Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

June 2nd, 2008

Time and Tide

Make Art Monday!

Time and tide wait for no man.
~ Geoffrey Chaucer
Remember that torn paper landscape I made about a month ago? Here it is!
Tags: Collage, Digital Art, Mixed Media, paper arts

By Cyndi -- 4 comments

May 27th, 2008

Mixing digital and physical art

Technique Tuesday!
Materials and Tools:
Decorative papers
Heavy piece of watercolor paper for foundation
Exacto knife, straight edge, and cutting board
Matte medium
Foam brush
Waxed paper

Create a geometric background by carefully cutting papers and gluing into place on a foundation piece of watercolor paper.
Cover the piece with waxed paper and weight it until completely dry.

Scan your piece and make multiple copies […]

By Cyndi -- 12 comments

May 26th, 2008

Cherry Blossoms

Make Art Monday!

Tags: Collage, Digital Art, Mixed Media, Paper, Photography, photoshop

By Cyndi -- 4 comments

May 19th, 2008

Digital effects posts

Make Art Monday!

I have posted so many different digital effects tips and tutorials (including those that mix physical and digital work) that I thought I’d better compile them all for future reference! Anytime you want to see all the updates to this post, you can find the link in the right-hand sidebar under “Pages”. […]

By Cyndi -- 19 comments

May 9th, 2008

New digital ground products from Golden

I was recently sent a sample pack of several new Golden products. The first three that I’ve had a chance to play with are the new digital grounds. These products are made to enhance the quality of work done using inkjet prints onto all kinds of surfaces.
It boggles the mind what wonderful possibilities […]

By Cyndi -- 7 comments

April 30th, 2008

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 […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Collage techniques

We’ve explored lots and lots of fun collage techniques here on Layers Upon Layers. I figured it was past time to compile some of the methods. This post doesn’t include all fo the techniques like image transfers and making background papers…those posts have been compiled elsewhere!  You can always find an up-to-date list […]

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April 17th, 2008

Broken camera photos

Art Attack Thursday!

Most of the time, a broken digital camera is only worthy of the trash heap (or of recycling into some cool assemblage, of course!). But every once in awhile, a camera comes along which will still take pictures…

LINK
Tags: Digital Art, Photography

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

April 16th, 2008

Call for entries: Life Images

Life Images is a photography publication by Stampington & Company. The next deadline is June 15, 2008.  There are some specific challenges for this issue, including infrared photography and the theme play.  The quote for play is an oldie but goodie: “We do not stop playing because we grow old.  We grow old […]

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April 15th, 2008

Image transfers by contact printing

The fabulous blog, Craft Tutorials, has provided a step-by-step tutorial on making contact prints. As many different types of image transfers as we’ve discussed here, this is one that I missed! It’s simple, and just plain brilliant! Thanks Donna :-)
Tags: Collage, Digital Art, image-transfer, Mixed Media, Photography, tutorial

By Cyndi -- 2 comments