Starting in mixed media can be so confusing. You watch a ton of YouTube videos and every artist seems to have a huge collection of beautiful handmade papers for collage and enough paint, pens and markers to open their own art shop.... In this simple exercise we will use papers you should have lying around the house - packaging from a delivery, or tissue paper something came wrapped in. I will show you how to layer and develop a mini series. Sure, at the end I will show you some options for taking it further, but this is to give you ideas and I will always try to offer alternatives. Think of this as mixed media and collage 101!
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So we will start with a bit of writing and make our own sheet of collage paper. Next we will collage and stick it down. Then we will add a bit of gesso and some colour. We can add a bit of stenciling if you have them and then I show you lots of options for finishing things off.
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