August 20th, 2010 by MMA_Team
The Serendipity Technique is easily mastered and is lots of fun. The only problem I have is deciding how small a piece is too small to throw out, because this techniques will use all of your small and left over pieces. How your initial collage goes together is not an important part of this technique; it is the cutting and then rearranging of each square that adds the charm to each piece.
1. Collect together a background sheet (this one is pre-painted in red, left over from doing the credit card technique) and similar colour scraps.
Mixed media art scraps
2. Tear them into interesting shapes and glue onto the background. I used a glue stick.
3. Stamp shapes onto the collage background
4. Cut collage into strips. To make this simple, use the ruler width or lines on the cutting mat to cut them, rather than measuring the strips too accurately. Take care if using a paper cutter if your collage is thick in places, as it may damage your cutter.
5. Cut strips into squares, again using the ruler width or lines onto cutting mat to cut them at the same spacing. You will have lots of colourful squares.
6. Now you can turn all of these squares into cards or add them onto other forms of mixed media art. Some of these were edged with black ink or layered onto darker card to highlight the squares.
Like any of these techniques, have a play round with them – cut bigger squares or smaller squares, use your kids artwork or turn a background you don’t like into an entirely new piece of art.
Happy creating!
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August 18th, 2010 by MMA_Team
Family Capers has showcased two articles by Michelle:
Making Christmas Cards with the kids
Dispelling the “I can’t do it” Myths of Creativity
Come and have a look!
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August 17th, 2010 by MMA_Team
The MMA team is pleased to introduce Cyndi from Mixed-Media-Artist.com, who has offered us some assistance to get started with including images into our mixed media art pieces.
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Getting Started with Image Transfers by Cyndi Lavin
There are so many different ways to transfer images to your collages, altered books, and other mixed media projects, and sometimes it seems overwhelming. Every artist has a favorite method or two, and I thought I would share the 7 methods that I like the best.
Before we get to it though, why would you want to use an image transfer rather than simply cutting and pasting an image into your work? Well, several reasons spring immediately to mind, and I’ll bet there are more that I just haven’t thought of yet!
First, sometimes you might want that irregular, almost see-through quality that a transfer has. Instead of hard sharp edges, transfer edges are often imperfect, and the image itself is also imperfect, exactly the look that you might be going for.
Second, using a transfer allows you to preserve your original, an especially important aspect if you are using priceless family photos. You can scan or copy your original, and then you’ll also be able to use it over and over in your work.
And third, using a transfer can allow you to integrate an image into your piece more fully, especially if you are transferring to an unusual or uneven surface.
Convinced to try transfers? Start with these:
You can find even more ideas for using transfers and other mixed media art techniques by visiting
Mixed Media Artist.
Copyright 2010 Cyndi Lavin. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided that entire file, including this notice, remains intact.
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August 8th, 2010 by MMA_Team
Edging and Sponging are the focus of the Mixed Media Art Technique tutorial.
The Pop Quiz invited you to study the 6 ATCs and determine which technique was used with which element.
ATC 1 was assembled without any of the edging or sponging techniques being used.
ATC 2 has had the background scrap of text sponged, using the stippling brush and Sepia ink.
ATC 3 has the image edged with the direct-to-paper technique.
ATC 4 has the word “creativity” distressed with a craft knife and had a little sepia ink added to highlight the edges and lift it up from the background.
ATC 5 has been sponged around across the top of the card (it is very faint and hard to see in this photo). The edge has also been framed using a Kryon Copper leafing pen.
ATC 6 has had all of these techniques used, as outlined above for each element. Bringing together a combination of these edging and sponging techniques gives the ATC added character and finish.
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I hope you have enjoyed revising these simple but very effective techniques.
Happy Creating!
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