encaustic with mixed media
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Combining Encaustic with Mixed Media Scrapbooking Techniques

I've been a scrap booker since I was a teenager, and I began working with mixed media elements in my scrapbooks, art journals, and on canvases as an extension of that passion.  This was all long before I became an encaustic artist.  I've been wondering for a long time if there was a way I could replicate my favorite mixed media looks in an encaustic painting.
Using fabric in mixed media art

Creating an Interesting Abstract with Fabric, Paper Clay, and Paper Quilling

It is such a great feeling when you haven't been able to create for a long time, and then suddenly you feel inspiration hit out of nowhere that helps you get back into the swing of things. I've been focusing so much on encaustic for so long, and I still am, but it's so fun to go back to my roots and do some work with abstract quilling.
fluid acrylics

Creating Fluid Art with Leftover Wall Paint

flowers and angel wings

"Angel Wings"- Mixed Media Art with Negative Space

Mixed Media Art with Negative Space It always amazes me how the simplest, quickest of projects are often the most beautiful and meaningful of all.  I created this in just a few hours for a friend of mine. She is going through a terrible loss. …
abstract painting of Charlotte, NC

Abstract Painting of Charlotte, NC

I hope everyone's fall has been spectacular so far!  I've been so busy bouncing from one project to the next that I'm stoked if I even finish anything at all!  Is anyone else like that sometimes?  I really hope I'm not the only one, and since…

My Mixed Media Maps- Representing History

Mixed Media Maps- "City of Oaks" We use maps pretty much every day.  Whether they're printed on paper or interactive on our smart phones, they help us understand the direction were traveling.  Try as we might, it's pretty much impossible…