Nancy standlee

In collage painting, you want to use a variety of techniques to separate your subject from your background so each is in its proper "place."

Cupcake with chocolate and cherry on top, mixed media collage. 8 x 8 image in 10 x 10 metal component frame. Neutral mat. Part of a series or stand alone.

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My Life: Yeah! SOLD 20x20x1.5" on gallery wrapped canvas Torn Paper Collage This high heel shoe is a recent personalized commission for a client in Florida. If you would like to try your hand at torn paper collage I have an affordable online tutorial at Daily Paintworks. Texas Daily Painter, torn paper collage, commission, artbyte, tutorial, Nancy Standlee Fine Art, Daily Paintworks, Pinterest, Canvas by Canvas, Check Advantage, sold paintings, Original fine art and affordable prints can be…

Koi 13068 12x12 torn paper collage on gallery wrapped canvas Available at Daily Paintworks click HERE I started with a background of white business pages on a gallery wrapped canvas, collaged the koi and then added some glazes and splatters with paint and alcohol. The text "and down to the water they went" and some vintage stamps were also glued on. To see work by other artists who are following along with the 30/30 go to the Leslie Saeta blog. I have joined hundreds of other artists for…

Cinderella Cupcake Torn Paper Collage "To The Ball" 13071 12x12 on gallery wrapped canvas Available at my online gallery at Daily Paintworks HERE: I was working on a 18x24 commission, see blog post HERE with this same color scheme so decided to repeat it in a smaller version as I love these colors together. I used acrylic paint for the sky area and liked it so much I decided not to collage over it. I used some hand painted papers from a Cinderella story book, atlas pages, and various found…

"Dear Friends" Cupcake Painted Paper Collage Painting 10" x 10" x 1.5 on gallery wrapped canvas "Dear Friends", a cupcake collage was made using some of my hand painted papers combined with some found papers. A Texas map was used as the background with some vintage stamps. There are no rules in collage about the type of paper used so if it adds to your design use it. Some of my previous portrait collage posts have shown my work with magazine papers that I refer to as torn paper collage. Most…

Yes Coffee 13074 12"x12"x1 1.5" depth gallery wrapped canvas Available at my online gallery at Daily Paintworks HERE: This is day 3 of the Leslie Saeta painting challenge, 30 paintings in 30 days in September, 2013 and I have done two companion pieces. This one of coffee and one I will post tomorrow of tea. These are examples I will be using in a future ArtByte available at Daily Paintworks, explaining my process of collage. The colors are using complements of blue and orange with hand…

Cinderella's Cupcake 12089 8x8x3/4" on gallery wrapped canvas a hand painted and torn paper collage mixed media painting See at my online gallery at Daily Paintworks There is a nice perk now at Daily Paintworks. If you purchase a painting you have 4 chances in 30 days to win a featured artists painting. Check out the Artist Spotlight and Giveaway icon. The blue background behind the strawberry is acrylic paint the rest is painted and found papers I collaged and some text that says Fairy…

Apple 12093 6"x6" torn paper mixed media collage on canvas Posted on my online gallery at Daily Paintworks. This collage has ma...