Soraya French is a mixed-media artist and teacher based in the U.K. Her website suggests an impressive teaching schedule and a prolific production of landscapes and floral paintings.
Though I find her work somewhat facile, her recent book "Contemporary Landscapes in Mixed Media" (Batsford, 2017) has a wealth of information about mixed-media materials and techniques. She relies mostly on Golden products, and includes
- acrylic paint (fluid, full body, open, iridescent, interference)
- acrylic ink
- watercolours
- gouache
- pastels (soft and oil)
- crayons (wax and water-soluble)
- coloured pencils (regular and water-soluble)
- spray paint
- gesso
- acrylic grounds
- acrylic gel mediums (tar, pumice, glass beads)
- moulding pastes (fibre, crackle)
She also discusses supports, brushes, collage (paper and found materials) and the use of stencils.
French is careful to emphasize the correct approach to the mixed use of various media. For example, to ensure the long-term durability of a painting, it is essential to understand how best to layer oils and acrylics.
The 126-page book ends with a couple of step-by-step projects, and season-by-season suggestions for colour palettes. It is available on Amazon, in print and as an e-book.
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