The Finished Product

This is the finished product. Tyler, I agree with your comments on hierarchy, but a lot of this was already glued down by the time I read your comment (you know I'm impatient). However, I think I have created a main focal point and overall solid comp. I realized that I was creating kind of a reflection in earlier stages of this, so I decided to go with that idea. Although it is done, I am open to critique that might be helpful for further collages. P.S. Geoff, I responded to your comment but blogger was down for a day and they were gone when it came back.

Another attempt

So I wanted to try out watercolor for this one and I might try oil on the follow up or prismacolor. I guess what I'm looking for is some feedback on how the look of glass is working out. I've never tried painting something so transparent. Any suggestions there? I'm thinking of not using a direct light either, to possibly capture other images reflected in the glass like Geoff suggested earlier. I know there are a couple drawing problems I could address but alas w/ watercolor there's no going back. So the top one is the finished piece with in progress pics below. I'm also considering painting these in a shadow box, on a window sill and on an old piece of wood where they would screw on.