Layering Mixed Media Collage

Want to create that layered effect with your mixed media work but find it hard to stick with it? I get it! Hope this video helps explain how to keep going even though that little voice is saying that you’re done…

Video Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to layering and sticking with your mixed media collage painting
1:13 The supplies I am using for the base layer
1:53 laying the base layer of acrylic paint and tempera paint stick marks
2:34 Beginning to layer papers and establishing my dark and light areas
4:35 Building up layers of papers and marks in the generative stage
5:53 Even when you know the stages of creating, the impulse to finish still shows up
7:08 Using desaturated pictures to examine values and movement in my painting and employing fixes
8:31 Why layers are crucial to my work
9:39 Using a layer of glazing and why I use it
10:58 Going back and forth between bold marks and papers and obscuring marks and papers and how this helps me convey what I want with my work
13:55 Close up of the layers in the end

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Materials I used in this video:
Nova Color Paint https://novacolorpaint.com
Tempera Paint Sticks https://amzn.to/3VA7hIR
Caran d’Ache Crayons https://amzn.to/3VOjuee
Golden Satin Glazing Liquid https://amzn.to/3xfSYRD
Grabie Watercolors https://amzn.to/4cbPqPw

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