Black, White and One Colour

Over at Collage Obsession, the theme for this week is  to create a collage using shades of black and white, and one color of your choice.   
 
For photo editing I use picmonkey, a free app, so I decided to see what I could create with the challenge:

Using Ombre within the paintbox tools, I chose blue as my one colour and was able to manipulate the direction of the colour tint and I added a weave element to create texture.

Collage Obsession - Fish

Over at Collage Obsession, this week's theme is Fishes.  I decided to use Henri Matisse's The Goldfish Bowl as a prompt.  I can't really say why I'm drawn to this picture, I guess I've always liked its simplicity and I like the combination of goldfish and plants (gives me a feel of a tropical oasis). My interpretation is a mixed media affair, using watercolour pencils, wax and paper napkins.

Fish Collage

Collage Obsession - Man

This week's collage theme over at Collage Obsession was Man.  The Leonardo da Vinci Vitruvian man was given as a prompt and my very talented friend over at Paper Rainbow was quick to get going with this.

Having a slight obsession with Kate Bush and Raymond Brigg's The Snowman, I decided to go with the theme of a Snowman, and used a picture from some of the artwork for Kate's album 50 Words For Snow as a starting point.

I cut around the snowman and the girl and collaged them onto a picture I took of the moon earlier this week and added some snow for effect.

Snowy Moon

I love the opening track entitled Snowflake on the 50 Words For Snow album, it has some beautiful lyrics, and as lyrics have always been a great inspiration to me, I printed them out and made a snowflake out of them. Collaged this onto the picture, along with a top hat for the snowman and I feel its finished.  I wanted to keep it simple and spacious (space being one of my guiding words for this year)

"I was born in a cloud... Now I am falling. I want you to catch me. Look up and you'll see me. You know you can hear me. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. We're over a forest. There's millions of snowflakes. We're dancing. The world is so loud. Keep falling and I'll find you. I am ice and dust. I am sky. I can see horses wading through snowdrifts. My broken hearts, my fabulous dances. My fleeting song, fleeting. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. My broken hearts, my fabulous dance. My fleeting song. My twist and shout. I am ice and dust and light. I am sky and here. I can hear people. I think you are near me now. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. We're over a forest. It's midnight at Christmas. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. I think I can see you. There's your long, white neck. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. Now I am falling. Look up and you'll see me. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. In a moment or two. I'll be with you. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you. Be ready to catch me. The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you"......Kate Bush.....Snowflake