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What Is Mixed Media?
When it comes to visual art, mixed media is actually any piece of artwork where multiple medium has been used on a single piece. Mixed media refers to works that mix traditional and distinct visual media. Mixed media art for example, can be a collage of sketches in charcoal, ink and paint. Assemblage art is considered a technique whereby three dimensions of composition are made through the use of found objects. One particular well-known artist in the 50s, Jean Dubuffet, made collages by using butterfly wings called Assemblages dEmpreintes. Duchamp and Picasso however, had been utilizing discovered objects for years before, and had created assemblage art. The earliest found female artist that made assemblage art was Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. In early 60s, The Art of Assemblage could be discovered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York that showcased such artists as Duchamp, Picasso, Braque, Schwitters and also Dubuffet.
The subject, background and the texture are also very important. Artists utilize methods such as creation of impressive adornments, innovative dying and painting, and needle felting, embossing and distressing, to create installation art. It is desired to see it as an artist's creative expression, one which holds the playful, imaginative side of the humanity.
Think back on your personal childhood memories and you'll quickly see that mixed media is probably one of the first things you ever did in your early art classes in school. They may not have called it that, but it really is what it is. Remember when the teacher lines all of the children up against the wall and rehearses the policies about going outside. Then, once appropriate instruction was given, all of you marched dutifully down the hall, through those large metal and glass doors, and out to the play area. Once there, you were likely given the liberty to start your search for the things from nature that would later become your work of art. You discovered walnut leaves, pine cones, grasses, maybe a snail shell or a dead insect.
You're very proud of the things you found as you marched back into the classroom. After lunch break you got out your paste and paper and start putting together your treasures. Creative freedom was yours. You very carefully put together your mixed media things into the shape of a bird, tree, or even fish. It didn't make a difference. You got to do what you wanted to do. Remember how very pleased you were to present your finished "art" to your mom and dad. Not all art has to be stuffy, complex, elevated, or stodgy. Thank goodness for mixed media. It can be interpreted as well as internalized, as if it was an abstract painting, but it's probably best to simply appreciate it for what it is. Creating it into something it's not takes the pleasure out of it.
A mixed media art is certainly one that uses many different types of art supply on a single canvas. This could include marker line drawings, watercolour or oil paints, and also photographs. Working photographs to your art project can provide it an edge of realism and present a few of your much-loved or most interesting pictures. It's interesting and happy to appreciate mixed media for what it really is and try to make it into something creative work of art.

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