Abstract collage: As an experiment in depth and texture I decide to create an abstract collage within my A4 sketchbook based on one of my coastal images. To do this I used found paper from previous work that included different patterns, colours, textures and mediums. Such as watercolour and acrylic paint. I layered each piece of paper on top of another to create a piece that I think conveys depth and perspective quite well. while creating this collage I was ripping the paper rather than cutting and I found that this created a jagged and messy edge to the paper which I liked. Some edges of the paper had already been cut in a clean line so it was nice to have a contrast to that in the image, I also found that tearing the paper by hand often left a white edge that seemed to stand out against the colour that was there before. I think that this was useful for me when layering the paper as it made each individual piece more noticeable and seemed to stop them from blending in with each ot...