Painting With Mixed Media

How to use painting mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, oil paint, ink, tempera, and pastels in combination with glazes, gesso, wax, and other materials for use in collages, scrapbooks, memory boxes, photo albums, and individual art pieces For beginners to mixed-media painting as well as those who seek to expand their knowledge and skills with new ideas, techniques, or combinations Each chapter features a different painting medium, exploring the ways it can be combined with other materials, and ends with spin-off suggestions that challenge the reader to continue exploring Includes a gallery of inspiring artwork from eight mixed-media artists and a list of resources for art materials

Paula Guhin is a photographer, mixed-media artist, visual arts educator, and writer. She is the author of Image Art Workshop and Glorious Glue: Art with Adhesives and co-author of The Complete Photo Guide to Creative Painting. Guhin teaches workshops and does demonstrations internationally. She is also a contributing editor at Arts & Activities Magazine and blogs at mixedmediamanic.blogspot.com. She lives in South Dakota. Geri Greenman is an artist and retired art educator. She is a contributing editor at Arts & Activities Magazine, which she has been contributing to for 24 years, and is co-author (with Paula Guhin) of The Complete Photo Guide to Creative Painting. She lives in Illinois.