in progress...how to...the birth of a mixed media art painting & collage (a tutorial)

Using my sketch markers and a flesh tone copic marker on a piece of blank paper, i sketched my girl sitting on the stairs of her life....Then i painted her face....

Using a piece of an old encyclopedia paper, i sketched the stairs and i cut them off...

Then i started thinking about the color of my backround..I didn't want something usual as light blue...
So,i chose the light green/blue teal,the color of an exotic sky,the color of the deep sea...
In the meantime,i started painting her....
Her hair,
Her dress...
The stairs....

As soon as the backround was dry i stamped it and i started gluing my collage pieces...

Something was missing...
Something about Hope....
A swallow... It always brings Spring...it always brings hope....
Then some rub ons!!!!

Some lace on the top....

And finally the words...

Hope changes everything!

Be sure you always remember that!!!
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The painting is available here as an art print/reproduction!
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Love,peace & light,