Make Your Own Collage Paper with Any Acrylic Paint — Part 2

Today I’ll show you a surprising way to make your own collage papers using any type of acrylic paint and paper you probably already have. It’s Part 2 of the series on how to create beautiful collage papers without any special skills, techniques or supplies. 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, and how your new collage papers can inspire other creative projects. 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. If you haven’t yet tried to paint with collage paper, I hope you’ll take away some ideas to get started. While it’s fun to collect scrapbooking and decorative paper to use for mixed media collage backgrounds, you can easily make your own scrapbook paper, in whatev