Cath Sheard Art

Putting mixed in mixed media

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Catherine Barker-Sheard

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I’m a mixed media artist, but I’m not a very courageous one, unlike friend and fellow artist Pen Kirk. This year’s about play, and one of the things I want to do is incorporate more mediums into my mixed media.

This morning I grabbed 20 pre-taped 6×6” watercolour papers and quickly got pencil & watercolour down. I let them dry then pulled out oil pastels, watercolour pencils, stencils, acrylic paint, Neocolour I & II and greaseproof paper.

I’ve started working back into them, trying to use a variety of media and concentrating on play, rather than finished results. What mediums do I enjoy using together? What combinations make me smile…

This is how the pieces look after the first layer of paint & pencil
I added Stabilo All pencil, and stencilling using acrylic paint.
I added detail with stencils and acrylic paint.
Extra colour with water soluble crayon, Graphitint pencil, and pastel pencil.
I loaded oil pastels onto greaseproof, flipped it over and drew lines with a palette knife. Extra colour added with Neocolor II and Derwent Inktense.

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