Torn Paper Collage Workshop ~ Florida by Texas Artist Nancy Standlee

"Happy Rebel"
18 x 18 in.
Torn Paper Collage on Canvas
(Using recycled magazine pages)

This was collaged at the Derek Gores Collage Portraiture workshop in Melbourne, Florida, February 26 and 27. Here is the Brevard Museum description of the class:
"In this collage portraiture workshop, Derek will teach you to use torn paper to capture a portrait in a fresh new way! You will make one finished portrait of any person you choose. Or, if you're inspired to make a collage of something other than a person, that is fine too! Derek will demonstrate and guide you through the process of drawing, selecting your colors, and building up you collage layer by layer."
The image was taken from a magazine and inspiration was from one of Derek's earlier pieces using recycled magazines, maps, wine labels, song lyrics, and postal stamps and found papers.

Derek Gores Torn Paper Painting

"Red Bike"
by Suzy Pal
Collage on watercolor paper

I was very happy to have Suzy "Pal" Powell of Plains, TX. meet me at DFW to attend the Derek Gores Workshop and she gave me this collage for my "superb" driving skills! In the Derek workshop I mentioned on my blog in December, I flew into Melbourne but this time we decided to fly into Orlando and drive down. We had a great time, met some new friends, ate some great seafood, walked the beaches and thoroughly enjoyed Derek's workshop. Derek will be in Texas June 1 and 2 at the Wenmohs Ranch. Check with Dena if you'd like to attend. Suzy and I both plan to be there.
I packed my car for the Robert Burridge workshop before I parked it at the airport for the Florida trip. I got off the plane from Orlando, jumped in the car and headed to Dallas for a Burridge Watermedia and Collage: Postmodern Painter Meets the Contemporary Collage Artist. I agree this is a little obsessive and you will think that when I tell you this is my 8th Burridge workshop. We got off to a great start today and later this week I'll post some of the paintings from it. I've been a little busy and some things go undone. For instance, my Christmas fruitcake is rolling around in my car passenger seat floorboard. OK... it's another story and maybe I'll dispose of it when I'm unloading from these workshops. One thing I've learned is plastic garbage bags make great collage bags for packing slightly damp collages. I was not too sure that I wouldn't have various parts of clothing stuck to my collage upon arriving but both the collages came through. The second one was a good start of a Canvas by Canvas member that will be completed after regrouping and finding a new place to store the Christmas fruitcake.

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Rooster and Bird Torn Paper Collage Paintings by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Ready to Crow"
8 x 8" Mixed Media Collage on canvas board
SOLD during the 9 x 12 FWCAC Show

On the side of my blog, I have a link to Creative Catalyst, one of the premier companies to find the best of art instruction DVD's. If I'm scheduled for an instructor's workshop I find it very helpful to order the DVD either before or after the workshop to reinforce the learning. During Anne Bagby's painted paper workshop I learned to make some personal stamps and painted some original hand painted papers that you see in the above collage. Also I used some papers from the Carrie Burns Brown workshop and DVD. Lynn Powers has added a link to the Creative Catalyst blog and added a list of other collage artists that are doing some exciting work.
http://ccpvideos.com/community/blog/anne-bagby-inspired-artist-nancy-standlee-part-1
http://ccpvideos.com/community/blog/anne-bagby-inspired-artist-nancy-standlee-part-2
I've heard from several artists that want to try collage and my advice to all of them is "Do it. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the results." For these two works I've enjoyed using a Texas map for the background. "Keep working on it until you like it" as Derek Gores said or "until you can't pick it up" Gerald Brommer, the father of collage stated in the two weeks of workshops I took with him. When I teach a collage workshop I think I'll start my students out by working on a cupcake - what a happy subject. Each collage is as distinctive as each artists' handwriting when you work from original painted papers, personal images and personal creative energy.
An artist that has an abundance of creative energy is Robert Burridge and I'm preparing to take my 8th workshop with him. He has a huge following and even I wear my "Bobette" button proudly. He is one of the most sharing and secure artists I've ever worked with. A quote that all of his students are taught is "It's all been done before but not by you." He has even named his newsletter "The Artsy Fartsy News with a free subscription. Read the April 2007 issue and this topic "It's No Secret" will give you an insight on his positive, supportive attitude. Try some collage, a farm animal, a rooster, a bird, a dog, a cupcake, a shoe, a portrait. These subjects aren't copyrighted. Your work will have your signature style because of your materials and personality.
A dog... if you don't want to collage an animal, buy one of these fabulous dog prints from Karen Dupre. I first saw her prints in Aaron Brothers. I haven't collaged a dog yet. Maybe there is one in my future.

