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Art and Paint, Layers and Life: Stringing Along the Words

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Sue Pelletier shares the inspiration and technique behind a painting of red shoes and explains that the paint layers are actually layers of meaning and interpretation.

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Taking the Mixed-Media Challenge!

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Lisa Cyr visited Southern Utah University and shares the amazing mixed-media artwork that the students in her workshops created.

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Painting with Re-Inkers from Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop

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In this painting technique from Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop, Serena Barton shows you how to make a landscape format painting using re-inkers.

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More Thinking About Color Mixing

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We like to imagine that “red” is always “red,” and “golden yellow” will always be the same, but lots of things effect how colors turn out.

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Art and Paint, Layers and Life: Symbols in Art

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In her first guest blog post, Sue Pelletier discusses symbols in art and why some of them show up so frequently in her art. It’s to do with painting what you know!

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Tools for Thinking About Mixing Colors

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You don’t need tools to think about color, but sometimes they can teach you things you didn’t even know you didn’t know. Here are a few of Ricë’s favorite color tools.

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Craft Month 2013: Book of Haiku from Layered Impressions

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In our final Craft Month 2013 project, this one from Katie Kendrick’s Layered Impressions, you’ll create a book of haiku perfect for all your thoughts about spring.

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Book Notes: Mixed Media Revolution

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Ricë Freeman-Zachery takes you inside Mixed Media Revolution, the new book by Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran Wilson in this edition of Book Notes. Check out some of the beautiful art and amazing techniques!

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Mixed Media Alchemy: A New Year with New Beginnings

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In this month’s Mixed Media Alchemy, Lisa Cyr talks about how her plans for 2012 turned out, and what projects she starting in 2013, including redecorating her studio inspired by Professor Dumbledore’s.

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Mixed Media Alchemy: A Video Demonstration by Lisa Cyr

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In her latest blog post, mixed-media artist Lisa Cyr, shares three videos that explain and demonstrate the mixed media techniques used in her painting Michaelania.

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