AMERICAN

ARTIST ®

a r t i s t d a i l y. c o m
JUNE 2011

CONTENTS

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ON THE COVER
18 Special Section:
The New Art Mash-Up
25+ Tips on How to Mix New
Materials & Techniques

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34 10 Cover Contest Winners Share

18 What It Takes to Make It

46 The Art of Devotion: Discover the
Tender Beauty of Egg Tempera Painting
DEPARTMENTS 52 Create the Best Collages Using
Your Favorite Collectibles
6 EDITOR’S NOTE 70 BUSINESS OF ART
58 Explore Alternative Reality:
8 LETTERS 74 TECHNICAL Q+A Tattoos, Cave Paintings, and
the New Mixed Media
9 ART MART 76 COMING IN...
COVER IMAGE:
12 QUICK SKETCHES 77 BULLETIN BOARD Experimenting (detail)
by Ron Sanders, 2010, oil, 30 x 24.
66 EXHIBITIONS 80 ART FOR THOUGHT Collection the artist.

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FEATURES
18 Mixed Media: Experiencing the Experimental
BY NAOMI CAMPBELL
The development of new materials can have a huge
impact on an artist’s body of work. I recently had the
opportunity to test a select number of newly released
products, many of which have provided new energy to
my creative process.

34 Winners of American Artist’s Cover Competition

A strong slate of submissions made choosing 10
finalists—and a grand-prize winner—tougher than ever.
The result is a feast for the eyes.

46 Tender: The Enduring Beauty of Egg Tempera

BY MARGARET KRUG
Egg tempera is a medium capable of singular depth
and beauty, and artists of the Italian Renaissance
were among the first to fully take advantage of these
qualities and use the medium to relay stories and
portray events.

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52 Piecing Together a Shared Past, Present, and Future
BY COURTNEY JORDAN
In her most recent works of collage and assemblage,
renowned artist Betye Saar transforms found objects and
images to articulate her feelings on the cultural heritage
and racial legacy of black America.

58 Marshall Arisman: Reaching for Lost Souls

Through Alternative Media
BY MICHAEL GORMLEY
In a recent exhibition, master artist and illustrator Marshall
Arisman used materials ranging from papier mache to
shower curtains to explore such themes as memory, nature,
and the spirit world.

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