And another collage artist to add to your list is Eileen Downes. Click HERE.

"FEED THE BIRDS" ~ BIRD COLLAGE
8 x 8 in. on canvas board
Hand painted papers, found papers, vintage stamps, torn paper collage, maps

I've sent in a release form for the above bird collage to be used in a future textbook for elementary and middle school art education students to be used at the college level. The book will be published by a major publisher in 2013.

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"Carlita" ~ Carla O'Connor Workshop ~ Dallas TX ~ Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

"Carlita"
11 x 15 in Gouache on HP 140 lb watercolor paper
from workshop

I've been in a 4 day Dallas workshop with Carla O'Connor at Artists Showplace (well, it should have been a 4 day but it turned into a 3 day with our Texas weather). The above painting is a portrait using some of these gouache techniques. These winter storms are having a severe impact on my art career. We painted with watercolor and gouache on hot press watercolor paper, with some figure drawing from models in the mornings.

Last week I was in my first "sports" show and have produced 4 new sport themed collage pieces for the Super Bowl show put on by the F6 Gallery. It was shut down for most of the event due to bad weather. On Super Bowl Sunday Aaron Rogers was named the Green Bay Packers most valuable player and click to see my torn paper collage of him on my blog post HERE.


The SWS meeting was held Thursday evening at Artists Showplace and this was Carla's demo but it was taken from the overhead mirror and reversed and not completed. There was a crowd of people around and impossible to photograph Carla's painting correctly. She is an enthusiastic and lovely artist who entertained us along with sharing her techniques and process of applying and removing the paint.
Carla and Nancy ( OK..already so I was on my knees)
I took my first Carla workshop in Lubbock in Oct 2007 and I'm asked why do you take workshops with the same instructor twice? Because I don't get it all the first time and my painting methods have improved and I'm hearing and seeing more. If you can't get to one of her workshops, she has a great DVD of a painting taken from start to finish available from Creative Catalyst. Carla reminded me and showed me the red western bandana (you can see it at the right) that I gave her in Lubbock to tie on and mark her art suitcase so it would be easier to find at the airport. Would I take another workshop from her? Absolutely. And she does offer an advanced week so check out her website to see if she will be in your area. At the end of her slide show there was a slide of Carla at 9 years of age painting "en plein air" in Italy. Do you know what I was doing at 9 years old in Texas? - clipping playing cards to the spokes of my bike, playing Annie Over and Red Rover and couldn't even pronounce Italy correctly (I've only learned that in the last several years, incidentally).. so yes I am a repeat workshop taker and I'm becoming embarrassed to tell you how many Robert Burridge's I've taken and yes I will see him at the upcoming Artists Showplace workshop.

If you'd like to read more about Carla's DVD I placed a link on my blog (top right) so you can click and GO.


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PAINTED PAPER COLLAGE PAINTINGS ~ TORN PAPER PAINTINGS ~ WATERMEDIA ~
COLLAGE ART ~ MIXED MEDIA TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING ~ GOUACHE
~ TEXAS DAILY PAINTER ~ NANCY STANDLEE CONTEMPORARY ART ~

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