CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!

My gratitude to those who entered last week's contest...please stay with me even if you didn't get lucky this time!
The random drawing was done by my impartial, totally uncaring husband. Okay, he cares about me, but not my blog.
He chose Meera's name from the hat, so MEERA RAO, please send me your mailing address privately. You won the art book prize!

ART BOOK GIVEAWAY - PAINTING WITH MIXED MEDIA

This contest is now closed. See the following post for the name of the winner.

Corrugated cardboard, acrylics, inks, papers, stone, fibers.

The mixed media piece shown above appears in the freebie prize, a book in new, never used, excellent condition.

Just leave a comment with this post to be considered!

Randomly selected winner will be announced in the next post. Winner must privately provide me with his or her USPS address. Thanks!





ART BOOK GIVEAWAY - PAINTING WITH MIXED MEDIA

PLEASE DO ENTER THIS CONTEST, FOR FOLLOWERS OF THIS BLOG!

Corrugated cardboard, acrylics, inks, papers, stone, fibers.

The mixed media piece shown above appears in the freebie prize, a book in new, never used, excellent condition.

Just leave a comment with this post to be considered!

Randomly selected winner will be announced in the next post. Winner must privately provide me with his or her USPS address. Thanks!





Happy (U. S.) Thanksgiving! Watch for a new Contest .

Giveaway Coming Soon!

Follow this blog for a chance to win.

And have a very merry Christmas, too.



AN EASY PROJECT (& more) FOR ANYONE!

HERE'S A QUICK, SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR MULTIPLE, DUPLICATE IMAGES OF DIFFERENT SIZES.

• Print out the duplicates on a copier that creates different sizes , or use an image-editing program to make the sizes smaller or larger. 
• ANOTHER IDEA: Make every other size lighter or darker, or positive vs. negative! You could even go color vs. grayscale for every other one!
• Trim away the white edges of each image if desired, and arrange them on a sturdy background before you adhere them.
• MORE IDEAS: Instead of symmetrical design and formal balance like my example below, try asymmetrical, informal balance in any number of ways. Here are a couple of former posts with more finished examples: digital collage! and another.

Wire Chicken Basket with Eggs



FREEBIES ! CONTEST FOR FOLLOWERS! BLOG CANDY!

NOTE: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
This giveaway features not one, not two, but THREE prizes, one each for three lucky winners.

All you have to do is follow this blog
and leave a brief comment at this post.

Win this freebie!

 

First up, a Powerpoint presentation on disk called "Using Acrylic Paint."  (The artist is extremely talented.)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another prize, another Powerpoint on disk,

"Drawing with Pencil."   It's all about

creating realistic drawings.

     

Or snag this prize!

Finally, a CD-ROM with 8 projectable art posters,

perfect for the visual art educator!

It includes the principles of design and is a great learning tool.

Project or print out these principles.

These are brand new, used only once for review purposes. The names of the three winners will be announced at the next post for Mixed Media Manic. If you participate, be aware that I will need your USPS mailing address (privately). In-country only, please. 

THANKS!

 







CONTEST WINNER (S) ANNOUNCED

The first name chosen in a fair and random drawing (for the 2015 calendar!) was Jusaweecatnap. If she (or he, I suppose I should say, to be politically correct) will kindly contact me personally with a mailing address, I will get the prize out asap. I'm on Facebook and if one is a friend they can message me.

Besides the full-size calendar, I also had a folding one for a desktop, so I thought, What the heck, let's do another drawing! The name selected the second time was Robin Larido! Robin, I will need your mailing address too. Thanks!

 

My sincere hopes go to the others who participated that

you'll stick with me and try again next time, truly! 

 

    

Thanks!                    



GIVEAWAY BOOTY YOU CAN USE!

Note: This contest is now closed.

Simply leave a comment below this post for a chance to win a brand new 2015 picture calendar.

(If you try to be as prepared as I do, you'll be glad to have it this early.  Or give it as a gift at the holidays!)

I require the winner's contact info to mail the prize!

Watch this blog for the name of the winner at the next post. 





Thanks for following this blog!

BLOG CANDY! FREEBIE! GIVEAWAY!

This contest is my way of thanking those

dear hearts who follow this blog.

 

It's easy to qualify for chance to win a copy of my book, Creating Decorative Paper. It's all about transforming ordinary papers into colorful, creative, and unique art materials!

Hundreds of instructions for great art projects!



