Mixed Media Collage: "At the Fair"

Good morning!

I am still working on some collage pieces, and couldn't resist using this image on one. I love this vernacular photo of the two couples munching down on watermelon, so I assembled some things that I thought would enhance this image.

"At the Fair"

I could picture these couples back in the thirties

going to the county fair,

and eating too much watermelon...

I wanted to let the image speak for itself,

so I used minimal color on it, 

but had fun playing with the background painting...

I found the ferris wheel image on Pinterest...

...and in my stash I have an old ledger book

that must have belonged to a doctor.

In it I found this note written by someone

whom I assume

was an employer asking the doctor to treat 

Frank Moran for a nail in his foot.

I covered over the nail part with this great

Basic Grey paper scrap and some vintage rick rack,

leaving the date showing.

I thought the date suited the photo,

and imagined that maybe one of these guys

got a stomach ache after eating all of

the watermelon...

Another fun piece!

I am still really having fun with the tutorial from 

Heather Murray.