By Arthur Zaidenberg
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From metal, wood, plastic, clay custom imprints layered onto a painted surface creates visual board and tile to handmade and custom paper, as well as woven depth where the illusion of three-dimensional space is revealed and synthetic fabrics of every kind, alternative painting grounds are through the overlapping of shape, line and texture. being explored. To build the working surface, artists are altering the When it comes to creating a visually stimulating, pre-existing once traditional gesso primer with sand, sawdust, wood chips, seeds density with which to work, collage is being heavily exploited.
Further detail and interest is added by dripping black gesso on top and leaving it to harden. 4 Adding Surface Texture With Collage Selected pieces of the custom-treated tissue are applied to the working surface using a mixture of two-thirds gloss medium and one-third water. A paintbrush is used to apply the mixture. indd 60 3/27/09 9:33:45 AM 5 Custom Stamping: Creating Rhythm and Flow Craft foam is cut into nine squares. Using foam glue, they are adhered in a gridlike fashion onto a piece of mat board that has been sealed with acrylic gel medium.
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