Cupcake Torn Paper Collage Painting, "Big Night", 12083 by Texas Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

Big Night, 12083

Torn Paper Collage Painting with Hand Painted Papers on Canvas

8x8x3/4" depth gallery wrapped canvas

On Friday night, June 8, the FWCAC held their monthly gallery opening receptions and I sat up a demo in the entry area and worked on this small cupcake collage and the title comes from some text in the collage and it was a "big night" for all of the artists who were exhibiting their work. My collage exhibit is still up in the Cafe area until June 29, click HERE for more info. 

Here are some close-up views of the collage and I added music papers around the edge similar to the collage shown here. The music pages around the edges are so brittle the pages fall apart when folded as they are from a 1915 music book. Other papers I hand designed and painted. Recently I gave a one day workshop at the Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, on torn paper collage using magazine pages with a high heel image but this method is a little different as you paint your own papers. I will give a one day workshop in this painted paper method and we will collage a cupcake. No date is set yet but if you are interested send me an email and I'll add your name to the list.

Close up photos below

 (this side is from the Arles cupcake that has not been posted yet but it is similar)

This is the acrylic foundation painting I did on the canvas before I began the collage process. I liked the blue "sky" area and the strip just below and decided not to collage that area. Collage is very forgiving and you can choose to add papers to all the painting or selected areas. The entire area had a map background but it can barely be seen in the finished piece.

My collage friend, Suzy Pal from Plains, TX posted on her FB page a very funny video of a baby laughing when a piece of paper was torn and we very much related to how we feel about tearing our paper for our collages, along with a few sticky fingers and bits of paper on the floor, makes for happy times; however, I have never laughed like this sweet baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc&feature=sharhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc&feature=sharee

 During the Friday evening demo my Pittsburgh Steeler's helmet collage sold at the FWCAC.

The Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, is hosting Summer Saturday workshops and Pat Meyer will be giving an oil workshop on painting roses June 16 and I've signed up and I do hope I can paint a rose by the end of the day. Pat paints roses beautifully.

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Cupcake Collage, 12082, "Oh, I Am a Lucky Boy!", Torn Paper Painting by Texas Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

Cupcake Collage, 12082

"Oh, I Am a Lucky Boy!" title from some of the text in the torn paper collage

8x8x3/4" on gallery wrapped canvas

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There is a map background, faint, other text is "good walk, Cinderella, They were all very, very hungry, music notes and recipes, (faint) with music notes paper going around the outside edge. I painted and stained these found papers. 

I will show this cupcake collage Friday evening 6-9 PM at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St, Fort Worth during the receptions for art exhibits opening this evening. I have a collage exhibit in the cafe area. 

Also Saturday I will be a docent at the Shanley House in Granbury 10:00 am - 1:30 pm and will be working on a cupcake collage so if you are in the area for either place stop by and say hello. 
I recently gave a one day torn paper magazine paper collage workshop where we worked on a high heel shoe. I am developing a one day workshop using this method of collage of painting and staining our own papers using a cupcake design. So if you want to be put on the workshop list, send me an email. No dates yet.

I began the collage by painting the design in acrylic like the painting below then paint and adhere the paper and varnish.

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Tulip Collage, 12081, Caol Nelson Workshop, Granbury, Day 4 by Nancy Standlee Texas Collage Artist

Tulip Collage, 12081

10x8" on Ampersand Gessobord 1" deep cradle with collaged sides

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Day 4 of the experimental acrylics with Carol Nelson in Granbury TX using a variety of mixed media materials and techniques and no, you haven't missed days 1-3, I'm starting at the end and working backwards, just keeping you on your toes.  Tulip was on Day 4, torn paper paintings and this looks nothing like the piece I worked on during the workshop as it has gone through several transformations back in my home studio. The original flower area texture was built up with custom patch and painted with acrylics and now I've added collage. 

We made some of our collaged papers by a shaving cream method Carol discovered on Pinterest that gave some delicate stained papers. My class neighbor shared some of her Japanese newspapers and I added more when I got home with crossword puzzle pages, a math book, and atlas pages and some were stained with acrylics. 

