The joy of digital
I'm starting work on new collages in preparation for my art show in 9 weeks...I always think that I have plenty of time to get everything ready, but it never seems to end up that way. One of the benefits of digital cameras is that you can take a quick shot of an image...no more sketching out ideas - though that does still have its place at times. I do a rough layout of my collage and then take a quick snap of it - then I prep all the materials and the construction process begins. Its easy to refer back to my photo to remind me what I was thinking...though editing/revising/rearranging certainly happens during the process. And when I'm finished, the digital quick snap is easily erased.
Here's the rough layouts of a series of collages I'm doing with original vintage bird cards...I'm using old book covers as the base...the book pages were totally trashed (which I probably shredded for use in another project) but the covers with their leather edges and marbled designs were too wonderful to discard.
