Hi Everyone, Bex here today to share with you a steampunk style mixed media canvas. I wanted to push my color boundaries and go with something a little different (for me), I tend to stick to the blue/green color palette a lot. I decided to head in a rustic direction,...
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
Today I am going to show 6 ways that I made easy background papers using supplies that you might already have around your craft room!
One way to make your work more personal and unique is to use found items, memorabilia, and objects that have meaning for you. You can tape, glue, adhere, staple, or otherwise attach a heck of a lot of neat stuff. There are almost infinite possibilities.
For this second mixed media assemblage canvas I decided to go with warmer colours. I really had autumn in mind whilst creating this. I picked up some long canvases at the works recently and I wanted to use them. They really do a great job of drawing someones eye from top to bottom. Especially if you add some leading lines. Here it is all finished. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I have already been tinkering with my next one. Again, any questions just ask! Always, Kass
Hi Everyone, I am happy to finally blog this trio of canvases. I have also entered these canvases to SanDee & Amelie’s Anything Goes Steampunk/Industrial Challenge. I received an order f…
You will love these DIY Altered Book Ideas including basic techniques for creating layers, adding mixed media unique elements and colors!
Hi Everybody! Today I don't have a video because the project is too big to be filmed! My canvas is 20 "x 27"! So I painted with black gesso, and glued my embellishments one by one (a lot of recycling), taking care to tighten them against each other, and to make 3 different places! I then put silver wax on all the reliefs, several times to accentuate the effect! Then I chose embellishments which were going to become rusty and make drips on my canvas, as if time had acted !! It only remained for me to do some spots of white ink here and there! XOXO Nirvana! Mixed Media Place supplies:
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
I had such fun with my last mixed media swap, I joined another a few weeks ago. This time I decided to do an altered book box using Prima/Finnabair waxes. I found a papier-mâché book box at Hobby L…
Find out how to make a steampunk shadow box with 3D objects and a romantic mechanical look - a great shadow box art idea!
Vintage, Grunge style, DIY Mixed Media with chipboards
Mixed-media art, art journaling and scrapbooking by polish artist and teacher Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair.
znowu zawieszka...:) ostatnio produkuję więcej niż jestem w stanie pokazać...powstały trzy...i tak powstają na przemian z wisiorami(w tym tygodniu pięć)...bo nie mogę się oderwać od lutowania...a i płótno kusi, bo stale coś nowego, płóciennego do domu znoszę:) ta zawieszka powstała trochę przez przypadek, bo użyty podkład płócienny zrobiłam do całkiem innej, ale w efekcie końcowym mi nie odpowiadał, za to pasował idealnie do tej książki:) nazwałam ją portugalską, bo użyte wszystkie papiery pochodzą z tamtejszego targu staroci, który miałam szczęście odwiedzić w maju zeszłego roku:)... użyte zdjęcie jest wyjątkowe i długo nie mogłam zdecydować się go użyć:) z powodu takiej kaszty zapragnęłam nauczyć się lutować: wypełniona Ice Resin i "okute" kaboszony: jutro kolejna zawieszka z elementami lutowanymi:) miłej soboty:) buziaki:)*
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52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
This stunning Butterfly Display Case mixed media project from Stacy has the look of a real vintage specimen box. And best of all no butterflies were harmed in the making :) She used products from T…
Hi Everyone! I know it's been a while since I shared a public video tutorial with you all so I'm happy to share this one with you tod...
Hello all, Sharing a new project with you all that I just completed tonight while watching the Olympics. We enjoy watching all the Olympians compete and excel in their events. It is one of those …
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
Learn How to Transfer an Image onto Paper. Immediate Image Transfer. Quick and Easy Mixed Media Technique by Rebecca E. Parsons.
Innovative creativity from PaperArtsy. Paint, stencils, and techniques galore for any mixed media enthusiast to enjoy.
Create mixed media backgrounds in your art journal with easy step-by-step tutorials with photos for each step. Plus: a background challenge.
Liger-Belair utilizes found photographs, botanicals, and patterned papers, which she augments with a range of drawing media.
How to make a mixed media canvas with a texture collage and an embeded photo - use found objects to create a mixed media home decor piece
Create mixed media backgrounds in your art journal with easy step-by-step tutorials with photos for each step. Plus: a background challenge.
“Believe” Oh the texture in this piece! Super heavy gesso, drywall tape, vintage paper, it’s all just so good! Today’s piece was inspired by a quote from Brene Brown’s book Daring Greatly. I share in the video what it means to me to dare greatly and how the words below continue to inspire me everytime […]
Mixed media is a process of constant experimentation and discovery. Here are a few tips, tools, and techniques for your creative explorations.
Voilà bien un art que je méconnais mais j'avoue que certaines créations me plaisent beaucoup. Je tenterais bien un de ces jours de faire...
