When collage goes bad

 No, no, no....

not that kind of bad.

Just the ugly kind of bad.

The way-too-much-going-on-here-maybe-I-shouldn't-have-added-that-orange-paint kind of bad.

Just before I was about to throw a few bad collages in the trash, I realized I shouldn't waste a perfectly good substrate (a.k.a recycled cereal box).

Out came the gesso.

And lots of layers of paint.

Ugly collage #1 became this:

 

I rather like it now.

Ugly collage #2 became this:

(I will probably add a little something to it later. or maybe not.)

And now for some weekend collages that didn't end up covered in gesso:

(this was one of my gelatin prints, made on a dictionary page.  glued down a little found poetry.)

Weekend advice:

Avoid the cigarettes, but keep the gesso handy.