Embroidered Collage

I played with acrylic ink again.  This time I used the same acrylics I printed the ocean paper with to paint the full sheet of watercolor paper first, just sponging it on, blending and not blending, then adding some dry brushed cream for greater variation.  Since the water absorbency was now sealed away I had better results  when I added dots of ink and tilted the paper this way and that.    I kept adding more dots and doing more tilting until I was happy with the results.  The section shown above is about a third in height of the pieces being sent to swap.

30 done.  No more to go.  Yes!  And I have a half dozen sheets I kept for myself, as well.  For the other papers in this swap I printed fish patterns, recycled artwork, sponged over ridged paper, and dribbled and scraped on top of collaged blueprints.

I went back to what I posted when I joined this swap.  I did try out one of the techniques I'd been mulling over.  But mostly I opted for refinements and variations on previous attempts and didn't really step outside the box with this swap.  That just means I'll have to think about stretching myself further next time.  :)  I love my papers and am really looking forward to seeing the returns later in the Spring.