I'm working on another mixed media painting this week, and yes, in case you're wondering, I'm totally hooked the medium. Remember when I didn't feel comfortable with it? Now, I love it so much I can't even remember what I did before it. [Read More]
Cherie's Art
Mixed Media: I Love How You Love Me
It's funny how the papers you put down on a canvas can influence you when you paint it. For this one, I really liked the music papers to "I Love How You Love Me." I also had some heart scrapbook paper, and a page from a Robert Browning poem. [Read More]
Mixed Media: Beautifully Unique
The mixed media picture I'll show you today is a perfect example of if you don't like it the first time, keep layering. I'll show you what I mean. I started with a few papers over canvas. I'm using some of the house patterns from the books I bought at the library sale, some scrapbook paper, music [Read More]
Mixed Media: Not That Girl
Remember those canvases we talked about recently? I covered two different canvases with different but similar papers, and last week I showed you the first picture I did, and today I'll show you the second. First, I covered the canvases with a couple layers of paint. Then, I added [Read More]
Mixed Media: I’ll Live the Life
Last week I got a question about layers when it comes to mixed media, and this week I'm continuing with that. Once again, here are the backgrounds I started. I'll be working on one of these for this picture. After I had all the background papers on, I covered the canvas with a wash of light brown [Read More]