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A workshop-style book, oriented to the wide community of crafters and artists including those interested in paint, surface design, mixed media, and collage, which explores a wide variety of innovative and experimental paint techniques. Chapters cover composition, abstraction, texture, layering, using found objects, encaustic, integrating text, and adding digital imagery.
Ann Baldwin (Vallejo, CA) was born in London and lived there until 1990 when she came to live in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband. She began painting in 1991, after being a teacher of literature all of her working life. Within 18 months she was exhibiting landscapes in local juried shows. Initially self-taught, she began studying art history, painting, color theory, drawing, and design she became known as an abstractionist, and later developed her text-and-image collages. As a full-time artist, she continues to break rules and experiment, currently with encaustic.
Ann Baldwin was born in London, England, and lived there until 1990 when she came to live in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband. She began painting in 1991, after being a teacher of literature all of her working life. Within 18 months she was exhibiting landscapes in local juried shows. Initially self-taught, she began studying art history, painting, color theory, drawing and design, and became known as an abstractionist, and later developed her text-and-image collages. As a full-time artist, she continues to break rules and experiment, currently with encaustic.
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August 02, 2009: I took a class from Ann Baldwin and while I enjoyed the hands-on experience very much this book was actually better. She has incorporated every detail that anyone might need in the creation of a mixed media piece. For example, there are notes about getting extra H2O off your brush, how to analyze a piece if you think it's boring, putting a piece of wood behind your canvas when gluing, etc. The tips and advice in the beige boxes are really valuable. Her discussions of media, paper, glues etc. are helpful too. My only criticism is that all the examples of finished work belong to the author. Her work is beautiful but I would have liked more diversity.