I was fortunate to come home with Carol's "Spring Has Sprung", 8x6 that she used as a teaching piece. It is on MDF board.

I "borrowed" one of Carol's photos of the view outside the Shanley House where the workshop was held. 

Here is Carol teaching us about Custom Patch texturing.

These friends are still smiling on the last day..always a good sign of a good workshop. And if you're friends of Carol on FB she has posted an album of photos from the Granbury workshop and lots of student work.

Early morning critiques from the paintings from the day before.. lots of room in the gallery and we could have a separate room for drying, ironing the wax out of our faux batik's and critique.

It has been a busy week as I taught a one day collage workshop at the Dutch Art Gallery June 2 and just a reminder there will be Saturday workshops given all summer and you can see the schedule HERE. The one coming up this week is Liz Hill and I've signed up for the following week painting roses with Pat Meyer, June 16.  I was first on the list with my collage high heel and there are plans for a follow up so it's not too late if you missed the first class, just call Pam Massar 214 348-7350 and put your name on the list. Here is the Dutch Art Gallery link with more information.

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Pigeon Torn Paper Collage, "Paris Pigeon, 12080 by Texas Daily Painter and Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

"Paris Pigeon" 12080 NFS

Torn Paper Collage Sculpture on Wood Base

Base 11x5 3/4 x 3/4", Bird 10 x 5 1/2"

 Back view

 Closeup

 Tail

This was a new experience collaging a pigeon. One time I collaged my 4 year old sons broken leg cast with him in it after he had scooted around the floor and just worn it off. I put him on the kitchen table and got out paper and glue and patched it back together. I had a similar experience with this little recycled guy. He came to me with a detached foot and I had to perform several operations to attach it and this is why one ankle is slightly larger than the other. Now to the why I'm buried knee deep in pigeon collage instead of putting up art supplies from weeks of workshop travel.  I'd just finished up a 4 day Carol Nelson workshop in Granbury (posts are in the works,) and on Saturday I gave a one day collage workshop in Dallas at the Dutch Art Gallery, and did a blue high heel as my demo. See previous post HERE and Sunday I met with some of my Canvas by Canvas peeps to paint pigeons. It seems the Parks Mall was donating the pigeons to River Legacy Park for an auction/fundraiser in the fall, November 9, 2012, and my friend, Maryann, got us 5 to decorate. Since my boxes of blue papers were nearby from the Saturday workshop I chose to have a blue pigeon and I'd saved the ad from my favorite recent movie, Midnight in Paris, and used some of those papers. 

Foot Repair:

River Legacy wanted them on a base and my pigeon was disabled. I went to my favorite Home Depot, searched around in their left over lumber bin and had an end wood piece cut off, all for .51 cents. I attached the feet with Gorilla Glue, then as an added precaution, added heavy gel medium on top and collaged pieces to cover those little feet. Mr. Pigeon was not balanced as he was missing a long toe and I think I probably should have added a little dowel in the front breast area for him to rest on or hang a sign around his neck "carry me by my base". Anyway, he was a learning experience and he was heavily textured to begin with and I used liquid medium to attach the torn papers because I didn't have the gel with me on Sunday but it worked by applying it liberally but I would recommend the gel when you collage a pigeon.

To read more about the project click HERE and you will be taken to a PDF file.

Liz Hill Workshop this Saturday at Dutch Art Gallery

Liz will hold a figure workshop this Saturday and I recommend it and have taken her figure workshop in Houston but she also does pigeons which I dearly love. I covet Liz Hill's pigeons and do wish I'd done them first. I have a beloved Baptist Hymnal that was weeded when my De Leon church got new books and I could collage those precious pages. I think I've already torn out "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and that's bad because it was the only song I could play on the piano. My collage class on Saturday kept asking is it o.k. to mix this or add this to my collage.. it's always YES.. look at Liz's work as she mixes watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, collage.. even her blog is called "Irreverent Art".  But I'm calling my future Liz Hill knock off pigeon collage, a dove collage because I have more emotional connections to doves than pigeons but that is another post.

