Gel plate printing, an accessible but often-overlooked tool, gives artists of any level a way to add exceptional qualities to their work. Here, mixed-media lovers learn over 25 techniques for enhancing their work.

- McClendon is a popular mixed-media instructor and stencil/stamp designer, with art in museum collections including the Smithsonian and MoMA

- The inside back cover's pocket contains two bonus mylar stencils designed exclusively for the book by McClendon

- Over 25 techniques to combine, such as Mark Rothko Style, Glazing and Vintage Photo Silvering, Eco-staining, and Intuitive Collage

- Video links are provided for the techniques

- Throughout, McClendon's unique ArtMythos Inspirations sections help your printing express your inner world, using guiding questions and reflection points

The Mystical Southwest is a representation of fine art mixed media paintings created in unison by two internationally recognized artists. All paintings featured in this tour exhibition are collaborated works of art. The Mystical South West embodies through visual dialogues the beauty of this cosmology we refer to as Earth, the living body that we tread upon and derive the very essence of our nature. Both Artists used the unspoken movement of their brushes along the canvas surface, many times working together simultaneous, to express the forgotten language of animals and plants who instinctively dance to the wonderment of the cosmology and are there as simple reminders of our own true mythology.