Waking the streets of beautiful Bath on a family outing, we stepped from the sunlit streets into the Victoria Art Gallery where the Bath Society of Artists were holding their 109th Annual Exhibition.

The walls were packed with art, sometimes three works high, like some great Victorian parlour. There were some expected works but the stand outs for me were these simple works by David Bullock. The pixellation caused by the Lego puts a veil of anonymity on the works, which forces you to try to see through the portraits.

I love the effect and the colours but it’s also inspired me for my portrait series in collage to experiment with image pixellation using paper.

While these were the most compelling pieces for me, there were also great works in oil, like this beautiful dog by Sally Muir.

Later on the streets, I came across this landscape in a gallery window. I couldn’t find out who painted it, but I liked the use of the black outline on the landscape features and thought this could be a technique I could use to better define some of the shape in my collage, to help breakup the textures.

Which is your favourite? Are there other techniques you think could be introduced to the world of collage? I’d love to know what you think and what works for you.