Make Your Own Collage Paper with Just Acrylic Paint and Copy Paper

If you’re wondering how to create beautiful collage papers without needing any skill in painting, or using expensive supplies or specialty paper, in this video I’m going to show you how to make your own collage papers using recycled office copy paper (or scrap paper from your files) and any type of acrylic paint. I’ll show you exactly how I paint my collage papers, including what kind of paint gets the best result. I’ll also show you how my handmade collage paper looks inside of my own visual journals, combined with the pretty scrapbook papers you might already be familiar with. Making simple collage papers to use in your art journal, visual journal, collages and in your paintings is so satisfying. I’m inspired by the Matisse cut paper collages — which he created by painting on paper. YES! Matisse painted his own collage paper and it lead to his most iconic work. If you haven’t yet tried to paint with collage paper, I hope you’ll take away some ideas to get started. While it’