Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

January 31st, 2007

Creating your own Lichtenstein

I’ve always loved Roy Lichtenstein’s over-the-top pop art. So when I found this brilliant tutorial by Melissa Clifton, I had to give it a whirl.
Caution: Melissa really knows her way around Photoshop, and this is not an easy blah blah blah tutorial! I didn’t have enough time (or talent) to go through all of […]

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January 31st, 2007

Just in case…

…you ever wanted to make your own suit of armor, here’s a link to instructions. No, I’m not kidding.
Maybe this is your New Year’s resolution?

I was looking for information on chain maille jewelry and came across this site by mistake. But it’s kind of cool anyway :-)
Tags: chain-maille, tutorials, Wearable Art

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January 30th, 2007

Gesso resist papers

I really like the look of the background papers you can get using this simple technique. This is the same paper that I used for the background of the digital collage In the Shadow that I showed you yesterday. Depending upon how many layers you build up, the texture can end up being extremely complex […]

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January 30th, 2007

Digital collage using scanned background papers

Technique Tuesday!
I love Technique Tuesday…it’s gotten to be my favorite day of the week! Today I want to look at how you can use your background papers for digital art. If you scan them before you cut them up for other projects, you can use them over and over. And you can modify them considerably […]

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January 29th, 2007

Artists’ Book Exhibition: Beyond Words

From November 30, 2006 through February 12, 2007, Sewanee Tennesee will be the gathering place for people who want to feast their eyes on beautiful artists’ books! If you can’t make it in person, they are producing a catalog that you can order at the website.

This lovely example is by Bonnie Baxter, and is […]

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January 29th, 2007

In the Shadow

Make Art Monday!

Tomorrow for Technique Tuesday, I’m going to show you how I make these digital collages using the scanned background papers that we’ve been making. I’ll also be sharing how to make this particular paper…it’s a gesso resist technique, which gives you lots and lots of texture!
Anyway, this particular piece was made with only […]

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January 26th, 2007

Guatemala, Day 6

Day 6: Sunday,01/07/07

Dani spent some time sketching out in front of the hotel while we waited for our morning pick-up. This morning we were going to eat breakfast out at the house and then go to church with them in the center park square of Santiago. Tom and Susan tried to find an established church […]

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January 26th, 2007

Guatemala: Day 5 (part 2)

At the hotel, we picked up our ice cream and headed back to the house to stow it away for dessert. The kids were outside playing games—Susan likes to have them get out of the house every afternoon that the weather makes it possible!—so it was pretty easy to sneak it inside with the unexciting […]

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January 25th, 2007

New classes starting at the Fiber Art Center

Paper Quilt by Mary Lawler
If you live in the New England area, take a look at the variety of offerings at the Fiber Art Center located in Amherst, Massachusetts. Classes include topics in basketry, beading, surface design, quilting, weaving, and others. You can see a complete list of new fiber classes here.

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January 25th, 2007

Extraordinary paper cutting

Ingrid Siliakus is the artistic genius behind these wonderful papercuts. The Norwegian artist says she is heavily influenced by the works of Escher, and I think you’ll easily be able to see that. Visit her site, even if you can’t read Norwegian, and definitely visit her gallery.
[Note — Mariyarn tells me that it’s written in […]

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