Bring an uplifting touch of nature to your home or office. Check out these colorful mixed media paintings by Oregon artist, Shelli Walters.

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Free Printable Design Collage Sheets for Art Journaling, Junk Journaling, Collage, Mixed Media, Crafts, etc. Free Junk Journal Printables

Humans are cool. REALLY cool, actually. We’re full of complexities and eccentricities and a uniqueness that makes us one in a million! We can see ourselves in the mirror. We can see ourselves in photos. But have you ever seen yourself in a collage?! Here’s your chance to create a self portrai

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Learn 3 Distressing Paper Craft Techniques using The Graphics Fairy Images. Add more life to your paper crafting, Mixed Media art, Junk Journals, & Collage.

Use Arrows above to toggle through examples! SUMMARY: We began this lesson by creating a series of oil pastel-patterned papers. Working with distinct warm or cool color schemes, the students c…

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About The Artwork 'Macro 1.' is an A4 size abstract paper collage on 300g paper. This mixed media unique artwork is created using acrylic painting and paper shapes /dots/... Unframed. Titled and signed on the back.. The colours sometimes vary on the computer monitors and may differ from the original version. Original Created:2021 Subjects:Abstract Materials:Paper Styles:AbstractAbstract ExpressionismModern Mediums:PaperPaintAcrylic Details & Dimensions Collage:Paper on Paper Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:8.3 W x 11.7 H x 0.1 D in Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:Not applicable Packaging:Ships in a Box Shipping & Returns Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments. Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines. Ships From:United Kingdom. Customs:Shipments from United Kingdom may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks. Have additional questions? Please visit our help section or contact us.

A great collaborative kids process art project.

Free Butterfly Ephemera Sheets you can Print and add to Your Journaling Supplies. Part of a Large Collection of Free Vintage Ephemera you can use as Inspiration in Your Mixed Media Journal.

I’ve been making some little embellishments lately to use in my collage journals. My goal is to use some of the stuff I already have – you know, the stuff that keeps piling up… gel prints, pa…

Learn all about mixed media collage art and what you need to begin creating beautiful collage artwork. Mixed media is a fun and creative process that anyone can do.

52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards

Celebrate love with collage hearts! Made from vintage books, these mixed-media hearts will surely win over your valentine any day of the year. Each one is individual & made-to-order!

I've been wanting to do this project for ages, ever since I saw it on the blog [email protected]. You can find Natalie's original post here. After many illustration and painting projects under our belt, I wanted to do a paper art project with my kids, and knew this one would be perfect for all ages. And boy, was it fun! Be aware that this project is rather time-consuming, as it requires many steps and is done on a large format. It took us three 90-minute classes, but it worked out well, since we lumped the three main steps into one class each. Day 1: Students chose to do either a cat or a dog (large or small breed). I prepared tracers of cat eyes, dog eyes, cat nose, and a small and large dog nose. I used simple cardstock for this. I don't usually use tracers, but felt they were fitting for this projects since the focus was really on pastel blending, painting for dimension and definition, and collaging, and the tracers really saved us a lot of time and effort in an already lengthy, multi-step project. Students traced their eyes and nose on good watercolor or acrylic paper. Eyes were colored using 3-4 analogous oil pastel colors. Starting at the outer edge of eye ball with the darkest color, students colored a ring of color always coloring in the direction of the pupil. The next lightest color was applied in the same way, but slightly touching the first ring of color in order to have the two colors blend. The third and fourth colors was applied in this same way. This process created slightly blended colors where one color ring transforms into the next, and it really looks like the streaks of iris color. You're best off watching Natalie's eye coloring tutorial here. Once irises were colored, black acrylic paint was used to color in pupils and the outer edge of eyes. Reflection spots were added in white acrylic paint. The dog nose was painted using black acrylic paint with white, to create grays. Cat noses were painted with red with white, to create pink. Highlight spots were added here too. Watch Natalie's nose painting tutorial here. This was all we managed for day 1. Day 2: To hugely save on time and cut down on mess and waste, I had prepared and pre-torn strips of paper is various colors, patterns and textures. I used as many different kinds of paper as possible for maximum interest - atlas paper, book paper, painted paper, printed/stamped paper, deco paper, wrapping paper, graph paper, dotted paper, colored construction paper.... and I had my (biological) kids help me create paper using different mediums (watercolor resist, printing with stamps, painting with stencils, scribbling and drawing, printing with bubble wrap and other found objects, etc). I then tore these up into long strips. You could do this step on a separate day with your students (the kids would love it) but I was pressed for time. So, day 2, students were given a large 50x35cm black paper and were told to collage strips of paper in as many different colors and patterns as possible (mindful of balance and harmony, so perhaps repeating a few colors and patterns here and there). Strips should head towards the center and go slightly beyond the edge of the paper. We used acrylic gel medium for our glue. As always with gel medium, we glued under and over, which really helps to firmly seal our strips. This process took nearly the full 90 minutes of class. Collaged strips Day 3: We glued our eyes and nose onto our collage paper. We had many visuals of dogs and cats at our desks, to helps us visualize the facial order, features, texture and fur of our animals. We noted that with animals (and people), eyes are generally placed only as wide apart as the width of our noses. We glued these down and went over them with glossy acyclic gel medium, which gives our eyes and nose that glossy shimmer. Then it was time for adding definition, dimension and texture, and to make our eyes and nose harmonize with and look like they 'belong' to our collaged background. Using only black and white paint (and creating our own grays), we defined our eyes, created a snout shape and chin, considered dimension and facial structure. Again, we looked to visuals of cats and different dog breeds for inspiration. Cheeks, chins and snouts were pushed forward in that we used more white and light grays here, while eyes were pushed back in that we added more black around the edges. Using feather brushes and other fur-rendering paint brushes (fan brush, wisp brush), we added furry lines and texture around eyes, forehead, along the edges of our snouts, and anywhere we wanted that furry look. To make the eyes less 'startled' and to give our eyes more character, we painted over the upper edge of the iris. This softened the look a bit. We even abandoned brushes and used our fingers to finger paint some definition here and there. Fun! All my ages groups, from age 6-14, really enjoyed this multi-step process.... perhaps without even realizing just how much learning was happening! A real winner of a project! Thanks again to Natalie from Elementaryartfun.blogspot.com for the awesome inspiration! Ages 8-11 Ages 8-14 Ages 6-7

