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Product Description: Make the most of the time, money and heart you invest in your art.Successful mixed-media art starts with selecting the best materials and tools for the job. Here's where the very thing that attracts many artists to the genre--the vast array of available supplies and media--can also pose the greatest challenge: How to choose from the wide variety of options for any given project? "Mixed Media Handbook" makes your decisions easier and more confident by providing a complete and current working guide to today's traditional and unconventional materials, including tools; substrates; adhesives & mediums; paper, photographs & other collage resources; natural materials, building supplies & household items; drawing materials, and painting media...read more

Product Description: The artistic journey of a lifetime!Are you interested in adding a bit of mixed media to your artwork but unsure exactly how? Mixed Media Painting Workshop takes the fear out of artistic experimentation and instead celebrates the journey, step by step!With Mixed Media Painting Workshop, you'll learn a variety of techniques and use a unique selection of materials to express yourself and your style! From backgrounds to sketching, from painting to collage, from the elements of design to subject matter, you'll find it all right here!Inside Mixed Media Painting Workshop you'll find:A plethora of background information--get to know your paints, mediums, surfaces and other materials through fun and meaningful exercises...read more

Product Description: Whether you have formal training in painting or no experience at all, this new in paperback workshop-style book is the perfect guide for any artist interested in integrating the medium of paint into other types of artwork such as surface design, mixed media, collage, altered art, or art journaling...read more

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A practical handbook explores the creative possibilities of mixing media, with detailed information on such diverse media as pastels, oils, acrylics, and watercolors, outlining potential combinations, as well as safe handling techniques. Original.

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To accomplish your course goals, use this study guide to enhance your understanding of the text content and to be better prepared for quizzes and tests. This convenient manual helps you assimilate and master the information encountered in the text through the use of practice exercises and applications, comprehensive review tools, and additional helpful resources.

Product Description: Readers are taught to layer one medium over another in controlled stages, taking full advantage of the vividness of watercolours, the strength and contrast of ink, and the textures of coloured pencil.

Looks at the history of mixed media, tells how to combine various drawing and painting techniques, and discusses collage, bas-relief, block printmaking, monoprint, and collagraph printing (view table of contents)