Time Is...

Sort of a work in progress, I'm pretty much done, I'm just throwing it up here now for some advice before I turn it in.

Anyway, it's a few different pieces from a still life. We had to include 75% of the still life (...which I don't think I did...) not viewfound (moved around, out of proportion, etc) and it had to include text and three different photographic elements.

In the corner there is an emulsion lift on gesso. I put gloss medium over it to keep it from cracking, which is why you can't really see it. When this is done, I'll take a better photo so that the glare isn't raping it.

I like the clock. Everything else looks halfassed to me.

Aaaaand...it's on roofing paper. Which is interesting. It's almost black, but more like a really dark brown, and it's slightly greasy which caused the chalk pastel to turn yellow, which I actually like a lot.

So, advice...what could I do with the gesso around the emulsion lift, so that it doesn't look so obnoxiously WHITE? Should I do anything else with the text? And...anything else that you think would help or improve it would be appreciated too.

Thanks : D

Edit: Got a better photo of it in there. Colors are more accurate + less glare on the emulsion lift. I may post a detail of that emulsion lift later, but for now you can get a pretty good look at it just by hitting 'download.'