This painting looks NOTHING like it started out as. I actually gave the painting a base-coat of red and added white misted with alcohol to add interest and texture. It looked really cool but for some reason I couldn’t follow what the painting was leading me to do. I went over the background with layers of finger-painted pinks, whites, and finally metallic baby blue. I did this about 3 or 4 times before I was satisfied with what I had in front of me. Carefully I picked through my collaging elements knowing that I had a certain shade of blue I couldn’t clash with. I used a Swankies Hankies for a her dress, and a few collaged flowers edged with the metallic baby blue I was using. After adding more elements like the beads and the rhinestones to her dress and including them in the epoxy blue flowers I added I felt the painting was becoming more cohesive. She has a halo of the metallic blue around her head as well as a bit in her hair. It just helped it blend together more and make it look more like it “should.” The red is gone, bits of white remain, lots of pinks and blues remain and I feel she’s who she was meant to be now. The sides are painted with a framing of the blue and a bit of bright pink. She… might get a hint of dark eyeliner but other than that she’s done… and ready to be vanished. So be sure to check back next week and see if she’s smiling at you from Etsy!