Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists

4 At this stage the final pieces of collage have been added: the image of Mona Lisa, the front cover of a paperback version of R ...

Combining Words and Paint Words can add mystery or meaning to a painting. They can provide a narrative, leading the reader or vi ...

Words are made up of curved and straight lines. For ex- ample, the word ART written in printed capitals has three diagonal lines ...

LETTERS AS ABSTRACT SHAPES Learn to see letters and numbers in the abstract. You already know that an 0 is a circle or an oval, ...

Handwriting You can write with any drawing instruments: pencils, cray- ons, charcoal, oil pastels, ballpoint pens, felt pens, ba ...

Writing into Acrylic Glazes with Rubber Shapers Rubber shapers also make excellent writing implements. pushing away wet paint fr ...

Stenciling Letter stencils are available in many different styles. You can buy them in home improvement stores, and in of- fice ...

Load a flat bristle brush with heavy-bodied acrylic in a darker color. With the brush on its side, gently touch the surface of t ...

Hand Printing Rubber stamps are an obvious choice for printmaking. But cut foam or cardboard, and even potatoes, make good print ...

Make Your Own Letter Block Rather than purchasing ready-made printing blocks, you can make your own with pre-cut stencils. These ...

5 Printl The block will not need to be cleaned off after use, as the acrylic paint will dry waterproof. But remember to wash off ...

~d a real account of an event in a news- paper or magazine and adapt the word s of the victim /hero/perpetrator to your artistic ...

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Pulling it All Together How can you incorporate several of these techniques successfully into one painting without it looking ch ...

3 5 " , '. Cover the support with a loosely applied layer of Titan Buff to partially obscure the letters. Allow to dry. I ·r ...

Pulling it All Together (continued from page 93) 7 Darken some areas of the painting with a glaze of Paynes Gray fluid acrylic. ...

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96 I CREATIVE PAI N T WORKSHOP Remembering Proust, Ann Baldwin, 15" x II" (38.1 x 27.9 em). collage, ink, acrylic. Inscription # ...

Addition, Ann Baldwin, IS"x 11"[38.1 x 27.9 cm). collage, ink, acrylic, oi l pastel. COVl8 1 NINC WORDS AND PAINT I 97 ...

Working with Encaustic Materials So far our painting medium of choice has been acrylic. Painting with wax is an entirely differe ...