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Mixed Media Prints: Mixing Art And Expressions

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The mixed media prints have opened up new gateways of creativity, imagination and communication. This western contemporary art genre was first witnessed in 1970s and was produced by using different forms (two or more) artistic media. It actually began around 1912 in Cubist colleges. The artistic impressions of Picasso and Georges Braque were the first to use different media and artistic attitudes such as ink, pastels, metallic pens, leafing, collage, acrylic paints and colors.

This form of Mixed Media Textiles and texture is an abstract form of art and includes visual art. The creators of mixed media prints select colors very carefully and have to make layers meticulously because colors could mix and layers need proper time to dry to maintain the integrity of print. For mixed media print, the texture should be tough and strong to hold the various layers. The texture could be a variety of materials like hand painted silks, cotton fabric, applied fibers, digital images, collage, dyed velvets, stitched clothes and objects such as driftwood or sea-glass. The texture becomes a palette of various attitudes and imaginations. Mixed prints are not about throwing various colors on one platform. Instead, it’s a very thoughtful medium of impression.

This abstract art is adventurous, unpredictable and surprising in many ways. The artists, admirers and viewers respond to this very quickly as its very captivating. The simple thought or an expression of artist can be explained in various ways. Mixed Media Prints allow greater versatility for creators. Seeing the various options of textures available such as terracotta, cardboard, carpet, spray, oil paints and graphite mixed prints offer unique conceptual and ultimate viewer experience. Artists use various Mixed Media Art Embellishing, innovative paintings, sprays, sculpture, needle work and embossing to create various expressions of arts and emotions which go beyond the ordinary, explanations and expectations. An artist has to be very careful about what he wants to portray and what he wants to use to create layers as where this art allows you unlimited space to show your creativity and display your imagination, it never permits you to drift your mind as then, you will get nothing out of it.