Ah, the ole double-negative. Sometimes, folks say "Don't sweat the details", implying that it is not worth getting upset or obsessing over "the little things". When I'm doing my collages, I spend A LOT of time with the details. I DO sweat the details. I think the result of doing so, contributes to why people respond positively to my work. I've done a post like this in the past, but I think it's always worth a "refresher". The detail to which I am referring in this case, is the painting of the edges of my elements. Doing this, covers up the "interior" white of the paper. It is especially important when the image is dark, and the paper is thick. And what happens in an overall composition, is that it tends to "allow" all of the elements to be seen as a more integrated whole. Sometimes, viewers mistakenly think my collages are digital, precisely because the images are so integrated -- the reason that I always explicitly refer to my collages as "analog collages". Here's a good example of before and after painting the edge...
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