That moment on vacation when you’ve taken a wrong turn or three, are definitely lost, but not resigned to total failure yet: this piece has that feeling of a blur of sightseeing.

I started with a dark base on kraft paper: there’s watercolor & monoprinting, text, and maps. And then, did I start layering! Trees, bark, mud, water, skylines…

The focal point is a row of windows from a warehouse in Scotland, near a train station, softened with a yellow composite texture to warm it up. Definitely the kind of place that tells you you’ve gone off track. Stone textures and a gray-green composite texture finish off and unify the piece.

Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 34 layers
Part of the 2014: Building Blocks series
Based on day 28 of my daily collage project, 2013-2014.