A Shade of Art

Mixed-media art is very popular in the art community. Artists who established the right clientele can sell a good piece of work easily from $500 up to $10,000.

What private collectors love about mixed-media art is that they tell a personal story. Imagination with this form of art isn’t restricted to the traditional paintbrush and a canvas.

This blog will cover 7 ideas to get you started with mixed-media art.

 

Sundown

Theme – music & history

Subject – Piano Player

Size – 24 x 36

Media

·         Watercolor

·         Latex paint (Acrylic-based),

·         An aged window frame

·         A window screen

·         Polyurethane (Sealant)

Feeling his music

Theme – Music

Subject – Body of a guitar

Size – 34 x 25

Media

·         Watercolor

·         latex paint (White acrylic paint)

·         Photo clippings

·         White string

·         Black marker.

 

Clarksdale

Theme – Landscape

Subject – Cotton field

Size – 32.5 x 32

Media

·         Aged wood

·         Latex paint (White acrylic paint)

·         A Black marker

·         Watercolor paint

·         Polyurethane (Sealant)

The hand that picked the cotton, created the music

Theme – Music

Subject – Guitar

Size – 21 ½ x 31

Media

·         Aged wood

·         Nails

·         Tin

·         String

·         A black marker

·         Latex paint (white acrylic paint)

Crossroad door

Theme- Music

Subject – A guitar

Size – 36 x 24

Media

·         Aged wood

·         Nail

·         Tin

·         Watercolor paint

·         A white marker

·         Strings

Piece of the blues is in all the music

Theme – History & music

Subject – Body of a guitar

Size – 39 x 21.5

Media

·         Aged wood

 

·         Latex paint (acrylic paint)

·         Tin

·         Nail

·         Watercolor paint

·         Glue

·         Polyurethane (Sealant)

 

Dog wood lake

Theme – History

Subject – A sheriff

Size – 36 x 21

Media

·         Aged window frame

·         A screen window

·         latex paint (white acrylic paint)

·         Watercolor paint

·         A black marker

·         Polyurethane (Sealant)

Added note: I recommend you use an H- Frame or a large frame easel to complete your artwork.

I suggest as a beginner you start with two mediums. You can begin with watercolor paint and colored pencils. The next step you should try is to combine your artwork with different elements such as paper collage, discarded clothing, metal, tin, or aged wood. There is no limitation to what you can create when it comes to mixed-media art.

Use these ideas to be inspired and keep creating!