OUIL404 -Study Task 5 - Collage and Ephemera

For this brief, I started out by just using printed out and photocopied images of jellyfish and coral to collage with, ripping them to create texture as I didn't think straight cut edges would have worked well with the aesthetic I was trying to create. I used a background of newspaper because I liked to way it worked with the paint and created more texture rather than just flat paint on paper.

I painted onto sheets of paper to transfer the paint to make this texture.

I using this technique is much more interesting than just putting paint onto paper.

Although I really liked this way of working I don't think it really works that well with collage because it ends up looking too busy and cluttered.

I really liked combining found image with illustration and different types of paper, but I think it started to look a bit cluttered and messy, so I tried to simplify it by not using as much paint or printed materials and just drawing on top of things instead.