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Glazing your mixed-media painting

Posted on July 29, 2011 by albatz

The second half of our mixed media class was about painting over the plaster/spackle texture. First apply acrylic medium over the texture and let dry, unless you want the colours to immediately be sucked into the plaster. Then mix up colours … Continue reading →

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During the Week: Mixing it up on my own

Posted on July 28, 2011 by albatz

Working on my own after my Mixed-Media Class I tried using some ‘Patching Plaster’ that was lying around for my acrylic/spackle mix. That mix turned out to be a little too runny, not much thicker than gesso, but okay for … Continue reading →

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Additions to Spackle Add Even More Texture to your Painting

Posted on July 27, 2011 by albatz

The next demo in my mixed-media class was to add even more texture to the spackle mix by adding sand, pebbles, grit or other similar things. The trick is to mix it thoroughly, NOT just sprinkle it on top. Jeanne made … Continue reading →

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Using spackle to add texture to your paintings

Posted on July 26, 2011 by albatz

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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a blur of golden jaguar in the jungles of Costa Rica

Posted on July 25, 2011 by albatz

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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Method No. 2 Image Transfers for Mixed Media Painting

Posted on July 24, 2011 by albatz

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

Posted on July 20, 2011 by albatz

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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Mixed Media & Built Surface Painting Class

Posted on July 16, 2011 by albatz

The first Mixed Media & Built Surface class focused on transfers of images to your painting. Continue reading →

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trying to make crystals in origami

Posted on May 18, 2011 by albatz

May 16 (one-a-day project). While looking through my old sketchbooks I found this sketch of unrealized art that I had totally forgotten about. It was of a crystalized rock and featured origami crystals of folded rag paper, speared with wire, and … Continue reading →

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stone study

Posted on May 10, 2011 by albatz

May 10th – studies of rocks (one-a-day project). I tried to take some photos of beach stones, but my first attempt, against a backdrop of mossy bricks, looked awful. Back to the drawing board, literally, where I reworked an old … Continue reading →

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