The Photography!

For Sea Glass Summer, I tried a new medium...  COLLAGE!!!  I painted large sheets of paper using gouache or tempera paint, then cut shapes from the painted paper and glued them onto watercolour backgrounds.

I loved adding layers to the collage, especially with things like leaves on trees, and petals on lupins.  This made the artwork quite three-dimensional (3D), so we had to go 'old school' and the art was actually professionally photographed for the book rather than scanned.  A big thanks to Walt Malone of Time Capsule Photographic Studio for his time and talent!!!