Field Guide to Nature-Inspired Art: Techniques and 12 Projects for Mixed Media

By Tara Axford

One of a maker's biggest challenges is learning how to effectively translate a location orexperience into a finished piece. Teacher and award-winning mixed media artist Tara Axford is here to help readers do just that--think through the process of using "pocket finds" and life observations to create unique compositions that capture a place's essence. The book includes: A framework for creative observation extracting color from place; simplifying natural forms into a personal visual vocabulary; creating moodboards; and using photography to notice, collect, and record Techniques for creating mixed-media surfaces and compositions, including gel plate printing, hand-carved rubber stamps, watercolor, collage, and mark-making with ink 12 hands-on projects that put these skills to work composing with pocket finds, translating nature through hand-carved stamps, and creating mixed-media collage in unexpected forms, from stitched postcards and sculptural paper vessels to a hand-bound artist book ​​With this book by their side, readers will build their technical skills while learning to represent the familiar with fresh eyes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764373153
• ISBN13: 9780764373152
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.