Stained Glass Window Effect in Mixed Media
I wanted to show you one of my lockdown art journal piece , a mixed media abstract, now that it is finished. I had seen a few great ideas online using masking tape to divide up paper or canvas into sections. Then you paint an abstract composition, remove the tape carefully and admire ! Well , I couldn’t find the tape , so , rather than waste time looking, I quickly drew some strips with pencil and rule .Then came the fun part . I treated each shape as an independent unit and just painted instinctively. I will admit to having used a limited palette of colours , but no other planning took place . On this mixed media abstract , I used all sorts. For example, watercolour , acrylic , collage , pen , pencil , oil pastel .
Mixed Media with Collage
I really enjoyed using all kinds of media on this piece mixed media abstract – first pen , then lots of watercolour . It might be a bit difficult to see in the image ‘ Fragments ‘, but at this stage , I glued on some cutouts of collage samples I made using leftover acrylic paints ( like the one above ) . After that , I couldn’t resist using coloured markers and oil pastels ( and a bit more acrylic in the strips ) .
Fragments of Landscape
What did I think about during the process ? Well, stained glass , glimpses of landscape through a window and colour experiments . But , to be honest, it took on a life of it’s own and I just painted intuitively . It’s quite small , about 8 inches square and I think it’s time I tried this on a much bigger scale . I wonder , do you ever experiment with mixed media work ?
Actually , I did a few mixed media pieces in my isolation art journal – you can see them on my Instagram account – @margarethallfineart or click on the button right at the very bottom of this post.
Isolation Art from my Art Journal
Interesting how the social distancing has helped us creatively in ways we may not have imagined! I know it’s very much true for me too, Margaret 😊 Btw, my fav of the 3 – al interesting! – has gotta be the last, from March – Don’t Panic ❤️ The wide eyed look under the sticky spider web (as I imagined it, lol!) fits the text and title very innocently, yet very powerfully I feel 💕
Thank you , Felipe. I’m glad you like my isolation art . It’s definitely true that some artists have used the time to do more art ( me included) but I know that it has caused others to have a complete block . I didn’t know whether to let ” Don’t Panic ” see the light of day – it was done back in March when I probably was panicking , but I do feel a bit calmer now.
I love your mixed media style, so fun and creative!
Thanks very much, Tiffany. I do admit, it is great fun to do stuff in my journal . It seems like you give yourself permission to do anything that pops up in your mind !