IRIS COLLAGE

I love combining my watercolours with papers, stamping and interesting designs.

I began by painting the irises leaving the right side blank...then I added Japanese rice papers, gold stamping and painting behind the iris in black acrylic.  The gold doesn't show up very well in the photo but the right side has a beautiful pattern of gold running through it.

This is a watercolor that I felt "didn't make it" so I stamped around the image with gold acryclic using one of the decorative stamps I have. I then began painting in behind the stamping image in some aeas. When all was dry I did a wash or turquoise over some areas.

I framed in a black mat and black frame and I think it compliments the painting very well.

Something new, something different to keep the little grey cells alive :)