Learn how to quickly create a series of freestyle mixed media backgrounds with wild mark making techniques using your favorite materials. This workshop will give you the foundation you need to start exploring the limitless possibilities of mixed media art.

• Learn how to create freestyle mixed media backgrounds quickly and confidently using watermedia and mark-making techniques.
• Discover ways to let go of perfectionism and embrace the spontaneity and playfulness of the creative process.
• Explore the interplay of color, texture, and line, and how to use them to create expressive and energetic compositions.
• Experiment with a variety of mark-making tools and techniques, such as dripping, splattering, scraping, and printing, to create different effects and moods.
• Practice using negative space, layering, and composition to create a sense of depth and movement in your backgrounds.

You'll take your mixed media skills to the next level as you explore a solvent-free painting approach and experiment with oil paints, oil pastels, oil paint bars, and wax pigment bars. You’ll build layers over some of your freestyle backgrounds from the first session. This workshop is all about creating freestyle abstract landscapes and botanicals that truly capture the essence of nature.

• Learn how to create abstract landscapes and botanicals using a solvent-free painting approach that is eco-friendly and safe.
• Explore the properties and possibilities of oil paints, oil pastes, oil paint bars, and wax pigment bars, and how to combine them with watermedia and acrylic painted backgrounds.
• Practice different mark-making techniques, such as scraping, blending, layering, and sgraffito, to create texture and depth in your paintings.
• Experiment with different tools, such as palette knives, brushes, and brayers, to create different effects and moods.
• Explore ways to balance realism and abstraction in your paintings, and how to use color, composition, and value to create a sense of space and movement.

EXPLORE mixed media and Procreate to create stunning digital collages. By taking photos of your artwork from the previous two workshops, you'll create a visual storytelling collection that showcases your unique style and creativity.

• Learn how to use Procreate to create digital collages that combine mixed media elements and photos, and how to adjust them for maximum impact.
  
• Experiment with different blend modes and layer effects to create depth, texture, and mood in your compositions.
  
• Practice different cut and paste techniques to create seamless and intricate collages that reflect your theme and vision.
  
• Explore how to use brushes to add detail, texture, and interest to your collages, and how to create your own custom brushes.
  
• Discover ways to harmonize colors, shapes, and patterns in your collages, and how to balance complexity and simplicity.