Koi Collage ~ Art Journaling Workshop by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Koi" Collage
6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
Hand painted, stamped. book and magazine papers on watercolor paper

If you have been reading my posts, you know I'm preparing activities to use in an art journaling workshop, "Love Your Life" workshop at Dena's Ranch, 830 825-3465. I thought this might be a good use for all the travel brochures and maps that fill your luggage when you return home. Tear them up and make a unique travel keepsake with any design by pasting bits and pieces. I did use some hand painted and hand stamped papers in this piece. I've taken several outstanding workshops in painted papers and collage. We painted papers in Austin in the Carrie Burns Brown workshop in 2006 and I have her DVD. It's hard to see in this photo but we painted papers and put them out on the patio "rocked" down so they wouldn't blow away and on the grass under the trees. We found a rusty grill, wrapped it with archival tissue paper, poured vinegar on it, waited overnight for the rust to color our papers and got some lovely rusted colored paper. There is a piece of this paper in the koi.
Carrie is in the striped top.
I was a little premature taking this photo as the whole back yard was covered in beautiful painted papers during the week.
I have lots of koi photos taken at our Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth when getting ready for the Cheng-Khee Chee workshop.
Also we used koi photos in the Nicholas Simmons Workshop.
I had signed up for one week with the king of collage, Gerald Brommer, and at the last minute a space opened up for the second week so I took that one also. What a great two weeks painting papers and learning about design.

I've met Ginny Stiles blogging and I see she has signed up for a Bob Burridge workshop but I've learned about a collage artist from her, Elizabeth Nelson, and she does some spectacular pieces. Her DVD is on order. I've love to take one of her workshops and maybe I will.
Through Elizabeth's blog I found another artist, Wanda Edwards, and she had posted a koi. I got down more references today and found this book by Zhen and it's available at Amazon.

There are many ways to make a painted paper collage and everyone has a different technique. I will discuss some of these methods in my workshop and if you're interested in art journaling why don't you join us. I will tape this collage in instead of collaging directing in the journal as I wasn't sure how the paper would accept the acrylic medium.

I heard from Strathmore papers and they are sending me some samples of their new Visual Journal coming out in July. It looks like it will be perfect to paint and collage koi.

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