52 Weeks of Collage, Week 34

 Natural.

Where you expecting leaves and flowers to show up in today's collage?  I wasn't!!  And I may come to regret this decision later.  Well, maybe not regret the decision, but regret the execution.  I had a blast picking greenery from the yard and assembling it into a collage.  I would do this again, for sure.  It's quite possible that this will turn into a crumbly, dead, moldy mess and I will have to cut the page out and replace it with a picture.  I am leaving space in the journal just in case, but it was still fun to do and I will know what not to do next time.  Experimenting, as long as its done safely, is never a failure.  It's information gathering.

After finally deciding on a layout I glued everything down with Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue.  Its what I had nearby.  I would recommend something that dries faster like a super glue or fabric glue.  

cluster of live grass, leaves and a flower

Lastly, I used a size 6 paint brush to put a thin coat of Jerry's Artarama matte finish medium and varnish onto the live collage elements.  

I will let you know how the collage fairs over time!!

I hope this creative departure gives you some ideas of new ways to approach collage.

Till next week,