street fairy

i made this fairy collage while working on my street fashion series. i used dyed paper towels on the background, as well as some text transfers. i used a bit of watered down black paint over the piece when the collage was finished. the fairy is a photocopy of a drawing i did years ago. the photocopy was included in one of my bundles, which is where the color and distressing came from. i used liquitex gloss gel to make the text transfers (printed from an inkjet printer), as well as to adhere the paper towels and the fairy photocopy. i use the gel under and over the pieces that i'm collaging. once it's dry and you go over it with a wash of watered down acyrlic paint, the paint highlights the brushstrokes.