Torn watercolor collage

Today I’m going to walk you through my process for creating a torn paper collage, like my custom pet portraits. I use acid-free artist’s drawing paper drawing paper in varying sizes. My favorite is 9 inches x 12 inches, since this gives a nice, intimate-sized piece that still allows for excellent detail. It also doesn’t […]

Check out student artwork posted to Artsonia from the Landscape Collage project gallery at Cathedral School.

This wonderful watercolour art work shows the different varieties of colour in the sky to show that it's either a sunrise/sunset view.

Artworks and acrylic paintings by Michigan artist Anna Barnhart. Colorful art for the home and gifts with texture and natural themes.

In progress pieces before framing these mini works of art. Mixing watercolor, acrylics, torn papers, threads from a sewing machine.

Tissue paper is a wonderfully versatile medium for artwork which can be used in so many ways, either on its own or in combination with other art materials. It’s translucent qualities give its colours a brightness and luminosity and also make it perfect for layering. It also lends itself perfectly for use with texture. For the purposes of this post I’m going to be looking at ideas for using tissue paper as a medium for 2 dimensional artwork – there are of course lots of ways to use it in…