WADE HUNTSMAN
ARTIST - ILLUSTRATOR - PROFESSOR
MEDIA EXPERIMENTATION
A Guide to Several Traditional Techniques
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Today the art world is heavily influenced by the computer and making images digitally. Some artists believe that the computer creates art and will do the work for them, when in reality the computer is only a tool.
Understanding, experiencing, and developing traditional image-making skills will only enhance the ability to express and make artistic statements, regardless of the tools an artist uses to create art.
Physically mixing paint and watching pigments interact with each other, applying paint onto surfaces, and observing subtle temperature shifts with colors is really what will help increase image-making vocabulary.
Procuring mileage with traditional media will help build a solid image making foundation that can be utilized with all tools: brush, pencil, or computer. Manipulating traditional media to create art is a vital part of personal expression and style. Learning the makeup of the different traditional media that are used in today’s art fields and applying those media to surfaces is a fascinating and joyful adventure to experience. Fear of not knowing how or what to do with media is difficult to overcome.
Getting out of our comfort zones as artists is often uncomfortable, unfamiliar, and intimidating. Through Media Experimentation and by exposing ourselves to new ways of creating images by using new mediums can be ground breaking, enlightening, and most of all, FUN! Oil paint, acrylic paint, gouache paint, ink, charcoal, gold leaf, and even packaging tape are used in this book. Each material will introduce us to new ways of creating artistic imagery.
In this book, key step-by-step photos, detailed explanations, and definitions will aid in your journey in Media Experimentation. Examples of paintings accompany important information that demonstrate all the possibilities of these techniques. Art materials will be expensive for these projects, and a lot of time will be invested. Experience, overcoming fear, and learning new ways of personal artistic expression is worth the investment.
Welcome to Media Experimentation!
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