Printmaking Unleashed: More Than 50 Techniques for Expressive Mark Making

Start with the basics, then build up layer after luscious layer of color and texture.Pure inspiration! Every page offers new ideas, original artwork and creative jumpstarts. Flip through the pages and learn how anything with interesting texture or shape (rubber bands, vintage lace, the bottom of a bottle) can be incorporated into printmaking for exciting, unique effects. Pulsing with exploration and whimsy, Printmaking Unleashed features 60+ step-by-step demonstrations and countless possibilities for creating original prints, fabrics, art journal pages, mixed-media collage, and so much more.WHAT'S INSIDETools Galore! Create a variety of handmade mark-making tools and texture plates using everything from encaustic paints, Collage Pauge and chipboard letters to modeling compound, needlepoint canvas and recycled cardboard.Mix-and-Match Techniques! Discover digital and traditional techniques for producing one-of-a-kind monoprints. Unleash your inner artist and join Traci Bautista as she shares inventive ideas for making marks with handmade tools, nontraditional materials and simple DIY printmaking techniques. You will never look at a toothpick, freezer bag or plastic zip tie in the same way again!

"It is pure inspiration on painting, printing, stamping, and collaging." --Courtney, Artists Daily

Not really clear E. Lees While I am an experienced potter who works with layering slips and underglazes, I am relatively new to the world of printmaking. So it may be my knowledge gaps, but I am confused about the end point of these exercises. For example, on p. 26, the reader is invited to first wrap sticks and place them onto construction paper, then spray ink over them, continuing to add color in various ways. OK, then what? Is this the finished work? Or is a sheet of a better paper placed over the design which is then transferred. If the f. Unleashing Ideas and Inspiration Mermaid Di This is a terrific book for ideas and inspiration. There are enough projects to keep anyone busy!On the whole, I love this book. When I first saw the sample pages of glue gun stencil and stamp samples, I was sold!However, I must add a small note to one of the project techniques I've tried. It is "Making Clay Plates." Using Crayola's Model Magic brand air-drying clay is easy. However, cleaning and washing paint off these "stamps" affects this clay. There is no mention of "washing" the paint off in the book, just wiping . Kruela Edison said It is fun and easy. New products, new methods, new ideas. New hobby I wanted to try and this was the way to go. It is fun and easy.Thanks to this book.