Santa Collage-Mixed Media

Santa

Collage

9" x 13"

Fabriano Aristico 

Soft Press Watercolor Paper

 

This is my first collage using watercolors, gesso & acrylics.  It was fun tearing up old paintings that didn't work.  The base for this collage began as the YOP painting that can be seen here.  I used acrylic medium to glue torn paper (from paintings shown here and here), then used acrylic and gesso to help form the tree plus add more texture and light to the white areas.  

 

I may correct some of the branches of the tree adding some lights into the darker areas and forming the branches a bit better.  Also, the presents could be modeled to create a more three dimensional look but I rather like them as is.