Category: Mixed Media Experiments

Mixed media is when you mix materials that usually don’t mix. I love to paint on fabric, sew on painted surfaces, and use crayons on the same page as I use watercolour, ink and acrylics.

Postcard Collage Video 2: The Colorful Postcard

When I make collage postcards I choose paper scraps that I really like a lot, and try to make a pleasing…

Creativity & Life/Mail bliss/Mixed Media Experiments/Tutorials

Painting triangles – or pyramids

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. Joseph Campbell…

Art journaling/Creativity & Life/Mixed Media Experiments

Exploring Watercolors

I have been exploring watercolors intensely for the past few months. Or: exploring water colours if you will, my whole life….

Creativity & Life/Mixed Media Experiments

Warm Ups | the tabbed index dividers series

Last in the row of posts about index cards this year, I’m sharing the few index dividers I made first, before…

Art journaling/Mixed Media Experiments

61 Abstractions on Index Cards

The daily challenge of painting an abstract piece of art on an index card during June and July is over –…

Creativity & Life/Mixed Media Experiments

Experimenting with Index Card Art

In the beginning of June I shared that I was joining the summer challenge index-card-a-day, an Index Card Art Project open…

Mixed Media Experiments

Going back to basics with your Artwork

Going back to basics today! When you take a longer break from your main art practice, it is sometimes hard to…

iHanna philosophy/Mixed Media Experiments

Experiments with acrylic paint | smooch, rub, lift

Creativity is an elixir of life. It keeps us from being dried up and brittle by keeping the essence of our…

Mixed Media Experiments

A Little Art as a Daily Practice

I have been creating a Little Art as a Daily Practice for the past two months, and it has totally rejuvenated…

iHanna philosophy/Inspiration/Mixed Media Experiments

Creating a Series of Postcards

When I am creating postcards I usually start by cutting ten or more pieces of paper to size. Cereal boxes are…

Mixed Media Experiments

Art Journal Challenge | Remake an Old Art Journal Page of Yours

I found an old page from my own Art Journal and did a new version of it. Then I made a…

Art journaling/Mixed Media Experiments

Letting Creativity Loose

Always pass on what you have learned. Yoda Sometimes I forget how to do a collage, how to paint or how…

Mixed Media Experiments