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Tag Archives: image transfer
Using spackle to add texture to your paintings
Basic Acrylic/Spackle Mix and Pressed Textures Our second mixed-media class was about using spackle to add texture to your paintings. Jeanne gave us some hints about using texture: in a realistic image the texture should go closer to the ‘front’ … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paint, art, creative, image transfer, inspiration, mixed-media, painting, plaster, spackle, stencil, texture
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a blur of golden jaguar in the jungles of Costa Rica
My assignment from the first week of Mixed Media Painting classes was something to go with the phrase, “And all I could do was remember…” So I decided to do an image that only exists as a memory because I … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paint, art, Costa Rica, creative, iguana, image transfer, inspiration, jaguar, jungle, mixed-media, painting, wild
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Method No. 2 Image Transfers for Mixed Media Painting
Mixed Media Painting Class: Coat your laser images with six to ten layers of gel, letting it dry in between layers, or coat with ONE layer of tar gel. I tried the six to ten layers method, a slow painful … Continue reading
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Doing Image Transfers Method No. 1
Mixed Media Painting Class: Although I have yet to do a transfer that actually transfers properly I am now going to attempt to describe the process. Paint or stain your background with acrylic paint and let dry. Images should be … Continue reading
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Mistakes and more mistakes
my second attempt at image transfer in my Mixed Media Painting Class didn’t go much better than my first. Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paint, art, creative, image transfer, India ink, mixed-media, painting
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Painting without an undo button…
Where’s the undo button? In my first Mixed Media Painting class, my first transfer didn’t exactly go as planned. And if we learn from our our mistakes, I have learned a lot. I tried to ‘stain’ the wood panel using … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paint, art, class, creative, image transfer, mixed-media, painting, wood, wood grain, wood panel
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Mixed Media & Built Surface Painting Class
The first Mixed Media & Built Surface class focused on transfers of images to your painting. Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paint, art, canvas board, creative, image transfer, inspiration, mixed-media, painting, Robert Rauschenberg, wood panel
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