Archive for the ‘Mixed-Media’ Category

Finding You – A Mixed-Media Painting with video

“Finding You” mixed-media painting with video

Weekend Journaling

I spent the weekend painting and watching movies. The movies definitely affected the painting. Several of them were horror flicks and I think I left much of the portraits a bit raw with sharp lighting because of this. That or I was just in one of those moods. Yes, even artists have those in their [...]

Art Journal Painting From This Week

I recently talked about trying out oil pastels over acrylics. Love it. I’ve been experimenting more and in this first picture I have used… acrylics, oil pastels, water color, more oil pastels. In that order
This was a total blast and I am proud that my palm tree actually looks like one. Believe me [...]

Oil Pastels Layered Over Acrylics Anyone

Hmm so I have had this set of oil pastels for at least a year. I tried them out with a background technique once. Didn’t care for it, back in the box they went. I have a habit of judging too easily at times (hence the J in INTJ).
After my complete immersion in watching a [...]