PREPARATORY STEPS AND PROCESSES FOR MIXED-MEDIA AND OTHER PAINTING GENRES

Abstract

Mixed media art is defined broadly by Hobbs (1985) as covering all those works that defy the traditional use of material and methods, combining two and three-dimensional approaches in executing a single work of art. Its application and processes are broad in scope. It has no specific material and it uses different substances and objects as material to produce a work of painting with a very good visual effect. Contemporary painters mix their media by attaching objects to their canvases (Fichner-Rathus 1998). Adams (1997), and Adams (1999) state that mixed media involves making use of found objects which are taken from everyday sources and incorporated into a work of art. There are different types of mixed media art. They include collage, assemblage, installation, wet and dry media art. Collage involves pasting and gumming of weightless objects such as paper to a flat surface to form a composition. Sayre (1997) situates that collage is an all-inclusive medium.