Art from old magazines,junk mail and catelogs

When I was in college I kinda was obsessed with Van Gogh's "Starry Night". I decided to make as many renditions as I could. I did oil pastel, colored pencil, crayon and pencil. Then I decided to do a collage. The mosaic took me about four years working on and off!

What you will need:
Poster Board
Pencil
LOTS of scrap glossy paper (mags etc.)
Glue stick
Mod Podge
Lot and Lots of Patience!!!

First lightly make a rough sketch of your picture on the poster board

Next start cutting strips of paper into long 1/4 inch wide strips, Then cut the strips at different angles so that you have 1/4 pieces that are not square.
Keep the different colors separated

Now you can start gluing the tiny bits of paper to your poster board using the glue stick. This is the tedious part. I worked on the Starry Night on an off for about 4 years!!!

After you have finished gluing all your pieces down cover the whole thing with Mod Podge so that you don't lose little bits here and there.

Frame and Hang!!!!

*The last two photos are the same concept with much bigger pieces

shazni says: Oct 10, 2012. 7:14 PM

wow...that's a lot of work! how long did it take?

cairparavel (author) in reply to shazniOct 11, 2012. 5:26 AM

I worked in it on and off for about 4 years! The pieces are smaller than the tip of my pinky finger. The flower only took a couple of day but the pieces are much bigger.

shazni in reply to cairparavelOct 11, 2012. 7:16 AM

wow!I....do not have that patience! good for you!

ThriceBlessed says: Jun 2, 2012. 8:48 PM

This is awesome, I've always loved Starry Night too, so I liked it as soon as I saw it.