Mixed media

Robert Kehlmann: Family History , 2008 (Mixed Media)

In the visual arts, the term mixed media stands for the use of different media in the creation of a work.

An example of mixed media is the integration of graphic elements in a painting on the same painting surface: this is then neither a collage nor multimedia .

Especially with adhesive techniques, it is important to allow the individual layers to dry well and to apply oil paint - if used - last. When using many or heavy materials, the painting surface should be particularly firm, wood is often used.

Andy Warhol is considered a pioneer of mixed media .

Mixed Media is not to be confused with the mixed technique , a Technique of oil painting .

See also

• Assemblage
• collage
• Décollage
• multimedia

Web links

Commons : Mixed media art  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tate - mixed media glossary entry . Tate Gallery website.
• Collins. English Dictionary . Retrieved November 30, 2014.
• Comparison of the terms mixed media and multimedia . Retrieved November 30, 2014.
• Open WorldCat pilot , Wright, Michael; Royal Academy of Arts : An introduction to mixed media ( London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley in association with the Royal Academy of Arts; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin , 1995); ISBN 0-7894-0000-6 ; ISBN 0-7513-0748-3 ; OCLC 31776510.