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Mixed Media is Fab...!

Hi folks, Mandy McK here. Hope it's sunny where you are... I was sunburnt at the Shugborough Country Show on Sunday (my own fault)... anyway...

Recently, I took a brilliant three week mixed media online course called The She Art Workshop. I really want to share how good it was. It's by Christy Tomlinson (click here for her inspirational blog). Christy also has an online shop called 'The Scarlet Lime'. that does kits aswell as a variety of amazing online workshops here.

I love to learn and really enjoy online courses. Christy's videos are full of tips and all through them she chats about her process and what she's thinking. I really like the total lack of perfectionism and how she's happy to make mistakes on a project and she just carries on and shows you how she fixes it. She has a very free and easy style and is entertaining to watch. On the course I learned to do Christy's Art Girls. The 6" x 4" canvas below was actually made as a birthday card of sorts for my neice. It has the Christy style but is a bit less arty as it's a card...

Close ups show the textures because there are many layers that go into the background before you even add the girl...

I so enjoyed playing with paint, ink, mists, texture pastes and mediums, not to mention all the stamping, misting and collage that went on. It really was very liberating! So, if you're looking for something that is fun and teaches you mixed media techniques in a non-threatening & simple way... why not consider this e-course? I didn't regret it. Oh, by the way, my neice did like her unusual card from her Auntie Mandy. Bless her.

Enjoy the Summer,

Mandy McK

Posted at 12:03 AM in Art Journal, Glimmer Mists, Mixed media, Paint, Stamping | Permalink

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This is beautiful, love all the layers x

Posted by: Debbie Roberts | August 02, 2011 at 08:31 AM

How wonderful this is. I love all the texture & i bet it's even better in the flesh.
TFS it's lush xx

Posted by: jayne | August 02, 2011 at 08:35 AM

She is very pretty! and wonderfully layered... I love the name, for it means 'happiness'. :)

Posted by: alexa | August 02, 2011 at 08:37 AM

Gorgeous - seems very much your 'thing', you do it beautifully. It's too easy for me to make a dingy mess, not knowing where to stop, but this looks fresh and pretty.
Elxx

Posted by: Eleanor | August 02, 2011 at 12:36 PM