Creating collage art in board books inspired by a free online class from Drew Steinbrecher
Category: Mixed medium art work
Collections on black paper
Creating artwork on black paper with the theme “collections”
Life drawing- Ellie on mixed media backgrounds
In this life drawing session I enjoyed experimenting with drawing on pre prepared gel plate printed backgrounds with conte crayon. I incorporated bird imagery into the gel plate prints to link to some of my personal projects this year that feature birds and vessels. Ellie- conte crayon on gel plate print 2x5 minute poses Ten …
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Life drawing mixed media sketchbook: playing with figures
Aimee- negative space In my sketchbook I have been enjoying reworking old and new life drawings into new compositions using collage and mixed media techniques. I used old paintings that I no longer liked or needed and cut them up to create new pieces in my sketchbook using them as backgrounds or parts of the …
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Life drawing- and the start of a mixed media sketchbook
Gil- sad fairy Sketch book collage composition I had a great time drawing the model Gil in a recent life drawing session at Whalley Life drawing group. In this session I enjoyed exploring different mediums including collage, graphite pencil, soft pastels, charcoal and conte crayons. I had pre- prepared a collaged background made from hand …
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Painting Padiham 2026 : practice and the finished work
This year for Painting Padiham Plein air competition I decided to challenge myself to using pastels instead of doing a painting. I am pretty new to using pastels so knew it would be a bit of a risk but I like to give myself a challenge! I decided to do some practice in the run …
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Memories from Florence: water colour beetles
A watercolour painting of beetles from a series of artworks capturing the artist’s recent trip to Florence
Mini Collage challenge part 5: What I learned from my mini collage a day challenge
A look at the last 7 days of the mini collage a day challenge and what I learned from the experience of making art everyday day.
Some recent life drawings
A collection of recent life drawings in pastel and conte crayon by Rachel Crawshaw
Sketchbook experiments: mixed medium birds and vessels
A look inside the artist’s sketchbook exploring the symbolic interpretations of birds and vessels. Mixed media artwork featuring gel plate printing, collage, pastel and conte crayons.
Mushroom Moon Designs 