16. Mixed Media Layered Transfers

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Fine art and photography have a long history of working together. Artists have been combining traditional art with photographs via silkscreens or cutting up newspapers and magazines for use as collage materials since photography was invented. I remember Robert Rauschenberg’s technique from the 1960s in which he used lighter fluid to float the ink off of newspaper and magazine paper. Now there’s a much easier way to transfer images using SuperSauce.

Best of all, by using transfer film it’s now possible to layer multiple layers of photographs and acrylic paint together, giving an unlimited potential to develop a ...

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