However, I decided one afternoon that I needed to get on with them. I drew in the horizon line with a watersoluble black crayon and then smudged it with some matt medium. I began by making four bundles of collage pieces - the same one for each picture. These were then stuck down on the four pieces and I was off! I tried to make different shapes with the pieces. Once the collage pieces were in place, I had a cup of tea and a break.
The collage pieces were a mix of paper scraps, tissue paper, printed papers and gel press prints. Once theses were dry, I could begin adding colour and texture. I used texture paste, acrylic paint, white gesso and watercolour crayons.
The finished pieces are more blue than the teal I had envisaged, but I used my inspiration pages to find contrasting colours and darker colours and I like the colour mixes. I think I like the one on the bottom right best as it reminds me of standing stones, although they could also represent trees! I haven't done anything like this before and I really enjoyed the whole process, once I actually got going.
The third workshop was creating a mixed media canvas. I haven't done this yet - I am thinking about it a lot though...