 

SIMPLE CONTEST RULES:

• Be a follower of Mixed Media Manic (and I'll love you forever)
• Leave a comment (just one will do it!) below this post. If you win, I must have a way of contacting you!
• A name will be selected in a fair and random drawing, and the winner will be notified in my next post right here at Mixed Media Manic.     

Thanks for your loyalty, and best wishes.
Paula
                       

CONTEST FOR MY FOLLOWERS! WIN FREE EPHEMERA TO USE IN COLLAGE - MIXED MEDIA

(Sorry, we now have our two winners.)

I WILL BE SENDING PACKETS OF INTERESTING IMAGES, TEXT, SHEET MUSIC, ETC. TO NOT ONE BUT TWO OF YOU WHO FOLLOW THIS BLOG!

 

SIMPLY BE THE FIRST TWO TO LEAVE COMMENTS BELOW THIS POST SAYING YOU WANT THESE PAPERS. SOME ARE AGED AND YELLOWED, OTHERS ARE PICTURES I'VE SAVED OR OTHER, MISCELLANEOUS "STUFF" YOU MIGHT LIKE.

 

(I've just collected so much good material that
I don't have any more room.)

 

All I ask is that you send me (privately is fine) your mailing address. Anyone who is too late for this giveaway, please stay tuned for other freebies later on, and thanks so much for following this blog. I appreciate it.

It's my belief that sorting through a big pile of ephemera is a great way to gain some ideas!

 



TEA BAG PAPERS IN COLLAGE

 

(WINNER OF CONTEST ANNOUNCED BELOW!)

 

I’m a big drinker…of tea, that is! Hot, cold, all seasons. I like the big, family-size bags for making iced tea, and they are perfect for this project.

I let the used bags dry, and then I carefully take them apart. You can either discard the leaves or use them as texture by mixing them with gel medium.



Not a lovely photo, but you get the idea!



Browns, golds, and greens are my color scheme.

 

The photo at right shows the first layers in my collage. The motif is that of trees and nature.

 

 



It's still not finished!

Then I adhered pieces of dry teabag paper with fluid acrylic medium. Note that the papers are quite transparent and yet they achieve some veiling and unifying, an effect I was after.

 In the photo below, I had added a few very dark accents with acrylic paint, to add depth and help tie everything together.

Finished mixed-media piece by P.Guhin

I also included die cut letters and stenciled in the number 3. I did a little scribbling to enliven the surface in a few places.

 

Last week's giveaway was won by my follower, Gigi, whose name was chosen in a fair and random drawing. My thanks to the others who participated, and please, stay with me! Gigi, kindly message me privately with your mailing address to receive your prize!

 

Multi-Media Experiment & a Giveaway

A MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY

As a former 60s hippie at heart, I always adored the light shows. With some fluorescent spray paints and a squeeze bottle of glow-in-the-dark paint on hand, I just had to try my hand at a mixed-media artwork requiring my black-light bulb for display purposes.

First, I sprayed a large piece of heavy cardboard with Krylon neon paints in several fluorescent colors. I encouraged some drips, too!

The pale-blue squiggles are glow-in-the-dark paint!

I had a roll of self-adhesive aluminum tape. It did have printing on it, but that turned out to be okay! Below is a shot of the tape and some shapes I cut from it.

The flat shapes didn't adhere all that well, even though I allowed the background paint to dry first. But that, too, was ok!
Finally, at night in a dark room, with my blacklight nearby and on, I photographed the piece.

Hate it? Love it? Let me know!

Giveaway for my followers! This contest is now closed.
Are you a glitzy, sparkly person who would love to use these 5 DecoArt products (below)? Then be a follower of Mixed Media Manic and leave a comment below. From those, a winner will be chosen randomly when the contest closes. 

WINNER ANNOUNCED! (WATCH FOR ANOTHER FREEBIE ART MATERIALS CONTEST IN FUTURE.)

The lucky artist whose name was chosen at random to win the 6 art supplies is Sue Morris! 

I want to thank the others who participated, and encourage them to try again here for free paint products later, as I cull my huge collection.

Sue, please email me privately with your postal address so I can mail you the prizes!

CONTEST FOR MY FOLLOWERS!

This contest is now closed, pending info from the winner!

