Geometry - Collage from my Art Journal by MadameRuiz

About "Geometry - Collage from my Art Journal"

by MadameRuiz

About the artwork

This collage is part of my art journal. Playfully, I got to work with magazines and acrylic paint. This collage is inspired by the theme 'geometry'. Hence, we are awash with squares, circles and triangles. To keep the geometry playful, though, everything has been drawn and cut from scratch. Nothing in this collage is meant to be perfect. It is just allowed to be there, in all its imperfection. Just like we are allowed to be there with our imperfections. This image is very nice to combine with other images from my art journal album. So be sure to take a look in this album too https://www.werkaandemuur.nl/nl/shopalbum/Collages---Art-Journal-pagina-s/125804/71937 Creation process: On the background, I painted with acrylic paint in brown, green, blue and ochre on a black background. Over this, I used transparent gel to paste various images from magazines such as the woman with the magnified eye, the texts, the ethnic clothing and the Moroccan tagine. Over these, I stuck pieces of washi tape and used a black and gold marker to centre the contours. This gives the whole thing the same look and feel so that this rather busy collage feels like a unity. This whole thing was then photographed and given a digital filter. This filter ensures that up close (if at large size) the image has nice abstract surfaces and from afar (or in miniature) you can see the image in totality.