"Broken Shell, Inner spiral"

This is what I call one of my "recycled watercolors".  Rather than throwing out a failed painting, I cut out the good parts (in this case the sea shell) and paint a new background for it.  With "Yes Paste" I glue in the shell, rocks or other parts that I have, then use collage papers to create the sand, seaweed and other effects that tie the cut out parts into the new painting, so it doesn't look cut and pasted.  It does have a slight 3-D effect which fascinates people viewing the painting--often I have seen people trying to view the painting in different directions to figure out why it has dimension that a flat painting does not.  Never throw out bad paintings--you never know what new life it may have!

Happy Painting!

Nancy