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
Free Mini Class If you want to create a mixed media project but have no clue where to start, what supplies you need or how to overcome your fears you are in the right place! This mini class will help you start your first mixed media project by introducing you to this wonderful diverse world! You will discover what mixed media is Find out what supplies you need to start Learn what types of mixed media projects you can do Familiarize yourself with the basic techniques Overcome your fear of taking the first step This is a great class for beginners and anyone who wants to start experimenting and creating mixed media projects! » 4 Detailed PDF files packed with information, photos and tips » Online classroom with a student’s forum » Lifelong access Frequently Asked Questions about My Online Classes Q: How do I buy a class? A: You can browse the list and see the descriptions of …
Hello Sweeties, Today I'm up on Lindy's Gang blog with a new project, the Flaming Heart. One of my friends give a small pallet and I used it as the base for
My obsession with Mixed Media projects continues. Never fear, I’m still sewing, knitting and crocheting as well – I can never just do ONE thing. In fact, I’m working on a crocheted pair of boot cuffs for my sis now. Please follow me on Instagram if you don’t – lots …
Hallo Allemaal Vandaag laat ik je deze Mixed Media Canvas zien die ik gemaakt heb met de mooie producten van Jenine's Mindful Art Col...
Today I am going to show you how to use magazine pages and acrylic paint or texture paste to make stunning, neutral backgrounds for your mixed media artwork! The background can be used for various
Mixed Media Art for Beginners – 5 ways to add texture using free tools
Hello Mixed Media Friends! We're so excited to be meeting again to stretch our art muscles in our new Creative Gym Exercise! This month's challenge was prepared for you by lovely Pascale and it looks like this... :) As always - you can create anything your heart desires - layouts, canvases, journal pages, cards, ATCs... anything! What are the rules? please combine black backround + all the colors of the rainbow. Does is sound exciting? If you still need inspiration, here are some beautiful artworks by our Design Team, we are sure they will spark your imagination! The idea for this piece was growing in my head for a long time. And suddenly I realized that it goes perfectly with our new challenge on Mixed Media Place. I wanted to do something abstract, geometric, with contrast and very vivid colors. I started by creating some geometric pattern and coloring it with all kinds of paints - Twinkling H2Os, Ecolines, Lindy's Stamp Gang mists. It took hours... very very happy hours full of calm and focus. :) Then it was a time for creating my black background. And to be honest - I spent about three hours creating it, 'cause my black still wasn't looking the way I wanted. Then the blissful inspiration came - and it was ready! And I was absolutely over the moon with it. And... an amazing story happen. The "blissful inspiration" was "just" a song. I love creating with music around me and it has to be the right music for the specific moment. I was really struggling with my black background, so I texted my very special person asking for musical inspiration which would change my mood - works every time. ;) I chose Hozier first. And before the first song on the album ("Take me to church") ended - my background was ready. And - the next morning - amazing and talented Marianne Johansson (who is by the way our new designer in Mixed Media Place!) posted on facebook a video to the very song that made me so inspired. I can't even tell you on how many levels it moved me. It's just something magical, spiritual, so deep and meaningful to me... It's just a perfect fit for my piece. Creating something like this brings so much joy to me. No masks, stencils, stamps, no scrapbooking products - just paints and pure creativity. You should really try this - if you haven't already. :) Materials from Mixed Media Place: I adore colour, deep and rich and lots of it, and colour looks great on a dark background. Producing this piece really made me think. I have not used any coloured papers or white gesso (except for a very small section under some tissue) on top of my black background, so all the colour comes from modeling paste, distress stains, embossing powders, sequins and thread. I had to think in reverse… normally we add black highlights onto white backgrounds and colour shows up very easily on a white backgrounds, but not on black. I started with a piece of 12x12 chipboard and coated it with Heavy Black Gesso. Using a Finnabair church windows stencil (available soon!), I pressed embossing ink through it and embossed with white and did the same with a multi circle stencil and embossed with gold. All the chipboards have been embossed with white or gold. Now to introduce some real colour. I splattered several colours of Distress Stains onto my black background, the colour disappeared straight away, I could see where it was wet but not what colour it was. Before it dried completely, I spread Modeling Paste through the Prima Elementals “Harlequin” stencil and the modelling paste picked up the colour beautifully. Did the same again with the small diamond stencil and Finnabair’s Doily Stencil. I was aiming for a sort of “churchy stained glass” effect. As always I had to add some tissue at the base of the photo. What I love about tissue is its transparency, but on black it was never going to work. So I traced around the tissue shape, filled it in with Heavy White Gesso and then stuck it down with Soft Matte Gel. White embossed chipboard, stuck down with 3D Matte Gel, coloured threads, sequins, gold embossed background and Finnabair Doily Stencil used with modeling paste and Distress Stains. Materials from Mixed Media Place: I started by creating my statuette : first, I made a wire structure, then with polystyren, aluminium foil, masking tape, I gave some volume to the future Miss Butterfly. A mix of Powertex and Stone Art