Knowing how to seal a mixed media collage can be challenging. Once you discover some simple things you can do to seal your collage, then it's quite easy.

Create beautiful seascapes from upcycled magazines! This tutorial uses ripped and cut magazines as an alternative to paint. This tutorial will take you through the entire process of collaging and constructing the seascapes, it is the handout I give to students who attend my workshops. If using this tutorial for commercial purposes please credit Kirstie Adamson as the designer.

Well, we're not quite there yet, but only a couple of more days till 2015--so an early Happy New Year everyone! And I thought of starting the new year off with a small tutorial. First--the finished piece-- But let me back up, and show you how I started. I began by getting out my paints and art tools and warming up by painting papers on heavy card stock paper (110lb paper that I get at Staples office supply store)-- there's actually a lot more where these came from, but these are the ones that I chose for my 'palette'. As far as the techniques I used for these papers--there are endless step-by-step tutorials on you tube--if you put in a search for art journal backgrounds--you'll find them. I also have tutorials on painting papers on my blog here-under the tab "Tutorials". A lot of my favorite little tricks are ones that I discover by just fooling around or by accident--the happy accident. And I also want to add my Gelli Plate--my new friend! This is what I do to get me warmed up, and what I really enjoy doing, but there's no reason why you can't use scrapbook papers--or any decorative papers that you may have. I worked on a 6 x 12 wood cradleboard with deep sides, which I decopauged with book pages-- I like working on the wood surfaces, because they're easy to stamp on and adhere papers to as opposed to the wrapped canvases, and I wasn't sure at the time what I was planning on doing--but again, this is whatever your preference is. Next, for my background-- I got out my inktense blocks--these are great--a very intense watercolor stick, but I used gesso (any gesso, it doesn't matter) instead of water--I like the effect that you get when you use the gesso. Also a little acrylic ink here and there--this was the first layer. Next layer-- I added a bit more acrylic paint here and there and some tim holtz tissue paper on the bottom with added color. There's no right or wrong--I could have kept going with the layers. So someone on my Facebook page requested a cat piece--and that's where the cat idea came from. First thing I did was make my 'template'-- And then I cut up the blocked-out segments of the cat and numbered them--making it much easier to cut out the same pieces with my paper-- ...kind of like a puzzle :-) So next--assembling this 'puzzle' on my cradle board-- my kitty with some daisies I just use regular gel medium to adhere all of these pieces. next step--the fun part-- bringing everything to life.....I wanted to define the different papers, so I used my new Fude Ball pen. I recently discovered this pen--nice dark black, writes over basically anything, and permanent when dry. I also used some acrylic paint to shade the sides of the papers. This is also the time when the organic process starts--no plan in mind--I just listen to my muse. I added the scrolls with the pen, the butterfly and the Imagine stamp. The finishing touches-- some brads for the flower centers, and..... don't forget the sides---I used a small flower stamp. And then I coated it with coats of gloss varnish--the gloss gives it that mosaic/stained glass look that I really like. If you have any questions about this project or to see lots more of my current art, please visit and like my Facebook Art page HERE That's the best way to reach me I have new artwork on there where I post most every day, and if you see anything that you would be interested in let me know!

Use Arrows above to toggle through examples! SUMMARY: We began this lesson by creating a series of oil pastel-patterned papers. Working with distinct warm or cool color schemes, the students c…

One of the collage-related topics people mentioned in the survey I sent out at the beginning of the year, asking what their interests were, was the idea of creating meaningful art. Several people expressed the idea that they wanted to create art that held a deeper meaning than art that simply look

Here are some tips for cleaning three of your basic mixed-media and collage tools.