"Tranquility"

Using watercolor paper, I prepared the surface by covering with a random watercolor
wash in several colors, adding splattering, etc. and let dry. I then stamped the carved leaf,
stick, and fern images using Archival Inkpads from Ranger, in sepia and library green.
Then I tore the image out in a haphazard manner, and set aside. The little carved pot was
stamped on a separate piece of white card stock using colbalt blue. Most of the leaves,
and branches were carved too. I cut out the pot and cut a slit in the top and inserted
small pieces of grass, and mounted it to the watercolor paper below the stamped plants.
I used foam tape to raise it above the surface. Tearing a small piece of cork, I rubbed it
with sepia ink and slipped it under the pot and mounted with framer's tape. I then
drew the finishing touches of additional plants using Tulips Paper Paints, and let dry.
I only used a little Tulip Paper Paint to drop in some details. The whole completed
collage then was mounted to a decorative handmade paper which was then mounted
on mat board.

This is one of the collages that I created for my monthly swap group.

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