Hello everyone!
I'm glad I decided to participate in this year's Mastering Mixed Media event. Two amazing weeks of learning, creating, painting, drawing and paper crafting! I appreciate the tips and advice that the individual teachers/artists offered in their respective classes. It was also nice to be part of a global community, sharing artworks and receiving lovely feedback.
Here are my works from Day 6 through Day 14. As mentioned, there were too many to complete them all. However, I am still working on the final one. I kept this for last, as it is a bit more time consuming. I have linked to the teacher below each photo.
Lesson: Playing with gouache & oil pastel by Tamara Luc
I do not have oil pastels, but hard crayons work also. Those marks on the pit of the avocado are supposed to by highlights, but I did not have the appropriate white color.
I hesitated when this lesson came up, as watercolors aren't my favorite, but I wanted to try the flowy style of painting reminiscent of underwater environments.
This is the best I could do!
The original class called for an abstract portrait on a large size paper. In hindsight my small art journal was probably not the best surface to work on, as very bold brushstrokes with acrylic paint were required. Also, the original had a lot of squiggly marks across the face. I wasn't comfortable with that, so I just did some on her hair and clothing. This was by far the most difficult (for me) even though I work with acrylics daily!
Doing the work actually helped me get back into my "flow" as I had been feeling uninspired lately. It was good to try out different styles and mediums. I hope to join again next year :)
Thank you for visiting and reading my blog.! Have a great day!
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