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If you would like to create your own mixed media/collage/photo transfer,
here is how its done:

What you need:
• Inkjet photo (printed on STANDARD PRINTER PAPER) or a laser photocopy of your photo
• Collage materials such as: newspaper or magazine clippings, designer or hand-made papers, wrapping papers, stamps, shopping bags, junk mail etc.
• Acrylic or water paints
• Any type of glue such as school glue, PVA or Mod Podge
• Any type of transfer … Read the rest

This method is a quick and simple way to spice up any photo. The best photo choice to use with this technique is practically any photo you like and want to add a special touch to.

The first thing to do is make a quick painting on canvas, and if this part of the process leaves you feeling intimidated, all I can say is: don’t be. Since all you are doing is creating a background layer for your … Read the rest

Mixed media collages and photo transfers are fun and quite simple to do .
Here are the basic steps to create your own master piece:
1) Cover a canvas panel with old newspaper and pieces of textured paper (or any other found objects such as tickets or stamps)
2) Add a thin layer of acrylic or watercolor paints. I like to paint the center with brighter colors and use darker colors toward the adges.
3) Next, Convert the … Read the rest

Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia
Technique: Hand painted photograph on watercolor paper.
(Read more about hand painted photos)

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.
May 2012 be a year of reason and of course lots of great photographs!… Read the rest

Cyanotype is one of the earliest printing processes that do not use silver coating and therefore quite simple to execute. The printing is done by contact and involves UV rays (i.e the sun), so no need for the darkroom.
You can contact print your negatives or even digital photos printed into film transparency but here I experimented with printing from a paper negative. Paper negative demands a longer exposure in the sun but the final image has a unique fiber-like … Read the rest