If you enjoyed this, please take a moment to watch my other exploration of mixed media with coloring pages! ruclips.net/video/iYABcVh3-7U/видео.htmlsi=g7Ii0S_u3bPs0g_h And for those wondering, the journal I’m using is Dina Wakley Mixed Media Journal. (That’s why I asked her to do the first page for me!) Also a quick correction: 5:46 Credit should be for @artwithem6635 for this beautiful piece!
This is easily one of your best videos. The production, the guests, the information all within about half an hour was incredibly well done. Thank you for this.
I’ll be honest, this style of “art” (for the most part, there ARE exceptions) pretty much all looks the same to me and is among the absolute ugliest forms of “art” in all the world…..TO ME….gotta emphasize this is obviously my personal opinion lol
Wow. I loved watching your exploration of mixed media and how you let yourself go with the flow. I think that is the biggest thing I’d struggle with as I’m always trying to be so precise in my pencil colouring. I love looking at people’s mixed media journals, but I’ve always had a lingering thought of “what is the point of the finished piece? Isn’t it just smearing different mediums on a page and sticking stuff on top? Isn’t it a waste of supplies? What do you do with it after?” Like I’m always trying to figure out what end goal this achieves, rather than it being just an enjoyable process. I’ve learnt from this video it doesn’t have to be about the end result. It’s purely the childlike enjoyment of making marks on a page without the adult brain worrying about what it’s “supposed” to be. Once you’ve allowed yourself that freedom, you can then start to hone techniques to incorporate into the piece, like complementary colour schemes for overall cohesion, or taking lots of time to detail the focal point whilst everything around it is loose and expressive. I’m not saying I’m completely in that “free” mindset yet, but I’d love to work on getting there. I hope you and the family are feeling better now, thank you for your efforts in bringing this video to us ❤
I'm the same way! I'm a perfectionist, so it takes me a ridiculous amount of time to finish a coloring page, and I've even gone back almost a year after finishing a page to "fix" tiny details that no one but me would even notice was there! And the worst part about it is that when I go back to "fix" a page that's already done, I know in the back of my mind how ridiculous it is but I just can't help myself! When I'm flipping through the pages of my coloring books to look for a new page to start, that's when I will notice something on a finished page and I have to "fix" it right away! It's definitely hard to break out of that mindset!
I think you 'get there' by just doing it. What we get from this is really hard to describe and I don't know that people tend to believe that this mostly intangible result is real or valid. I think it's easier for me now, at a fairly advanced age, than it would have been in my 30s but... I'm all about risk and adventure now. I'm almost a little glad when an idea doesn't turn out like I'd hoped because now I can experiment with something where it can't get any worse. And I usually find a way to be happy with it (these pieces are often some of my most successful). I'd also like to encourage folks to consider ways they can share or gift their creative works with others. I make small pieces that can be mailed in a first class envelope and mail them to 5-7 of my good friends. Some go to my family members. I tell them not to treat them as precious. When they're ready, they are welcome to toss an item, pass it along to others, or use it as a piece in their own art. Think of them as greeting cards rather than a gift. I hear back that these pieces - and the connection between friends that they facilitate - have been meaningful not only to the recipient but to others in their lives. Some pass them along or friends visiting them just enjoy thumbing through them. One even said her postal carrier told her she looks forward to getting one in her mailbag to see what I've done with the envelopes (always decorated as well). One friend called them 'wee joys' and I thought that was perfect. I don't think our creations need to have any purpose beyond the experience of being creative. But I like putting that idea out there that sharing can be joyful as well.
I could not have said it better myself. I guess I have a hard time letting go of the control, too. But I am a practical person so have always felt like there ought to be a useful finished product. I need to let go of that! Why can’t i just have the fun?!
I know this is about mixed media, but it seems more about art freedom, which is an important lesson to all artists. Thank you for this great video. You make wonderful art no matter what the media.