Here is one of Liz's wonderful bird paintings:

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Wild Friends, 12079, Torn Paper Collage High Heel Painting and Workshop Paintings by Nancy Standlee, Texas Daily Painter

Wild Friends, 12079

Torn Paper High Heel Collage Painting on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

12x12x1.5"

This was my demo piece for the June 2 one day torn paper collage workshop at the Dutch Art Gallery. I had 5 enthusiastic students ready to learn and step out of their comfort zone and experiment with a new medium. Each did a spectacular job as evidenced in the 3 photos below. There may be a follow up workshop in the fall. Requests were made for a portrait collage workshop. These students will be ready for an advanced class.

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Painted Paper Collage Painting ~ California Cupcake 12078 ~ Collage Workshop by Texas Contemporary Collage Artist Nancy Standlee

California Cupcake 12078  SOLD (3/18/2013)

Painted Paper Collage Painting on 12x12 gallery wrapped canvas

These cupcakes are getting bigger! The first one was 8x8 and sold, and then a 10x10 has returned from a show and now this 12x12 just finished,  I will use to demonstrate how to varnish a torn paper collage in my one day workshop at the Dutch Art Gallery June 2, 2012. The supply list is at the bottom of each artist's class description and class size is limited. If you are interested in taking any of these one day workshops, contact Pam Massar at Dutchart1@aol.com or call 214 348-7350 on Tues.  Dutch Art website is HERE.http://dutchartusa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=459&zenid=remtfm31iqjb4vhtlls8pu3lj4

This cupcake collage has paper I've painted, glued dried color spots of palette paper, vintage stamps, recycled book pages, old recipes, and  a California map as a background. You can see the orange highlight of my trip through Vacaville and Fairfield on the way to a Sonoma workshop. This is a good size for a workshop class to work on and will be used when I have a painted paper collage class. 

The one day June 2 class will be on a recycled magazine pages, torn paper class and we will all work on a high heel.

I have a collage exhibit of both torn paper and painted paper paintings at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center until June 28 and you can get dates and times HERE  and this is where the high heel collage sold. 

In the June 2 class we will work on a high heel similar to the one below.

Kiss Each Other SOLD

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Ladylike Class, 12077, a torn paper collage painting ~ One Day Torn Paper Collage Workshop June 2, 2012 Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas TX by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Ladylike Class, 12077 

a torn paper collage painting, 12x12x1 5/8"  on American Easel Wood Panel

ONE DAY COLLAGE WORKSHOP, JUNE 2

I've just finished the torn paper collage painting yesterday to display during my one day workshop at the Dutch Art Gallery. I wanted to show an alternative to a canvas support. The above painting is on an American Easel Wood Panel and the collage is made from recycled magazines and an old letter, a hidden message on the heel "stiletto", find "Santa Fe" on a map scrap, and "Readin" is near the top (a throw back to my previous life as an elementary librarian. Part of the fun of a collage is tucking hidden messages for others to find that may or may not have a meaning. 

Read about the Saturday Summer Workshops at the Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, TX HERE: 

or click on the Dutch Art Gallery, top right photo on my blog list. This online magazine lists the Saturday Summer Workshops given by a group of Texas Artists who have been organized by Laurie Pace. She is working with Pam Massar at the Dutch Art Gallery to give these instructors and students a place for a short workshop experience this summer.

The announcement magazine can be found HERE also. Registration can be done by emailing Pam at Dutchart1@aol.com or call 214 348-7350.

At the end of each of  the 12 class descriptions there is a light blue link and click to read the supply list for the one day class. Read about the  art workshops and find one that's been designed for you. 

In my class, we will all work on a high heel. I will supply the reference photo and will instruct on how to get the image transferred to your canvas. No art experience is necessary. Sign up to learn the basic collage techniques of torn paper painting.

Door Prizes:

When I give a workshop, I love to have a few door prizes to give to my students (to wake them up when they nod off or get on their cell phones). Oil painter and art teacher, Peggi Kroll Roberts, has donated some DVD's for door prizes. I have her DVD's and they are fabulous, fun instruction and I've taken two workshops with her this year. Thank you, Peggi, for helping me keep my class awake!!

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