Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery [Paperback]

Angela Cartwright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007

Over 25 unique effects illustrated with process photos, finished examples, and variations.

Mixed Emulsions is a follow up to Karen Michel's book, The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery. Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery takes a slightly different tact, bringing traditional and digital photography front and center, showing the many ways that photographic imagery can be manipulated, not electronically, but using various art materials and techniques. The chapters explore ways to add color (paints, oil sticks, watercolors, inks), ways to add texture (embossing powders, gessos, pastes, wax), and special effects (printing on unusual substrates, imprinting, photo mosaics, using tissue, fabric, cardboard).

Altered art continues to grow as an area of interest for many kinds of crafters.

• A great technique book for artists looking to expand the creative possibilities for altered photography
• A gallery of artwork by other well-known artists offers further inspiration

Editorial Reviews

Review

Cartwright, Angela. Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery. Quarry: Quayside. 2007. c.144p. illus. ISBN 978-1-59253-369-5. pap. $24.99. ART INSTRUCTION  

Accomplished actress and artist Cartwright takes digital images, photos on film, and Polaroids and manipulates them with an array of traditional art materials and techniques. She adds color with acrylic paints, oil sticks, watercolors, dry pigments, and inks. For texture she uses embossing powders, gessoes, pastes, and wax, and for special effects she experiments by printing photos on unusual substratum, by imprinting, and by using tissue and fabric. Both books accomplish their goal admirably, and both are highly recommended

About the Author

Angela Cartwright, known for her acting roles in Make Room for Daddy, The Sound of Music and Lost In Space, has been a photographer and artist for more than three decades. Her work is exhibited and collected internationally. A rising star in the altered art world, Angela also reinterprets her unique handpainted photographic art with the use of acrylic, oil paints, inks, written word and ephemera. She writes articles regularly for art magazines and curates A Studio Gallery in Los Angeles where she also makes her home. Her website is www.acartwrightstudio.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592533698
• ISBN-13: 978-1592533695
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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114 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short on technical information, November 15, 2007

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Judith A. Stalus "blue iris" (Walpole, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery (Paperback)

Although this book has interesting ideas it lacks basic information. For example, there is a long section on painting on photographs with oil paints but the author never mentions that you can only paint with oil on traditional photographs and NOT on digital prints since the oil will eat away the paper. There are clear acrylic gessos that can be used to coat the paper so oil painting is possible but the issue is simply ignored by the author. Instructions like play around and use your imagination are no substitute for concrete necessary information.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best for adventurous artists, March 10, 2008

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Linda T. Minton "linnerlu" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery (Paperback)

I LOVE this book! I buy a lot of artist's books ... altered this-and-that, how-to books, etc. This one does not give much actual step-by-step instruction, which I consider an advantage. It gives you the ideas, beautiful examples, the supplies you need to achieve a similar outcome, and assumes that you have enough adventurous spirit to dive in and try it. This is one of the few books that I have read through, cover-to-cover, and can't wait to try almost every technique the author suggests.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful illustrations and examples, detailed information, November 11, 2007

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Jeran Walker "jerancat" (Presidio, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I preordered this book based on Angela Cartwright's previous books and website content and am very pleased. It was well worth the wait. There is a wealth of interesting and detailed information on how to alter photographs and creative ways to mount them for display. This is not a recipe book for duplicating the work shown, but rather gives you an overview of the possibilities of what can be done with materials as various as gel mediums, paints, oil pastels, gessos, embossing powders, transparent photo oil paints and colored pencils, etc. etc. This is art, not simple craft. The book is well organized, the illustrations are excellent, the text is well written. I am going to be using this book a great deal and throughly enjoy trying new materials and techniques. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in fusing hands on art materials with photography and blurring the differences between the two..