I used to do something like this back when I was in highschool, it was just how I journaled my life. I wish I still had them, but they were in my car when it was stolen. I would clip out literally just anything I liked from anywhere, photos, magazines, packaging, and stick it all in a composition notebook and just kind of.. collage pages as the days when on. I've missed it for so long, but never managed to get back to it since then. I should try again
I know this will sound so mushy, but this truly nourished my soul!!! I’d started junk journaling and stopped because I was trying to get it “perfect “ . I loved what I was doing but I wasn’t doing it for myself!!! Thank you so much for fanning that creative spark!!!❤
Its basically nearly impossible to be a mixed media artist WITHOUT hoarding. 😂 Just embrace the hoarding Sarah, its a community, it's a feeling, it's a way of life. 🥰
i used to do a lot of mixed media art journal stuff and I haven’t done it in years. Been in a major art block lately so I think this appearing at the top of my homepage is the sign I need to stop overthinking it and just play again. Thank you! ❤
This is a FASCINATING video! My imagination started running wild. Disney themes. Flowers plants trees. The Beatles. Notes my children wrote to me. Old newspaper clippings my mom saved. On and on! But I love coloring and I don't have enough time for that - how can I start a new hobby??? I have to have a ponder. Thank you for posting this video. I REALLY enjoyed it!!!
I remember, in middle school art class, we were doing an underwater piece. I decided to draw speech bubbles above the fish, reading, “Hi.” I was into comics and manga books at the time. The art teacher said it was nice, except for the speech bubbles. That hurt my feelings, and as an art teacher, she should’ve known better.
I've watched thousands of RUclips videos, and I can say unequivocally, this is my favorite- EVER! The great artists, the gorgeous pages, the fascinating tips! I'm sharing this with my students at my grief art journaling class! Wowzer!
I had a big multimedia scrapbooking phase and it was so hard to let go and what i thought was ugly or chaotic was actually beautiful. I have a smashbook which is full of fun things i created but my favorite page is one of all my movie tickets. The memories of them.
I have art in all my rooms as well. Painting, music, sewing, quilting, wood shop and, of course, mixed media. It’s a way of life! Thanks for the ideas!❤
What a wonderful video! I love how you pulled this amazing group of encouraging creators together and shared your experience right alongside them. I'm going to explore some of this myself! I hope you and your family are all on the mend. ❤
Wow! Your art journal and this video are brilliant works of art! Mixed media really does seem to come naturally for you. And omg you’re a perfect mix of your mum and dad. ❤
Dearest Sarah, thank you so so much for this most inspiring video! The J O Y of mixed media is undeniable. I especially loved the tie to your color cube❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Wonderful video in every aspect. Six years ago I discovered Jane Davenport, mixed media and art journaling and it has filled my life with colour and joy. I love colouring, drawing and painting, but I always turn to art journaling to fill up with good vibes. Thanks for this video!
One of your BEST videos EVER!!!!! I’m just starting my mixed media journey, so this was perfect timing. Jane Davenport is one of my favorite artists. She is soooo talented and all of her products and pieces speak to me. I love watching your art journey. I hope you and your family are on the mend and the rest of your year is smooth, healthy, and successful. Much love to you .
I got into mixed media during Covid and now it’s my main hobby! I love it so much, I have about 8 art journals on the go. One thing I would recommend is a “use it up” journal … so when you have extra paint/paste just slap it in that journal as a layer. Eventually some of those pages will have enough layers to add a focal point and be finished. And yes - trust the process!! Also it’s just paper and paint, if you really hate a page just paint over it and start again. I also love brayer rub off backgrounds from gelli plate
This is so so inspirational, for a perfectionist too timid to commit to a creative outlet. So pumped to try any number of these techniques. Loved your conversations with these passionate artists - thank you!
Amazing video! The interviews with the mixed media artists were wonderful, Jane Davenport's vibe is so sweet and refreshing.Thank you for sharing your journey with this process and your time with these fantastic fellow creators!
