Here are a few collages that I made. Each measures 3 x 3 inches. In my opinion, they were not very successful. But, I have to admit that when I first finished them, I hated them! I do not hate them at least. A great change of pace for the start of the year. They were fun. They were messy to create. Matt medium would have been better, but I used what I had. Collages are much harder to create than one might think. In the end, I will try collage again.
Tomorrow, back to architectural illustrations....

Starting January 1st, I participated in a 10-day "Collage Joy Taster" by artist Catherine Raines. It's not that I want to be a collage artist, I just needed to change things up.
The workshop included: setting intentions, creating a limited colour palette, making paper using various techniques (crayon resist, scrapping, water resist, bubble, marble), and finally creating collages. Lots of fun, just playing around with paints, papers, etc. but not very successful in the end. I may circle back to collage art in the future.
I found "asemic" writing (mark-making that resembles handwriting) to be my favorite part of the course. 
​The "closing ritual" will be incorporated into my routine.