Grid collage a whole new way

Exploring collage continues. I’m working on using the key elements in the kind of art that most inspires me in my work. So this is not finished yet, but what I’ve got here is an acrylic gouache background grid using just three primary colors + white and black. And then, I thumbed through a few magazines for a palette of complementary color and texture papers…and now I’m slowly adding shapes from that pile. So far the black hair of the figure is the only paint so far. Everything else is paper.

One shape leads to the other—which is my favorite kind of process. I’m envisioning much more paper and paint marks, but I have no real concrete plans. We shall see.