“Every artist was first an amateur”-Ralph Waldo Emerson Mixed media has been an art form that I have stalked from afar from the beginning of my digiscraping days in 2005. Defined as " a visual art form that combines a variety of media in a single artwork. For example, if you draw with ink, then paint over it with watercolors, then add some highlights in colored pencil - that's mixed media!" In the digital world, this is much more easily accomplished than in the real world, so any forays into this area have been digital. That all changed this month when Tangie Baxter offered her "Mixed Media for Scaredy Cats" class. I signed up with a discount from my last class with Tangie and ordered some supplies to start with. I was excited at the prospect of creating something with my hands but scared that I wasn't really artistic enough to do this. Well, after completing the lessons, I am here to tell you that I LOVE mixed media. It is so calming at the end of a day to sit down and make something tangible. I love the freedom of mixing up materials and using whatever I have around to make something meaningful. Below is a gallery of my work. I liked this class so much that I have signed up and stared a second class from "Determined to Shine" called 30 days of art journaling. This was a definite win on my life list! I have a new hobby!
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AuthorAlmost 40 and tired of the treadmill, I am going to LIVE each day as a new adventure while finishing todo items on my life list. Mom, wife, teacher, geek! Archives
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