The book i chose isn't really a true project book, although it is a how-to art book. It more teaches techniques rather than specific projects, although it sort of has some of those too. I chose Angela Cartwright's book 'Mixed Emulsions'.
So as i already said, this book does not have a list of projects per say, it is more a list of techniques. So,my plan is to make projects, trying out EVERY technique that is listed in the book. I am hoping that this is close enough to the challenge... but the challenge seems pretty loose. It's more about trying things out. I think the spirit of the challenge is to sit down and really try out everything there is do do in one of the books, to use it to it's fullest. Without further ado, this is the list of techniques discussed in the book, and i am going to try to use all these photo altering techniques within the next month! (Wish me luck!)
*I will need to buy some supplies, the stars indicate the ones i need to go shopping for
1. Oil paint*
2. Finger painting
3. Impasto*
4. Soft Tones
5. Acrylics
6. Pigment Paint*
7. Stamp in oil
8. Watercolour crayons *
9. Oil Pastels
10. Markers
11. Walnut ink * (anyone know where to find this?
12. Gesso
13. Ink
14. Notch Tool *
15. Crackle Paste *
16. Molding Paste *
17. Gel Medium
18. Sanding
19. Crumple
20. Wax
21. Emboss
22. Velum
23. Transparency
24. Stucco *
25. Hand Carved Stamping
26. Milk Stamp
27. Bleach stamp
28. Bubble Wrap
29. Stencil
30. Fabric
31. Handmade Paper
32. Embossed Paper
33. Cardboard
34. Tape
35. Salt or Sand
36. Tissue/Newspaper
37. Rust/Patina *
38. Mosaic
39. Organza
40. Transfer
41. Text
42. Rub on
43. Draw/Sketch
While it is true that there are 43 different techniques here, more than one technique can be combined in one project. All of these techniques are smaller parts of a bigger project... some cannot even stand on their own.
Wish me luck! I'll be editing this post as i go, showing my progress by putting x's beside each one :).
3 comments:
Mixed Emulsions was my choice too although I know for a fact I can't get everything done.
Good on ya, Dale! As you mentioned, this isn't about "completion" but about "process". FYI the very first book I did this with was Mary Todd Beam's (the name escapes me at the moment) and sounds very similar in scope to your chosen tome. Techniques aplenty. I still use many of them today. So have fun!
Oh! And if you can't locate Walnut Ink (I believe Michael's carries it and is pretty common in stamping stores) let me know and I can send you some crystals asap. (you mix the crystals with water to make the ink - a little goes a loooongggg way. :)
Hi
You can buy walnut ink in many forms. 7gypsies make it too. Tim Holtz has a spray version which I use and it is great but the Tsukineko brand has an assortment of walnut ink sprays which are different colour versions of walnut ink also.
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