

Painted Paper Collage
Painting papers and making collage is a beautiful meditative practice. To paint papers, I use Pelikan brand opaque watercolors. Brush colors onto regular drawing paper with a slight tooth (like Dick Blick white sulfite drawing paper 80 lb.), using a coarse 1" flat acrylic brush, first horizontally then vertically until you have a rich flat surface. Add more pigment if you need to. If your color is streaky, you likely have too much water on your brush. Try with less. Let your