Articles related to "Mixed Media Painting"



Alter a Cardboard Picture
How many times have you gone to a discount store and saw those cardboard pictures in plastic picture frames? They are are a great mixed-media art opportunities!
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Cut-Out Canvas Art Project
Most often, painters look at a canvas as a clean, solid surface waiting to have elements added to it while acting as a foundation. Not in a mixed-media artist's studio.
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Mixed Media Painting Using Christmas Cards
Mixed media paintings using Christmas cards do not have to follow a Christmas theme. These paintings can hang in your home year-round.
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Mixed Media Painting Using Toilet Paper Rolls
This easy craft project is a great way to recycle and teach children a new creative twist to mixed media paintings!
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Mixed Media Painting With Pressed Leaves
Creating a mixed media piece of art utilizing elements from nature allows for artists to stay in touch with themselves, as well as the environment around them.
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Altered Bookmarks
Just about every bookstore consumers shop and visit have freebie bookmarks next to the cash registers, in displays and added to bags at the time of purchase. Create art!
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An Art Journal? What’s that?
Journaling doesn’t have to be boring, text only entries! Look into a widely popular, though often unrecognized, visual exploration using mixed media in your journal.
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Art Journal to Aid Understanding
Do you feel you are an understanding person? Do you feel people understand you well or not well enough? Explore these thoughts in your art journal.
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Art Technique: Throwing Paint
When was the last time you just flicked the brush, brushed the bristle, and had some fun throwing paint?
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Artist Date Idea: Self-Exploration
The idea behind artist dates is reconnecting with oneself; that is a given. How many times, though, do you really plan the entire date solely about YOU?
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Candy Wrapper Collages
Yes, it's that time of year again. Now that Halloween has passed, it's time to indulge in all the treats. Turn the wrappers into art!
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Creating Mixed Media Projects
Merge collage with painting, ink with watercolors, and other combinations of art materials that spark the imagination.
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Cut a Canvas Into Quarters
Turning one piece of art into another is a creative twist to layering mixed media art techniques. Create something, cut it up, and create something new!
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Fall Foliage Photographic Adventures
With the leaves popping with such vibrancy, how can any mixed-media artist resist taking pictures and incorporating them into art?
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Potpourri Painting Project
Don't throw away your potpourri when it no longer smells good! Don't just add more essential oils! Make some mixed-media art!
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Project Planner
Turn what most consider bits of trash into a painting that'll turn heads.
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Sandpaper Uses for Artists
Use of sandpaper is not reserved only for woodworking projects. Get out this gritty stuff and let's make some art!
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Stretched Fabric Craft Project
One of the beauties of being a mixed-media artist is the ability to experiment with nontraditional mediums. Lets see what we can do with fabric.
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Use Cabinet Doors as Canvases
Filter through the rubble when someone is doing a home remodel or renovation. You'll be surprised what you can use for a canvas!
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John Cooper: Beyond West Kootenay Landscapes
Painter, conceptual artist, rebel & teacher, John Cooper's distinct modern & postmodern style--balancing humanity & elements--influenced Western artists for 4 decades.
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Use Found Objects in Artwork
When was the last time you found something really interesting and thought about using it in a piece of art? Found art and found art objects are great to work with!
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Use of Distress Inks
Use of distress inks on a wide variety of projects is highly addictive. There are a lot of different inks to choose from based on an artist's taste and project needs.
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Art Journal About Doodling
There's something very freeing about creating doodles in notebooks, sketchbooks, and art journals. Let your inner child free with this creative art journal prompt.
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Artist’s Took Kit: Buttons
Buttons! They not just for sewing projects! Learn how they're used in numerous assemblage art projects.
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Easy Art Card Craft Project
Spring-cleaning does not only mean getting rid of trash, reorganizing, and having a yard sale. It also means creating new pieces of art from winter scraps. (Kid friendly)
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How to Add Hanging Elements to Altered Books
Add some interesting sparkle and interactivity in with your altered book arts.
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How to Alter Ceramic Tiles
Sometimes, when visiting a home improvement center or a surplus store, there are remnant tiles available to purchase. Why not turn them into art?
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Newspaper Clipping Collage Papers
Why should you just read the news when you can turn it into art?
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Project Planner: Pastels
Think beyond just pictures on paper. How are mixed media artists using oil and chalk pastels in their art work? Let's learn how.
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Spring Break Outdoor Collection
Spring break is here for some and almost here for others. Mix nature and paper crafts with your children when working on these projects!
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Using Beads in Mixed Media Art
Mixed media artists find themselves accumulating a lot of interesting and unusual art supplies. This includes an abundance of beads. Let's paint!
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Winter Artist's Date Ideas
If you're living in a colder climate, cabin fever is nothing new. Here are some ideas about how to get out of the house, and have some artists dates to break cabin fever
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Art Journal Using Autumn Foliage
Is autumn your favorite time of year? For many, this is true and it is a great opportunity to be artistic! Let's mix it up.
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Art Journal Using Wild Flowers
When was the last time you were able to go on a nature walk, and then incorporate your findings into art journal pages? Let's explore.
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Oxygen Artist-Run Gallery and Residency Program
It's hard to get to the small city of Nelson, in south-central BC, Canada, which doesn't stop its artists from producing & displaying edgy, experimental work at Oxygen.
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Connecting with your Creative Soul
Many of us have lives filled with deadlines and daily routines. It can be overwhelming and difficult to think about tapping into our creative energies. Perhaps you think that you don't have a creative side, perhaps your wild sense of imagination left with your childhood, perhaps you don't even realize what's truly within you just waiting to be set free.
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Profile: The Orange Matter
Every Monday, a new artist will be profiled for your reading pleasure. This week, we're talking to a pair of artists starting an important movement in New York City.
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