Collaging myself onto a famous painting and then Hand Colouring

An example I made for yesterday's "Hand colouring photographs" workshop at the Museum Of     Australian Photography, this collage is based on Charles Conder's famous impressionist painting of the Mentone Baths. I grew up near them.

Both Conder's painting and my photo were printed on a laser printer. My photo was cut out and stuck down with diluted PVC glue. I also gave the collage a little wash of Gesso (50% diluted) to give the very absorbent paper a light sizing to better hold water colour. I then use my watercolour to build up a few coloured washes over the collage.

Link to a pdf of the step by step