Painter IX Creativity

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Photo Techniques II: Printmaking and Mosaics

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

—Erich Fromm

5.1 Introduction

Are you ready for even more fun with your photographs? Now is your opportunity to play with your images and expand your range of visual possibilities, particularly in your use of layers and creation of effects that emulate some of the artifacts seen in fine art printmaking techniques. I have structured this chapter around specific case studies, each shared here to get you to think outside the box, to expand your creative approach to image making. Making artwork does not follow generic formulae. I cannot say, for example, “This is the general way to apply the woodcut effect in an image to create an interesting ...