Love it!!! When my kids were in early elementary school, I taught them how to make paper using newspaper, white glue, water. Then we would use old pantihose wrapped over wire coat hangers to fish in all that goo to make sheets. Then we would make books out of these pages sowe could decorate them any which way we liked. No rules! They would spend a whole Saturday doing pages. Long story short my youngest did graphic design, fashion design , interior design in Uni. Going back at age 30 to uni to do marketing. She fell in love with art! My grandson just left home to study fashion at Drexel University, because he's another art bug! I forwarded this video for reminiscing. You go girl, let your art run wild and as crazy as you like! Its all great!
Mixed media art journaling saved me - my creative expression, my perfectionism, my capacity for joy, emotional release........ 'embrace the mistakes', 'embrace the ugly', 'letting go', have fun with the mess, are all essential. xx
I just Love your face when you are holding the tea bags! You are amazing and brilliant and I am like you a perfectionist at heart but so very interested in doing mixed media.
Hi Sarah - very good video, exciting, and inspiring, I picked up a big A3 block and threw paint on it... I'm not afraid of art.... I'm a practicing artist as a profession (theatre design, writing, costume design) but painting has alluded me until the past two years and now it's all here, it's a total mess.... and I hope you do more of these videos.... making things and showing us.... THX SO MUCH
Mix media must do is an appron and a vest (just cut an opening on an old long-sleeve T-S). There's something in the act of ''putting your art clothes on" to get you in the right space. It makes you unafraid of the mess because you are set up for it...
I’m so drawn to this, but with fatigue issues I can't handle the mess. Even if it is the whole point to be messy, you still have to clean up at one point… 😅 Would love to see less messy approaches, I have a feeling you can incorporate many aspects without using a ton of supplies and techniques. 😊 Loved this video!❤
I think you can definitely be strategic and not go all-messy-crazy like I did. A lot of the people I spoke to said they have different areas with specific supplies, and so they’ll just spend a day with pencils, or another day with paints. Not many of them complete a page in one sitting, they just work on 20 pages at once.
I am autistic and can't handle a mess neither. So I do a little planning before I start and arrange everything I want to use in a small cardboard box. I stick to these materials in the box, so I don't get overwhelmed. Over time, you'll find out what combinations you like. And if you want to try something you, just sneak another color or anonther material in :) Afterwards, it's very easy to clean again. Or you can put everything in the box to come back to it later.
You can get as neat as is humanly possible while still using variety of techniques. What I like to do is find one picture/scrap that I like the look of slap it on a page of an old book or sketchbook and if I wanna do more I add things one by one (sometimes after weeks of forgetting about that specific page) there is mess on my table but it doesn't come from this. There is glue, book and max two other art supplies on my table and that's it.
This was such a cool video! I’m so envious you were able to meet and interview a couple of my super favorite art heroes. I’m sure that was so cool. Thanks for sharing everything!
I felt the exact same way when “mixed media found me!” I truly believe it has awakened things in me I had needed my whole life! I love this video so much, thank you for sharing it! I hope it will reach and awaken many others! ❤❤❤
Not only is this the greatest vid I've seen for mixed media, but it has so much wonderful inspiration. I am a mixed media creator and this just lit a spark in me watching. This was beautiful and wonderfully edited and explained....and YOUR mixed media creations look like you've been doing it for years!! Bravo and THANK YOU 🎉❤❤❤
Loved your video!! I am so glad you are back creating video’s and sure hope your family is feeling much better💕💕. I am going to take some of your trials and put them into action. This just makes me remember that trusting the mess is what I need to do. Love love love Jane Davenport and all of her art supplies. However all of your guests were fabulous and had a lot of great ideas. Thank you so much for being back💕💕. Love love love your color cubes💕💕
I love mixed Media and seeing Jane , Dina and some other artist coming together with all their techniques with you was amazing and exciting and inspirational ❤️ 💜 🙌 💖 ♥️
I have created mixed media for years after starting with altered books about 15 ys ago. I FELT every bit of your excitement and enthusiasm as you went through this process, because it still brings me the same joy to just play! ❤
This video wasn't what I expected, but that's a good thing because I might not have watched it otherwise. Seeing this art from a new perspective, I found your video truly WOW! I was captivated the entire time. This type of art is quite intimidating for me, as a non-artist and perfectionist who struggles with anxiety. I often spend an entire day staring at a blank page, unsure of what to create, or wanting to create something but afraid to mess it up before I even start. Throughout the video, I kept thinking that I wouldn't be able to do it. With ADHD, I like having a step-by-step guide. It's daunting, but I hope to find the courage to dive in one day! Thank you so much for this video.
