Mixed Media Techniques

 After working on all new art last year, I have a few things to show you.  
  I am returning to techniques that I had abandoned while I got lost in the rigors and joys of printimaking.     And I have found a lot of new materials. 

 A lot of new ways of working have been generated out of the "art" journaling craze in America.  Some students at art schools said that their teachers liked what they were doing in their journals best of all their work.   So a few of these graduates have become artists working for paint companies like Liquitex or Golden to promote new products and  showcase new ways of working.  A lot of these videos are now on YouTube and I have watched a few and even bought a couple. 

 From what I learned I did three art journals ..... some of them are a bit "hokey" but not entirely useless as I have learned what not to do with layering and stencils, choosing a journal, etc.  

This year I have a new class at Ecole Municipal d'art Plastique in Nice.    It is called "Practique Pictorial" and I will explain what that means in a later post. 

  I did the following pieces based on a photo I took in South Carolina.   I believe it was Bluffton.  I chose it as it is almost a silhouette and I liked the sculptural quality of it. 

First is the original photo and following are pieces where I play with effects and distortion of the original to move from realism to the abstract.    This work serves me as a sketchbook my serve another artist.  

Original photo , photo by Mary M Payne

Pencil sketch on gray 125 gr. Canson textured paper

Image transfer on 300gr watercolor paper, photo by Mary M Payne 

300r watercolor paper, gesso primer,  inks, photo by Mary M Payne

300r watercolor paper, gesso, drawing gum, inks

300 gr watercolor paper, pastel gras, diluted india ink,  scraper, white ink, photo by Mary M Payne

300r watercolor paper, ink jet printer, watercolor, drawing gum, inks, felt pens, white ink, Japanese paper collage pieces, photo by mary m payne

Drawing gum, candle wax, white ink, pastels, photo by Mary M Payne

200gr paper, watercolor, ink stamps, inks, candle wax, photo by Mary M Payne

125 gr paper, monotype in black ink, white ink ,photo by Mary M Payne

125 gr paper, Candle wax, monotype in black ink, white ink  , photo by Mary M Payne

125 gr. paper, Black acrylic reduction monotype , carbon, Tombow felt pen, photo by Mary Payne

300r watercolor paper, transparent gesso, watercolor, ink, tombow pen, unipen felt pens, white molotow pen, collage with fiber paper and paper towels,  photo by Mary M Payne

300 gr watercolor paper, interior house paint, monotype, inks, wax, graphite,  photo by Mary M Payne

300gr. paper, collage from books, Japanese papers, inks , white acrylic,  photo by Mary M Payne

125gr paper, black acrylic monotype, photo by Mary M Payne

300gr paper, foam print stamps, ink, modeling paste, photo by Mary M Payne

300 gr paper, "gelato"  acrylics, collage, white ink, palate knife with white modeling paste, stencil, black ink,  photo by Mary M Payne

300r paper, gold acrylic ink, pearlescent ink,  3 stencils, red ink script, collage pieces, yellow ink  photo by Mary M Payne