Introducing a New Guest Blogger

Heather Ahearn

Making the transition from a hobby artist with no one but yourself to please, to a novice seller trying to make at least a small profit, can be quite a challenge. Create Mixed Media’s newest guest blogger, Heather Ahearn, is here to help guide you along the way. She’ll be covering things like organization, marketing, preserving your creativity and more.

Try Grid Drawing in Your Mixed Media Art Journal

from Doodle Draw Journal

Find a pleasing composition and being able to draw satisfactory sketches are two of the most challenging parts of keeping an art journal. Here are two grid drawing techniques, one to try drawing and sketching in a variety of styles and one to spice up your page design. Have fun making your art journal as beautiful and interesting as possible!

iPhoneography with David Hayes

The App-ter Project

This isn’t your typical iPhoneography post. In his new “App-ter Project,” David takes one image, a simple photo of a flower, and uses forty different iPhoneography apps to create forty unique images. This post shows you the first four images of those forty. Prepare to be amazed at how different these images really are.

Artist Spotlight

Serena Barton

Mixed media artist, Serena Barton is the author of Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop and teaches art workshops. But there’s more to Serena than just that. In this artist profile, find out where Serena would time-travel, what her guilty pleasure is, what project she’s working on now and about the magical garment she wears.

Art Journal Inspiration

from Tammy Garcia

How often do you open up your art journal just to play? It’s easy to browse art journaling blogs or Pinterest, see all of those gorgeous art journaling pages and feel as if every page you create has to be just as perfect. Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow offers eight prompts to help you have fun, experiment and PLAY in your art journal.

Now Available in the Shop

The Declaration of You!

It’s time to shed your “shoulds,” and give yourself permission to step powerfully into your own passionate life. Through a series of creative, colorful exercises, Michelle Ward and Jessica Swift (and the Declaration mascot, Pierre) give you the support you need to discover how you are unique and uncover what you are meant to do!

Video + Podcasts

Book Notes

How many times have you created a piece of art only to have some sort of imperfection appear or a mistake occur? If you answered, “plenty,” it’s time you take a look at Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop. Browse through the pages of this book, which embraces imperfections and celebrates happy accidents, with a new edition of Book Notes.