I don't art journal as such, although I have given it a go a few times. I do enjoy mixed media when I am exploring an idea or composition. That there are no mistakes and it is all underpainting is comforting when playing around. I also enjoy coloured and painted paper collage. It is a difficult process compared to painting but it is fun. Gelatin plate printing (hectography) has a long history. Goes back to Germany in the 1870s, where it was a descendant of the letterpress and developed as a way to make duplicates of printed matter, using aniline ink. It had an important role in WWI and WWII and as a duplicator process for businesses and schools into the mid-20th Century, where not only a gelatine pad was used, but a drum version was also developed. From the late 50s and through the 60s it was used to make underground newspapers and posters. It was even used to make temporary tattoos at one point. The art department when I was in elementary school in the 1970s still had a gelatin duplicator, but had to pour pads as they were no longer readily available. If you like gel printing, you will probably also like silicone printing as well. You can pour your own, using products like flex seal, or use a silicone pad that is used for protecting a table top when crafting or lining a drawer. I have heard people using silicone baking sheets, But I have never had much luck, they seem a little to thin.
I’ve been on my mixed media journey since 2021 and Sarah this has to be one of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips and I’ve seen ALOT and have an abundance of JD and DW products among so many other art supplies. One thing I noticed is you kept going back to the palette knife/spatula and modeling paste or whatever it was you were using through stencils with the palette knife- I feel confident in saying your future art will be filled with texture and dimension. I lost my dad and sister a few years ago and I can tell you are trying to get back to that “fulfilled” part of yourself that use to be there when your mama was still here. Just know you aren’t alone in that aspect and I’m cheering you on! You’ve got this!
I love the free spirited way you go about creating art. I need to work on my artistic spontaneity way, way more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and art with us. It is truly appreciated, beautiful soul. 💚☘
I'm a graffiti style artist and I do acrylic pouring, but I got into doing mixed media after I started selling random things online. I wanted to make my own mini thank you cards (and stickers) for my customers and mm is an awesome way to include something cool and handmade, that didn't necessarily take a lot of time. I use lots of random things to make stamps and stencils like bubble wrap(looks like leopard print!) straws and bottles(circles) textured packing paper and more! I've ended up having a lot of fun doing it. Definitely makes a mess but worth it lol
The fun (and the curse) with mixed is everything turns in to a tool or somthing you can use. I have a two room flat my livingroom is my shop with a couch in it. I have so many bits and peaces and bags and stuff. I resently used something I kept since 20 years 😁 I am not a horder, I am crafter! There is no ugly! Something you made can never be ugly. You may not like it or you see what is disturbing to you. Maybe it is just not finished jet. Just choose what you like and endhance it by the next project!
I love this sooo much! I love mixed media (Ive done a few amateur collage pieces lol) but I’m not going to lie, I am a perfectionist and while I am trying to let go with doing more abstract art, I am so intimidated by the styles of mixed media you did! I would totally do skillshare classes of all the different styles you’ve explored! Or purchase a book if you ever made one! You’ve inspired me to one day give it a go :) and you’ve inspired to follow these amazing artists today :)
For a good while now, I have been making home made cards using nothing more than plain white cardstock dyed with tea or maybe coffee (depends on my supply), and then paint over that when its all dry to whatever color scheme I want. My family keeps all of them.
