Mixed media portrait art

Discover a wealth of information and instruction for creating mixed-media faces in this special issue magazine!

“I try to convey the mood of the person by drawing as few elements as possible.”

Yoon Ji Seon's embroidered portraits blend fiber and photography. Much of work consists of self-portraits, with varying degrees of emotions, abstraction, and detail. Her "Rag Face" series goes back to 2006, when she started experimenting with these mixed-media pieces.

Kirsten Britt shows you her methodical technique for painting a bold portrait in in mixed media

Encaustic, mixed media, based on an ancient egyptian encaustic portrait. PRINTS of this image available at: www.jonesmoore.etsy.com Copyright 2007 JonesMoore

Tamara Laporte of Willowing Arts is a celebrated mixed media artist and art teacher who has been running her own creative business since 2008. Her work can be described as mixed media folk art with a focus on magical realism. Her art classes are a combination of art techniques as well as self-development. Tam is the inventor and creator of Life Book a year-long art course that includes some of the most celebrated mixed media and personal development teachers out there. Since its inception…

Pam Carriker, author of Mixed Media Portraits with Pam Carriker, shares a great tutorial on how to use just a few materials to create a stunning portrait.

The kind of exclusive collage portrait art works we are going to be depicting here will have a theme within a theme. Like for instance, you can use bits and pieces