Posts Tagged ‘mixed media’

Mia Christopher made the following works on paper. As you can tell by the absence of any representational thing, Mia is further investigating the formal elements of painting in her work. There is no mixing of colors on the paper, so one can assume every color was intentionally mixed and selected. I like how the […]


fashion friday

12Aug11

Lovin these fashion illustrations by Brazil-based Camilla do Rosario, particularly how she mixes delicacy with dominant patterns and colors. Color and negative space are balanced so that a focal point (the model) is clear. Her meticulous use of line is also attractive (surprise surprise.) The hair of each figure is impressive, but I keep going […]


Artist Jordan Seiler made the following works by appropriating 21 NYC phonebooth advertising frames into mixed-media illustrations. Of these fashion photography and illustration-inspired pieces, Seiler says: “Each piece is created using a single used book repurposed as a single page and then marked with pencil, pastel and spraypaint. While the work remains inside the gallery, […]


fireland

21Mar11

Ian Francis has a solo exhibition going on right now in New York. His work consists of mixed media paintings on canvas, and the variety of materials is intriguing. Acrylic, oil, graphite, charcoal, ink..often on the same canvas &with clever application. found here.