I appreciate you and want to show my thanks by offering this blog candy to one lucky winner.  Do you like vintage clothing? The good people at ShabbyApple will award the lovely dress shown below to the follower of this blog whose name is selected at random from the comments below this posting.
All you have to do is comment here about an art doll you've made, an art piece using a garment, or anything else you think is appropriate! For instance, I would comment about how I love the old-fashioned "housedress" look or the pretty floral prints so popular now. A few days ago I posted a picture of a paper doll I made, which also seemed, umm...fitting.
Speaking of which, the winner will receive the dress in her size! Name will be announced Sunday, August 11, so you have until then to comment (once will do). 

(Sorry, the company will ship this prize only to U.S. addresses.)

Such a pretty dress, and you could win it!
Thanks for considering this post!
Best of luck from Paula, the Mixed Media Manic.

THREE MIXED-MEDIA COLLAGES & A WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Last week's giveaway contest was won by Scrapper Jude, whose name was randomly selected. Congrats to the winner, who will receive a brand new copy of the Creative Painting book! 

Art Book Prize

Scrapper Jude, please privately contact me with your postal mailing address. And my thanks go to everyone else who participated, too. Please watch for another freebie contest in a future post.




THREE COLLAGES WITH NATURAL OR FOUND MATERIALS

The first, below, includes a vintage book page, a real feather, and a piece of natural bone. I also added acrylic paint and a transfer.

Injurious Insects, 9 x 12" by P. Guhin

This piece, with a "flying" theme, also uses bird's feathers, images, and acrylics. I incorporated fibers as well.

Original collage/painting

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Finally, the collage/painting below is the most dimensional of the three, and the most textured.
I added gritty fillers to acrylic mediums, and found pieces of roadside trash with which to build up key areas.

9 x 13"

It's a non-objective work that I sealed with matte medium.

GIVEAWAY - BLOG CANDY CONTEST - FREEBIE FOR A FOLLOWER!

(This contest is now closed, but there will be others!)
I appreciate my followers and want to reward such loyalty with an art book, brand new, to the one whose name is drawn at random when the contest ends.

This big, beautiful freebie is for a follower of this blog, so if you must sign up now to qualify, please do! It's my hope that you stay with me for future giveaways, too. 

This art book includes all the major paint media!

All the usual rules apply: Leave a comment below, at this post. If you win, you must privately send me your postal address within a reasonable time. I will not use the address for any purpose other than to send you the book. I will announce the winner's name in a future post, likely between March 30-April 1, 2013. Thanks in advance for participating!

THREE COLOR SCHEMES AND A CONTEST!

A Triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are found an equal distance apart on the color wheel. The three primaries are a triad, as are the three secondaries. But don't stop there! In the example below, done by Geri Greenman, three intermediate colors have been used (red-orange, blue-violet, and yellow-green).
  

Triads are equidistant on the color wheel.



A Complementary color scheme, like the one below, uses the two colors that, uh, complement each other! They are pairs of colors found opposite each other on the color wheel. Below, the intermediate red-violet is complemented by yellow-green. 

This example of color harmony was done in gouache.

 An artwork done in warm colors reminds us of fire and sunshine.

Now for the contest portion of our program: If you're a follower of this blog, kindly leave a comment below this post if you wish to win a brand-new copy of the latest issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine! It's the September/October 2012 issue with my essay!

 

  

Altered Art Assemblage ! & Contest Winner Announced!

Antebellum, 12 x 14"
Assemblage from recycled materials
by Paula Guhin

The construction above is made from an inverted hanging basket, tiny plastic birds that were painted, and, of course, doll parts. I know some viewers will find the mis-matched arms and my treatment of this piece to be gruesome, but I made it thusly because I like the contrasts. Please feel free to leave gentle comments without unkind thoughts. 

Announcing the Prize Winner of Last Week's Contest!

Daisukisan11 was the user name that was drawn at random from the comments that were left for this giveaway. If she is a follower of this blog, she is eligible for the freebie, a largish painting pictured last week. When she sends me her snail mail address, I will use the USPS to mail the artwork to her. Thanks to all who comment, and especially to my followers, whom I appreciate so very much.

A New Assemblage & A Contest Winner Announced!

My thanks to those who entered the recent art book giveaway. I appreciate it and encourage them to try again to win a future freebie. The winner, whose name was drawn fairly and randomly, is Elayne Koenigsberg!  I have shipped the book, Creating Decorative Paper, to  Elayne.  

MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE FOR SHOE-LOVERS

I used a thrift shop shoe, a doll's porcelain head, and lots of costume jewelry for this piece. 

There's even a little angel figure in there.  It's a great way to reuse junk and exercise your creativity.

A Shrine That's a Shoe-In!