I found a book on making miniature shadow box scenes and was inspired to use these ideas for my collage instead. The author gave lots of ideas for "staging" a successful scene and gave me insight into creating more dynamic collages using her suggestions.
I started with just the printed images I had on hand, to create a "room" with an angle to create some dynamics.
The next one I planned more, starting with a sketch of an idea. Then I searched for images among what I had in my files as well as new images that I printed, to collage with.
Haha!! I love the cat! He was an unexpected character along with the fish! Also the "rug" at the chair began to dissolve, as the sketch, but instead of stairs, the pool corner seemed more appropriate! The original idea of a medieval town was eliminated for the stream scene which gave rise to more water into the image. The landscape scene I had in mind for the "window" on that wall became the landscape down the "hall". I used another file image of a necklace jewel for the light source instead of the oversized tulip (which I plan to use in another scene). I do love the unexpected, and the rug going down the hall seemed to reflect the light in the landscape, which also reflected in the pool!
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