Steps to make a collage painting

7x9inches collages

Small collage paintings , todays paintings (all now sold )
These are the 2 final paintings currently for sale on ebay, very low reserve price. There are four in total as shown in an earlier post.

More Steps to complete a collage painting

I decided to crop the single painting into 4 smaller collages
How to paint a collage Part by 3 Chris Hobel



close up of of scraffito technique

How to make a collage painting part 3 by Chris Hobel
blue and red paint plus some oil pastel pears are added

White paint is added above the pears in the final painting as I thought it looked too dark. I scratched back the white paint to show some darker pastel underneath, it gives an interesting texture

How to make a collage painting

How to make a collage painting part 2
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Some neutrals are added to the top and bottom



Here Ive added some opaque white and some black ink shapes for contrast, also a piece of paper bark in right bottom area. Idiluted some of the black for some grey tones

Ive chosen mostly blues and greens to keep some harmony going plus the complementary red orange



Decisions , there are so many choices, its best to just do it and as you progress you have to think more about the composition and colour selection. I used the brayer roller to remove air bubbles and painted the base and top with gell medium for each layer




How to make a collage Painting Part 2 Chris Hobel Artist

Completed Collages by Chris Hobel

8x10" collage paintings

Collages completed (sold)

Here are the 2 of 4 finished pieces Ive now put up for sale on ebay. Over the next few blogs I will continue to explain the process to complete them. Luv to read some comments

How to make a collage painting step 2

A larger scrap of oil painting is added


Paint over a coat of gel medium and add more contrasting strips

How to Make a collage painting Step 2

So many choices to make, but you need to just get on with it and let your intuition take over at least at the beginning of the process. After the base is set up , you are faced with some visual problems to solve and that is what makes it fun. Check back for the next exciting episode...