Book Review: Mixed Emulsions
Mixed Emulsions by Angela Carwright
The subtitle of this marvelous book is “Altered art techniques for photographic imagery.” And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what’s included here. Cartwright shares dozens of ways to alter your actual photos through different media and by utilizing different substrates for your work. She covers tinting with oils or water media, stencils, bleaching, markers, gesso, encaustics, embossing, stamping, inks, sanding, and scratching the photo surface. Lots of ways to texture both the image and the frame are covered, along with collaging techniques, decollaging, and different methods of adding depth and dimension to the “frame” of the image.
One of my favorite techniques that she explains is a gesso wash applied not only to your canvas substrate, but also over your image. It gives the images a beautiful aged look that blends into the background, especially if you’ve printed out your photos in black and white or in sepia tones.
Most of the reviews of this book have been very positive, and I’d add my voice to that opinion!
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2 opinions for Book Review: Mixed Emulsions
Bonny
Jul 11, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I just bought this book yesterday and read it from cover to cover in one sitting. This is an amazing book! It has so many ideas in it that are different. I can hardly wait to get stared!
Cyndi
Jul 11, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I’m glad to get your feedback on it, Bonny! I love it too :-)
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