More layer practice -- start with stripes, end with attitude

Last week I shared a couple of collages, showing how I built up layers using paint, stencils, and cut paper. Here's another spread.

LAYER 1: I started with a layer of green paint. Using painters tape, I added brown vertical stripes and then pasted down thin strips, which I tore from a magazine page.

LAYER 2: To provide contrast, I stenciled orange circles on top of the straight lines.

But the circles got lost against the brown stripes, so I outlined them using a white gel pen.

LAYER 3: I pasted bits of an old map (I think it's Iowa) to add texture.

LAYER 4: I added two faces as focal points, then partially covered them with bits of a sewing pattern on top to soften the sharp edges. Finally, I chose 4 text snippets and seemed to express the defiant attitude of the women.