torturing paper

Yep that's what the last two journal sketches are about. First let me suggest that one should never use paper that is too thin for collages, such as from a weekly newspaper magazine. Rips way too easily while being manipulated, soaks up way too much glue and then curls on you while you're trying to stick it down.... unless of course that is the effect you're going for...
Anyhow, I thoroughly tortured and was tortured by this collage effort 2-25-09
My intention was to be able to still see the fashion images after I was done, but I hated the way they looked with the paint that I put on them, so I kept covering them up more and more. In the end I put them in jail with those stripes and there they will stay...

2-26-09
I was happier with the second collage. I think it was more successful because of the abstract nature of it and less use of paint... ahem.. I used a stamp that I carved long ago, just bits and pieces and edges of it. Happier colors too.