Sunday, 10 July 2011

Different Ways Of Working With Mixed Media

By Clara Berta


Mixed media does mean you can use several type of media like paint, objects, ash or waste. Assembling a discovered object piece can be achieved fairly easily and you don't need any specific skills. Having a little creative pizzazz will help you to consider the positioning and usage of the discovered items.

Paint media includes acrylics, oils, watercolours and tempura paints as well as airbrushing allure. Paintings are usually created on canvas, though they may also be done on paper or other surfaces, like wall murals. Mixing media in a painting could add more fascination to the artwork and can add more enjoyment to your usual painting process. The secret to making mixed media work is how you layer the media and what media you use. Drawing involves the use of charcoal, coloured pens, pastels, markers, crayons, pen as well as ink, chalk or metals such as silverpoint. Drawings could be done on paper, canvas, wood, cardboard, chalkboard, whiteboard, plastic or even leather.

Sculptors utilize raw materials to make sculptures, reliefs, carvings, sound sculptures, light sculptures or perhaps moving sculptures, like water fountains. Sculptors might work with stone, marble, granite, wood, ice, metals, plastic or glass. Printmaking means the transfer of photos to cloth, canvas, paper or wood through woodblock printing, etching, lithography, screen printing or stencilling. Printmakers may work by hand or they might use digital media techniques in their work. Ceramic art is the creation of pottery or stoneware, although it may also include tilework or mosaic art. Ceramic artists generally use clay; ceramic art methods include molding, hand building, glazing, burnishing and also weaving.

The word "art medium" refers to the tools and techniques which an artist makes use of to make a painting, drawing, sculpture or other work of art. Art materials normally belong to one of two categories, traditional or digital media, although a lot more artists are beginning to mix the two to create mixed media works of art. Digital media requires the development of art by means of technology, like computer software or digital photography. Artists working in digital media may create installation art pieces or graphic art or they could transform an existing work using digital technology. Textile artists use different types of materials and thread and employ an array of methods like embroidery, embellishment, sewing and weaving. The kinds of cloth a textile artist could use include cottons, silks, chiffons, commercial fabrics, plastic fabrics, laminated fabrics, quilted fabrics, woven fabrics or knits.

One technique of working with mixed media would be to layer and mix the different art mediums on a canvas, paper or object to create a collage. An artist can start by drawing in graphite just before she applies a paint-based medium in an expressive method to create the background for the mixed media composition. She then introduces some other materials to the piece by pasting them in layers. An additional technique is assemblage, which is a 3D form of collage. It includes using discovered objects and also other non-traditional art materials to create a 3D artwork.




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