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kevissimo In reply to OregonArtTeacher [2009-03-11 22:59:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man....and actually it's a new mixed media technique (well from 94) and not an alternative one. The print is made traditionally in the darkroom...

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OregonArtTeacher In reply to kevissimo [2009-03-12 05:22:05 +0000 UTC]

Do you mind explaining it, so I could give it a try or show it to my students?

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kevissimo In reply to OregonArtTeacher [2009-03-24 06:45:03 +0000 UTC]

Hey, sorry for the late reply...

It's basically oil paint over a bw darkroom print. Rub on. Rub off, basically. It has to be an actual darkroom print. Digital media is destroyed by oil. The painting aspect is not so much in the technique itself but how one does it. How I do it comes out the way you see, but every time I see someone else do it, it comes out completely different. Each piece is different so there is no real universal way to go about doing it beyond what I said earlier. I hope that helps somewhat...

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OregonArtTeacher In reply to kevissimo [2009-03-24 07:13:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it does. I actually tried it out with a student of mine this past week. I did not have any oil paint on hand (as it was all at home, since I teach drawing and photography, not painting), but I did have some oil based printing ink. I found the results very interesting and to my taste. I suspect I will be playing around more with this during the summer. I also lent a set of oils to a student of mine who paints and does photography, to give it a try over Spring break.

Unfortunately I am mostly shooting digital these days, although there are a couple of ways (inverting the image and printing it on acetate) to take digital shots and make darkroom prints of them.

Any other advice?

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kevissimo In reply to OregonArtTeacher [2009-04-06 00:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Making them darkroom prints would be best. If you can get them to actual BW silver based prints and not just color dye prints.
Other than that...just keep doing what you're doing. You have to find it yourself. And would love to see what you discover....let me know...

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OregonArtTeacher In reply to kevissimo [2009-04-11 21:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I have directed a few students whoare very intersted in the process to reaserch it. Any suggestions on what type of glue to use to secure the photos to the canvas?

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kevissimo In reply to fourteenthstar [2009-02-06 21:03:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks love....good to hear from ya!

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kevissimo In reply to altamashu [2009-02-06 21:08:09 +0000 UTC]

you rock

thank you.....

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kevissimo In reply to Limetastic [2009-02-06 21:10:44 +0000 UTC]

you make my day....thank you!

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Limetastic In reply to kevissimo [2009-02-06 21:25:40 +0000 UTC]

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