Mixed Media Art Journal Girl : How to be loose & expressive with pencil, paint & collage

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Free Online Course: Mixed Media Art Journal Girl : How to be loose & expressive with pencil, paint & collage provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Mixed Media Art Journal Girl : How to be loose & expressive with pencil, paint & collage is taught by Toni Burt.

Overview
  • In this class we will create a spread that is full of heart and soul.  Using simple and loose sketching and painting techniques to put a part of ourselves into our art.  I'll show you how to use scribbly pencil lines, watersoluble media, and add torn collage and ephemera papers to your work. 

    Faces can be intimidating to draw at first, but I'll show you such a simple technique that your face will come alive before you in just moments.

    Supply List that I used in this class

    • Old vintage journal or re-purposed book
    • Neutral acrylic paint (beige or similar)
    • Liquitex Gel Medium – matte
    • Vintage papers and ephemera, scrapbook papers or gelli prints
    • Collage words - poetry etc. 
    • Water soluble media - gouache or watercolour
    • White Gouache tube
    • Plastic scraper or an old credit card
    • Paint brush for gel medium
    • Round watercolour brush –  large
    • Watersoluble graphite pencil - Cretacolor 4b or similar (Derwent or Faber Castell)
    • Graphite pencil – 8b
    • Paper towel, water jar, paint palette

Syllabus
    • introduction
    • journal page preparation
    • sketching
    • painting
    • collage
    • finishing off