , your youtube channel brings joy to my life U don’t know how much you inspire me and I am sure to many across the globe ❤
@LauraHornArt
6 күн бұрын
Your warm comments mean so much to me, thank you so much 😊✨
Yes! More transformations, please❤
Yes, yes! I love the makeovers! It’s amazing what you do with collage, marks and string!
I adore this color palette and appreciate the reminder to add pops of color. I love the bright blue too
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
It's amazing what pops of colour can do. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you so much, Laura. I loved watching you make the changes to your painting. It was amazingly helpful to have you walk through the process of making over the old painting and seeing how much your changes improved the work. Loved it and yes, please show us more examples of making over old paintings that didn't quite work. 🙃😊🥰😘
Yes, More Transformations please!
More transformations would be marvelous! Thank you 😊
Yes Please! Love to watch you doing that. Give me so much help to get out of my head, and just do! 😁
@LauraHornArt
19 күн бұрын
That's wonderful! I am so happy you get so much from the video, thank you for watching!
Yes, I would love to see more transformations! I also have many paintings that could use some refreshing. I love all of your classes I have taken… love your style!❤
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
Yes please!
Yes, please. Lovely!
oh yes yes yes Please Laura😍
YES more!!!
@LauraHornArt
7 күн бұрын
More to come! 😊💖
Thank you Laura! You have inspired me to get out some of my old watercolor paintings for a redo!
Yes more transformations please.
I’d like to see that beautiful bulletin board behind you😊❤❤❤
Loved this. Yes please, I'd very much like to see more. I've not stitched in my art for a long time. So encouraging! Thanks Laura x Nell.
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I go back and forth with stitching too! It's great to revisit old ideas.
@tasticola
4 ай бұрын
@@LauraHornArtabsolutely agree! It's exciting too when you've forgotten that you used to do something and someone reminds you how good it is!! 😊
Would love to see more videos exploring ways of moving paintings forward. Thank you ❤
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Noted! I love the idea of sharing "ways to move paintings forward"
Yes yes yes! More makeovers please - I have some paintings that I've shoved in a closet because I like some aspects of them, but dislike others. Now I see the way you transformed yours and would love to see more!
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Yay, I am glad this idea is getting some traction as I am like you - plenty of paintings in the closet! I feel like KZread is a great place to share the transformations.
Yes I would love to see more make overs
Yes thank you!
Love what you’ve done ✌🏼🌷
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
Yes please.
Yes!
That would be wonderful!
Absolutely would love to see more makeovers. Your process offers so many ideas - I have several pieces that could use this type of attention. Thank you for sharing!
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
More to come! Thank you so much for watching!
would love to see more transformations...........................love your work and am so happy your pod cast is back........................
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
I like to see more of this thanks
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Time to drag out my box of "failures" and see if they respond to a makeover. Loved where you went with this piece 🤩
@My_Secret_ArtSketchbook
4 ай бұрын
You only fail if you don't TRY. Box of failures just may turn into a box of masterpieces 😊
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
Please do! I bet you'll find that many of those little "failures" are actually a box of magic waiting for you!
You have inspired me to work on a bad watercolor attempt that is just hanging around glaring at me. Your colors are fabulous. And the idea of reusing something (s) is so good.
Yes please
This was great to see! Thanks for showing us how to go about this. Please show more! Thanks
@LauraHornArt
20 күн бұрын
You got it!
Beautiful colors. Love it❤🎨
Thanks Laura, that was great. Would love to see more.
@LauraHornArt
17 күн бұрын
You got it!
more more more please. this was so inspiring to watch! I have to go make some collage papers!
@LauraHornArt
17 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! More to come!
Yes please! These makeovers are so fun. ❤
definitely
Yes! It was very helpful.
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
I'm so glad!
@710 when you put down the collage paper, you gave us a platypus! Well thats what jumped out to me lol.
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Haha, I will have to go back and check it out, it always amuses me the things people see in art!!
OoOO yes please, would definitely like to see more transformation videos!! This was a great video!!xx
Very cool transformation 🎉❤
@LauraHornArt
26 күн бұрын
Thank you 🤗
Really enjoyed this...wow what a change,
Yes please. What a-neat idea
Yes please…love watching others put together
Interesting watching this transformation and the different techniques you use. Would love to see more please.
Yes please 😻 love watching how you push your work through different stages very inspiring!
fantastic video, I love seeing an artists process ☺☺☺
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes! Very fun to watch the changes! Inspiring!
Yes
Love it! More transformations please.
I really enjoyed watching this process and would love to see more! Love your work! 😍
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
More to come!
More please Laura! I have sooo many paused projects, you inspire me to hit the play button on them. Thank you for sharing 🤩
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
That's such a great way of looking at it-definitely time to press play 😃🎨
This was really fun to watch! I would love to see more, maybe done on some of the others you showed there in the biginning! Thanks for sharing
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your kind words 💖
I would love to see more make overs
Yes, yes, yes ❤❤❤
Yes, fun to watch!!
Wow never thought of using embroidery thread! Always learning ✨
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Glad you found a new spark! I love adding a bit of thread; you can also run pieces through a sewing machine, which looks great too!
@ButterflyAbstract
4 ай бұрын
@@LauraHornArt I'm assuming you used watercolor paper? Possible to do embroidery thread on canvas?
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
@@ButterflyAbstract yes I am working on watercolour paper. I've used embroidery on unstretched canvas and then stretched later. Haven't tried on a stretched canvas. Wonder if that is possible?
Beautiful ❤️.
Yes, please🤗👏👏👏
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Love the stitching, it's so fun! Thank you, Laura
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching 😊
oh yes please!
Yes 🎉
Loved seeing your process! It would be great to see more transformations. Very interesting information. Lovely. Thank you. Sondra Borrie
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
New Sub nice transformation. 🤙
@LauraHornArt
27 күн бұрын
Thank you for subscribing! Welcome!
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Yes Love this idea. What do you call the little tool you used for making the holes in the paper please?
Very nice!. What kind of off white marker did you use to make short lines? Those marks are my favourite. Well done!
@LauraHornArt
4 ай бұрын
Thank you, it's a Posca PC-5M in the colour beige.
@tamarapaskvan6704
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your answer Laura!
Great video, thanks Laura. Can you tell me the artist in the background song you play please? It’s really stuck with me but I can’t find out who it is! Thanks 😊
Where do you buy deli paper from in Australia?
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
Greaseproof paper is called deli paper in the US. It's used primarily for wrapping sandwiches and isn't suitable for putting in the oven. Mine isn't as transparent as I like, so I might try another brand. The one I have at the moment is the Armarda brand from Woolworths. You can also get deli paper in some craft shops that is imported from the US. It's more expensive, though, and pretty similar to what is called "greaseproof paper" in Australia. I hope that helps!
Can you please tell us where to buy deli paper from, here in Australia ?
@LauraHornArt
12 күн бұрын
I use greaseproof paper! It's similar although maybe less transparent. The one I have at the moment is the Armarda brand from Woolworths. You can also get deli paper in some craft shops that is imported from the US. It's more expensive, though, and pretty similar to what is called "greaseproof paper" in Australia. I hope that helps!
@leannerourke7058
11 күн бұрын
@@LauraHornArt That's great. Thanks Laura
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