St. Hilaire - Painted Paper Art Workshop: Easy and Colorful Collage Paintings

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For Emilie and Connor,

Thank you for loving me for who I am, for supporting me in what I do, and for understanding both.

Dont feel like you need to have all of these products in order to start painting and creating. Begin with the techniques that require materials you already have or the basic necessities: paint, paper and brushes or other application tools. Then as you progress through the book, add a few new tools and materials as they strike your fancy. Pretty soon you will know what suits you and where your passions lie, and youll have the tools and materials you need to follow your paper painting dreams.

Acrylic paint colors: black, gray, red, orange, yellow, blue, green, white, brown and purple (Fluid acrylics are necessary for the paper painting techniques.)

Elmers glue

Gesso

Gloss gel medium

Golden UVLS acrylic varnish

Liquitex clear gesso

Liquitex gloss gel medium

White gesso

Corrugated cardboard

Decorative paper from art supply stores (lightest colors available)

Dry waxed deli paper

Found paper including pages from atlases, catalogs childrens and adult books, Chinese (foreign language) newspapers, gift tissues, handwritten notes, kids old homework, maps, sheet music, wallpaper samples, etc.

Palette paper pad, 12" 16" (31cm 41cm)

Paper doilies

Rice and translucent papers

Crayons

Derwent Inktense pencils

Faber-Castell Pitt Pen

Pencil (graphite)

Paintbrushes

• Filbert-style small and medium for glue and underpainting
• Winsor & Newtons Artists Acrylic brushes for painting

Prismacolor sticks

Rollerball paint pen

Craft mat

Nonslip rug liner, place mat or other textured material

Silicone place mat

Silicone sink liner

Archival ink pad (optional)

Brayer

Brush cleaner (Masters)

Bubble wrap

Craft fun foam (self-adhesive)

Eye dropper

Gallon zip bags for organizing papers

Gelli Arts printing plate

Hair dryer (optional)

Hand-carved stamps

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Isopropyl rubbing alcohol

Liquid dish soap

Paper towels

Parchment paper

Plastic card (like a room key or gift card)

Rolling pin

Sea sponge

Shoes with pattern on soles

Speedball linoleum cutters

Speedy-Carve carving material and tools

Spray bottle/mister

Stencils

Texture plates or other textured surfaces

Tile (glass, ceramic or terra cotta)

Toothbrush

Vessel for water

Waxed paper plates for palette

What sets the collage work of Elizabeth St. Hilaire apart is her use of unique papers. Her signature collage style utilizes papers colored by hand in every hue and texture needed for a complete paper palette. Only professional artists colors are used for the underpainting and paper painting. Professional acrylic paints are fade resistant and archival. Finished collages are coated with ultraviolet light stabilizing varnish for a final protective layer that eliminates the need for glass.

PETER PEACOCK

Collage of hand-painted paper on wood panel

Once in a great while an artist comes along whose work is so distinctive, so unusual, so imaginative and so colorful that it stands out from the crowd, much like a peacock stands out in a colony of penguins. Elizabeth St. Hilaire is such an artist.

I have seen thousands of works of art over the yearsin galleries, museums, art shows, hotels and in private collectors homesbut Ive never seen art like Elizabeths. Who else creates such fabulous flamingoes, pretty pigs, darling donkeys, colorful koi, delightful Dalmatians and charming chickensall out of bits of torn painted paper? No one. Elizabeth is one-of-a-kind. Her work, both in style and method, is uniquely hers.

It was her signature birdthe peacockthat first caught my eye. A friend on Facebook had posted a fabulous image of Peter Peacock, a large collage painting on display in a gallery in Sedona, Arizona. (Ive been attracted to peacocks since the publication of my very first book some twenty years agoit was about peacocks and penguins. Since then, the peacock has been my spirit bird, my personal totem.) Id never seen a peacock quite like the one that Beth created with paint and collage. Peter Peacock stole my heart!

I had to learn more about the fabulous artist who could create such a powerful peacock image, so I tracked down her website, friended her on Facebook and began collecting her work. It was the beginning of a lovely friendship.

In addition to painting and collaging, Beth teaches workshops and writes books for people who want to learn her technique. She generously shares her creative secrets with all who want to learn them. She explains her process step-by-step, clearly and succinctly. She is more than a great artistshe is a great teacher. She helps unleash the latent talent in her students. She coaches; she trains the eye as well as the hand; she inspires others to express their own creative impulses.

In this wonderful new book Beth shares the tips and tools of painted-paper collage making. If her unique technique appeals to you as much as it does to me, heres your chance to learn it and make it your own.