I’ve worked in every medium you mentioned here. Over the course of my life, starting with crayons, moving through all of these or at least trying them out at one point or another I’ve landed in a blended zone. I call it mixed media, because it’s relatable to most people. They’ve heard of it. If I try to explain that my work combines my photos, digital, hand drawn elements, painted elements, collage, typography… sometimes all of it, sometimes part of it, they get lost. If I say something about using digital tools I often get dismissed or accused of cheating because I don’t exclusively use traditional tools. The thing is, artist have always embraced new tools and techniques. Pushed the boundaries of what any medium can do or be combined with. I always tell people use the tools that allow you to execute your vision, what you see in your minds eye, and ignore those people that don’t understand. It’s not so much about how you made it, but the end result, and no AI doesn’t count unless you are doing something really inventive and unique with it like Jason Salavon, or Barry Anderson.
I have been drawing since a child in the 1960s - mostly with charcoal and ink, I added oil paint in the early 90s and went large scale with my charcoal drawings and oil paintings; I added some ceramic forms in the early 2000s they have played a minor role thus far; photography has been woven in through it all since the 1970s. In the 2000s i learned photoshop and its many useful tools for digital photography and digital collage. That was my bread and butter for a long time and helped me support self and the other art practices without constraint of making traditional artwork geared to a “market.” In the 2010s I embraced the iPad and Procreate to see what could be added to my practice. In 2020s I started teaching myself animation of my drawings on the iPad - which eventually led to teaching myself some video editing. I now am incorporating ALL of the above into layered videos and multi media installations- adding sculptural elements as well. Next on my “to learn” is video mapping and working with sound. And possibly adding some writing to the big mix. I like embracing the new while keeping the old viable and visible and relevant.
I started with a camera many years ago, but consider myself a fairly new artist, starting with watercolors in 2020, then moving to acrylics, a little mixed media, and now digital. I like the physicality of brushes and materials in hand, but I LOVE what I'm doing with digital. I'm still learning, still playing, still trying new techniques. I loved this post. Great information.
My artistic path has taken me from oils to watercolors , acrylics and colored pencils, to my present medium of mixed media. Here I’ll stay.
So relatable!
I’ve worked in every medium you mentioned here. Over the course of my life, starting with crayons, moving through all of these or at least trying them out at one point or another I’ve landed in a blended zone. I call it mixed media, because it’s relatable to most people. They’ve heard of it. If I try to explain that my work combines my photos, digital, hand drawn elements, painted elements, collage, typography… sometimes all of it, sometimes part of it, they get lost. If I say something about using digital tools I often get dismissed or accused of cheating because I don’t exclusively use traditional tools. The thing is, artist have always embraced new tools and techniques. Pushed the boundaries of what any medium can do or be combined with. I always tell people use the tools that allow you to execute your vision, what you see in your minds eye, and ignore those people that don’t understand. It’s not so much about how you made it, but the end result, and no AI doesn’t count unless you are doing something really inventive and unique with it like Jason Salavon, or Barry Anderson.
Back in the day I did stock photography for Getty. I guess that's partially where my composition derives from. Now I do digital paintings as a hobby.
Mine is photo manipulation. I started out doing simple edits on instagram, and switched over to Affinity Photo when I became more skilled.
Two of my most recent paintings.
I have been drawing since a child in the 1960s - mostly with charcoal and ink, I added oil paint in the early 90s and went large scale with my charcoal drawings and oil paintings; I added some ceramic forms in the early 2000s they have played a minor role thus far; photography has been woven in through it all since the 1970s. In the 2000s i learned photoshop and its many useful tools for digital photography and digital collage. That was my bread and butter for a long time and helped me support self and the other art practices without constraint of making traditional artwork geared to a “market.” In the 2010s I embraced the iPad and Procreate to see what could be added to my practice. In 2020s I started teaching myself animation of my drawings on the iPad - which eventually led to teaching myself some video editing. I now am incorporating ALL of the above into layered videos and multi media installations- adding sculptural elements as well. Next on my “to learn” is video mapping and working with sound. And possibly adding some writing to the big mix. I like embracing the new while keeping the old viable and visible and relevant.
I started with a camera many years ago, but consider myself a fairly new artist, starting with watercolors in 2020, then moving to acrylics, a little mixed media, and now digital. I like the physicality of brushes and materials in hand, but I LOVE what I'm doing with digital. I'm still learning, still playing, still trying new techniques. I loved this post. Great information.