helped me to model the chest, the arms and the head, then I created a plaster face. When the chest was dry, I arranged some linen and paper around the body of the statuette. I used some Gold Silks to highlight the paper. I decorated the pedestal with a stencil and a 3D Matte Gel. When dry, I primed the pedestal with black Gesso, then with black Powertex. I used some Gold Silks to highlight the design too. I colored the butterflies die-cut in a watercolor paper with Twinkling H2Os and Gelatos. I finished them with a light touch of gold wax. Materials from Mixed Media Place: This palette is an ode to Black Gesso and Pan Pastels. The moment I saw the new pearlescent Pan Pastels and tried them in my mini album for my husband, I have been dreaming about doing this kind of project. So this challenge was the perfect playground to bring out the bibs and bobs, the gesso and the lovely pastels! The effect is similar to that of oil but much softer. The colors are brushed on top of the plain colored black and shimmer in turquoise, green, blue, gold and white. These kinds of projects are perfect to use all the strange bibs and bobs. Can you find a juice cap there? Or old money? What about two metal catches from an old bag? There's also a Christmas decoration, pair of old scissors, two markers that didn't have any coloring left, an Ikea pencil, several bottle caps and several blooms. Materials from Mixed Media Place: I created a card using 7 Dots Studio Illumination paper as my background and then I applied a few colors of acrylic paints using stamps designed by Nathalie Kalbach and also as splashes (using a brush from this set). All acrylic paints are by Claudine Hellmuth. I altered 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk chipboard pieces using Emboss It dabber from Ranger, Embossing Sticky Powder and Finnabair Glitter Set - Abloom. The edges of the card are finished with Prima Chalk Ink. Materials from Mixed Media Place: And now it's time to announce the winner of our Creative Gym Exercise #4. However, this month we decided to do it differently. Kasia's Exercise was all about no judgement and no pressure so we decided not to vote this time. Somehow, we thought it wouldn't be fair to decide on "the best" work. That's why this month we are using random.org to choose the winner. And the winner is.... ... Kris... ! make sure you visit her blog to see her Intuitive Painting Exercise accompanied by a beautiful poem she wrote! Congratulations, Kris! :) Please, contat us at: store(at)mixedmediaplace.com to claim your prize. So... what do you think? Are you feeling inspired? Don't wait! Grab all the colors you have at home and have fun splashing them on some black background. :) You have time until March 16th. Simply add a link to your work using the inlinkz tool below. Our Design Team will then choose their favorite piece and its author will win a discount coupon to be used in our Mixed Media Place Store. An InLinkz Link-up
I can't believe the weather here in Wisconsin this week. The temperatures have gone from 17 degrees 10 days ago, to a balmy 65 degrees today. I've swept the front porch, opened the windows and have been basking in the warm sunlight drinking my morning coffee. As I still here, dog at my feet, listening to the birds, the wind and the occasional passerby. I am thinking about what it means to be here. As in here in Wisconsin. Little by little the boxes have been unpacked. Our home in Vermont rented, our new lives in the Midwest starting to take root. Getting back into the studio after the whirlwind of graduating from VCFA and moving has been challenging, to say the least. There are still plenty of boxes that need to be unpacked. Lots of materials that need to be purged. Things that need to find their right space. My new studio is up on the 3rd floor of this old 4-square we've made home. I'm not crazy about the old paneling, but the finished attic looks out on the neighborhood and offers a quiet place to be by myself and work on my art. Opening boxes and shifting through all "the Stuff" has definitely been inspiring. I've finished a few new pieces and mended a few that were damaged in the move. There's new work on the table. My old style mixed with a new sensibility informed by 2 1/2 years of grad school. This is something I just cannot escape-the resonance of crits and reviews by my peers and faculty. The endless defense of the work you make and the "why's" associate with it. It took a long time for me to open a jar of gel medium and start working on assemblage again. Finally, I feel like I am getting my mojo back. It's not as if it really left me. More like it was taking a long nap. Winter finally breaking into Spring, has opened a mental door for me. I am excited about the months to come. So, readers, if you will allow me, I am back to provide you further musings on Art, Life and Making. I hope you have been well. It feels like it has been an eternity. I know it sounds cliche, but a new chapter has started. 2015 is going to be a fantastic year!
mixed media art assemblage canvas using acrylic paints, gilding waxes, ink sprays, texture pastes, and miscellaneous items painted altered into a collage.
Hi, today I'll share with you some mixed media canvas using ID chipboards. They are very simple and fast to make and they are great options for decorate your home or for a gift to a friend. I made a tutorial for this: 1. Using a mask, you must apply modeling paste on the canvas. 2. Glue down ID chipboards. 3. Cover all of them using acrylic gesso. 4. Apply crackle paste on the bordes: 5.Apply spray inks. 6. Use a little of acrylic gesso to clear some places. It is very easy, isn't it? Here more an example of the canvas using ID chipboards: : IDS0032 Butterfly Extra Large IDS0010 Hot Air Balloons IDDL0006 Skeletal Feather Canvas Acrylic Gesso Modeling Paste Spray Inks The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Prima Stencil Junkyard Findings Ingvild Bolme Prima Resins Butterflies Prima stamps Prima flowers I hope you enjoy it! Please leave a comment for a chance to win Imaginarium Designs chipboard.
