A look at mixed media, the use of one or more materials to create at artwork.
Once frowned upon, a new approach to making art using mixed media is now growing in popularity.
A marvellous freedom has come into art.
The world of art has witnessed a change in patronage and a growing popularity and with this has come a growing amount experimentation among artists.
Before exploring at the use of mixed media, John FitzMaurice Mills takes a look at some classics with works by Hendrick Avercamp, Caravaggio, Pieter Bruegel, George Chinnery, Aelbert Cuyp, Samuel Palmer, and LS Lowry.
Enjoying the Ice near a Town, by Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1620, oil on panel
Caravaggio
Pieter Bruegel
George Chinnery
Aelbert Cuyp
Samuel Palmer
LS Lowry
In approaching mixed media, John Fitzmaurice Mills warns that you should never mix oils and acrylics but anything else goes. Breaking from traditional approaches to making art can give unexpected results. He gives examples of using water colours with pens, crayon and linseed oil, printmaking using monotype and painting.
This episode of 'Painting for Pleasure' was broadcast on 14 July 1980. The presenter is John FitzMaurice MIlls.
