Other media formats Gallery 1 - click image to expand
This gallery shows other items that I have created using alternate types of media. Some of them will be instantly recognizable as they fall into regular artforms like painting, pastels and mixed media creations but you will also find other artforms such as 3d wood carving and relief carving
Acrylics
This is one of my favourite mediums. Acrylics are available in a wide range of colours and finishes so they are incredibly versatile.
The paint itself is fast-drying and made of pigments suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion and other materials. They tend to be water-based, but are resist water after drying out and can be applied to so many surfaces including paper, canvas, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, concrete, brick, plaster, pottery, rocks, metal, leather etc
By using different technique the finished artwork can be made to resemble a watercolor, a gouache, an oil painting, or even something completely different and unique. This is a characteristic that isnt attainable with and other media, which is another reason why I like it so much so you will see it used in quite a bit of my artwork.
Mixed Media
Mixed media is, as the title suggests, work that is created using a number of different mediums and finishes.
Some of my creations were started in one medium like acrylic but the detail was completed in a second medium like coloured pencil or Ink, while others were started in a different medium like pastel or water colour and completed in Acrylic, and even more were created using three of four of the mediums it all depended on what suited the particular subject, or area of the subject best.
Pastels
These are a coloured medium made from powdered pigment, a binder, and sometimes a white filler. They can be used in a variety of forms, including sticks, pencils, and as with Pan pastels, a loose compressed powder. Some pastels are chalk based, these are known as Soft pastels, while Hard Pastels are oil based and have a greasy finish, I tend to use soft pastels.
Pastels can be applied to a surface with a finger, brush, or other soft implement, You can also mix them with water to create a paint-like substance. Soft pastels in particular produce a soft velvety texture so look very good when used for backgrounds or skin tones
They work very differently to coloured pencil, watercolour or acrylics and can produce much softer looking artwork but they need a textured surface so are best applied to textured paper, special textures boards, canvas, or even sandpaper.