Back To School

Students returning to school for another year were the inspiration behind my most recent mixed media collage.

For the background,  I covered a 30cm canvas with layers of gesso, texture paste and paint. When it was completely dry, it was time for the fun part: putting the collage together. Looking through the Tim Holtz deck of “Found Relatives” I chose a vintage class photo as the focal image. (It could almost be one of my old school photos!) I added a floral cut-out from the Tim Holtz Ideology “Botanical Layers” as well as one of the muse tokens.

All the collage elements were affixed to the background with Liquitex Matte Gel.

This is the completed, rather monochromatic canvas:

Wishing a successful year to all students and their teachers, too!