This weekend was a great one- I watched lots of films from my bibliography which helped me and inspired my work. I moved all of my things to the art room: I had inspiration images on the wall, art materials spread across the floor and my lap top on the table.I was watching sleeping beauty whilst working which completely seeped it self in the imagery I was making. I first drew very roughly the landscapes I had recently fantasized about and then I looked at the found imagery I had collected to see if I could use some of it. I then made more graphic patters using water colour paint and began creating my collage. I realised very quickly that the idea of making a complex landscape meant the collage looked busy. Combining my photographs of wales and my own illustrations was difficult. I felt that i should strip back on the amount of material I should use and let the white paper show. I still want to create a landscape only I want to strip it back of excess material .I love the photographs I took of the woods in wales last weekend but I think I should leave them alone - they are resolved images and altering them doesn't add anything. They contribute to my collage as inspiration not physically in the collage.
I need to focus more combing found imagery that particularly fits to my fantasies and my own illustrations. This will lead to more successful collage.I also made masks as part of my playsack idea. I took the photographs after having watched for a second time "where the wild things are".
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