Mixed media portraits ideas

Tamara Laporte of Willowing Arts is a celebrated mixed media artist and art teacher who has been running her own creative business since 2008. Her work can be described as mixed media folk art with a focus on magical realism. Her art classes are a combination of art techniques as well as self-development. Tam is the inventor and creator of Life Book a year-long art course that includes some of the most celebrated mixed media and personal development teachers out there. Since its inception…

Photography and painting collide in the work of Aliza Razell // mixed media art // unconventional portraits

Encaustic, mixed media, based on an ancient egyptian encaustic portrait. PRINTS of this image available at: www.jonesmoore.etsy.com Copyright 2007 JonesMoore

Artist Tara Roskell rediscovered her creative energy, creating whimsical, imaginative portraits in wax pastel and mixed media.

Arteunok -- Spain The arcane graffiti arts, involving late night freehand spray can forays on to vacant urban walls, is a thing of the past these days, due to it gaining acceptance and the creative evolution of many of its artists in this independent art culture.. The spirit of spontaneity still survives but the presentation has more finesse and scale and the mixing of techniques such as collage, graffiti, stencil, painting and drawing have been introduced. The merging of photo realism…

Quirky, experimental mixed media portraits painted in my recycled sketchbook using water-soluble pencils and Neocolor II pastels over collaged book pages.

Collage is such a fantastic way to hone your design and composition skills so enjoy moving around the different elements and composing something that speaks to you!