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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Collage and Altered Art (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)

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I love this book! The photos are clear, the directions are very easy to follow. This is a must have book for those looking to venture out from just scrapbooking or card making. The author gives lots of tips and the gallery will get your creative juices flowing.

I LOVE this book. I have been following Roni's blog for some time, so I know how talented she is. This book is packed with excellent ideas and tutorials. The tutorials have full color pictures that really help you understand the instructions. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is just starting out in collage/altered art or who wants to add some great techniques to their art!!

This is a great book for learning altered art and collage. The instructions are very clear and helpful. I love the Teach Yourself Visually books because that is the way I learn best, and this book is outstanding.

Roni Johnson doesn't have any product to sell which means she can concentrate on writing a great book which focuses purely on ideas and techniques. You will take away from this book literally hundreds of ideas/skills which you can transfer across many arts and crafts from collage to scrapbooking, card making, altered art and beyond!
One of my favourite things about this book is that it brings so many techniques together in one place, things that I have come across on the internet and in books and have, no doubt, bookmarked and intended to come back to but never did.
Roni has included concise supplies lists and instructions which make replicating the techniques very easy. The techniques range from easy to more complicated and some may be completed with just some basic supplies- so you don't read the book and feel like you need to go buy out your local art supply store! There are also well written descriptions of some supplies and their various uses- very handy to have.
I got this book from my local library and was only pages in before I knew I had to own it. I ordered it within days so I didn't have to be without it! I feel that this book is limitless- the art within it and the techniques are timeless. While other books of a similar type will eventually go out of fashion- this is a book you will never want to part with and will return to again and again.
After I read the book I emailed Roni to let her know how much I enjoyed the book and she said she had about 3 times as much stuff as her publisher let her put in the book- I can't wait!

I've been pouring through my copy and really find that it is a great every type of craft instruction book. It incorporates so many techniques and has so many results that I can see many a gift being made from the ideas. I even caught my husband reading it one night. He was really intrigued by the projects.

I ordered this book some time ago and one night recently - finally got around to looking thru it. I crawled into bed, started at the front and didn't put it down until 3 AM! The next morning I was definitely 'Aged and Distressed' (chapter 3)!

The information in this book is certainly impressive. I was looking for something with a variety of projects and found it! Chapters 1 thru 6 were just what I was looking for - chapters 7 and 8 concentrated on jewelry and fibers which I shared with a jewelry friend - chapters 9 and 10 (assemblage and altered books) were right down my alley and I have gone back again and again with a magnifying glass to see each tiny detail of the 44 artworks in the inspiration gallery.

'Teach Yourself Visually' rates a '''''5 star!

I never read cover to cover for any book. I couldn't find myself putting this down! The visual approach is great; lots of clear detailed, COLOR photos, and detailed instructions with each photo. There were lots of techniques in this book, and great for a beginner collage artist like myself. The supplies are listed upfront, and there are mutiple tips and best practices throughout each project that I found very useful when I attempted the projects. I highly recommend this book, more so than other collage "for dummies" type books where they were heavy with text and only a few picture examples in black and white.

Roni Johnson's book "Teach Yourself Visually Collage & Altered Art" is one of the best and most complete books in my library of "how-to books"!! It contains so much information its hard to put down. Easy to follow instructions make it a very easy to follow. I like videos mostly, but this book tops even the best of videos. If anyone is considering buying this book, vI'd give it a "10" star review! BUY IT!!

This is a great book to learn about collage and altered art in scrapbooking, jewelry, and home decor, among other usefull things. I think it is great for a begginer (not for an advanced student or artist), since as it says, it is written thinking in someone who wants to introduce himself into the journey of collage and altered art. It has step by step instructions, inspiring projects, and a lot of pictures wich help to see how the final art piece is gonna look like. It also describes all the materials, tools and techniques required to create a piece of collage and altered art, and as the title of the book promises, you read less and learn more!

I love the Teach yourself visually line of books I have a couple of different ones. Being able to see the techniques and to see them in content is so great. I would recommend them to everyone who want to try any kind of crafts.