Ive been struggling with my medium of choice lately (alcohol markers) and I love holding onto ephemera because my memory's not the best.... I think this video unlocked something in me. I might get crafty around old receipts and tickets and magazines :3c
i adore mixed media art, i feel like it really peaked in popular interest 5-10 years ago and has sort of dwindled since, so i'm thrilled to see you picking it up. I absolutely loved the piece where you cut the face out after setting it down and walking away. The girl with the hair and the writing on the acetate. It was beautiful!
Wow this by far has to be my favorite video that I watched of yours I'm so glad to see that you're finally feeling better and hope your family is as well
This was so fun to watch! I LOVE your videos where you learn to do new things, i was only watching one yesterday ☺ They always leave me feeling so inspired 🧡
I've been mixed media and mixed medium for years decades. I used to mix up stuff I graduate from high school over 20 years ago and I started somewhere in the 90s. I'm pretty sure it was like watching Carol DeVol back in the mid 90s like in middle school grade school so like30 years ago or more I use acrylics and oils in many of my paintings. I'll do watercolor and cut out watercolor. Chalk acrylic and collage them together and the some of these paintings I made or pictures. I'm so dumb when I was just starting out for like $80 now I'm gonna put them up and do similar things and get back into it and start selling.
When I was growing up I never would have said I was very creative. Then in my early 20s I started to get into mixed media and it just clicked. I loved that there were no rules so I never felt like I was doing something wrong. It was so freeing as someone that deals with anxiety
Love, love, love this video! I've been slowly venturing into mixed media as a person who's always been extremely creative but, like you, has also always been a BIG perfectionist. One thing I love about mixed media specifically is letting go of expectations. I go in without a strict image in my mind, just a feeling, or a colour, or a material that I want to do something with, and from there it really feels like it can never fail. Even if I end the day not quite happy with what I've done, there's an open feeling of "I'll circle back to it to finish if I feel like it" that I've never really felt before. Something that I've always enjoyed about creative writing is that oftentimes the plot and characters lead me to where THEY want to go, and mixed media feels much the same.
You some of my fav on this video, but my most fav is Dina Wakley, I've following her along time. Thanks for this, it's giving me inspiration, I have soooooooo many supplies and not using them.
Oh my !!! thank you for validating my obsession . So fun but so messy. I moved & having to cut down my stashes. A whole drawer full to the trash, oh how that hurt. Other people just don’t understand. I’m making some sketch & journal books for exploration!!
Did i hear Dina say do not show your art to your partner?😅 cause i do all that all the time and he doesn't understand anything and probably thinks I'm out of my mind to think what i make is art
I would LOVE to start an art journal and I have more supplies that rivals Michael’s but I don’t know how to start! Then I see this video and decide I need more supplies!!!
This video was so inspiring. I've been playing with mixed media for years and have struggling with letting go. Now I can tell myself to "trust the mess" and work on letting go of control. Play and have fun. I will watch this video every time I need some reassurance that I can make art.
Sarah❤❤❤❤ omfg, this has to be the best art psychology video I've EVER seen. I have saved this for myself as I get high level anxiety. Embrace the mess? Heck yeah girl! Go Nikè, just Do it ooooh, lipstick in art book?😂 Much love.🇭🇲💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🤗📚✂️📏✉📚
I love this video! I’ve been waiting to learn more on mixed media and was gonna watch 100 videos myself , so this is such a handy guide and video to kinda pull it all together!
Thank you Ms. Sarah. I have made journals in the past, but I've been struggling with my health lately., so I am staying home more and wanted to make a Journal for playing in but was not sure how I did it in the past. This video has inspired me to make one and have fun. I have so many ideas thanks to you and the other wonderful Makers of Art.
This is probably my favourite video you've created, your good vibes and amazing talent on show. It was so nice to see you interacting with other creatives. You made me tear up when you mentioned your mum, hit really close to home, my mum passed in 2019, and I miss her every day, but I'm also glad it didn't happen in 2020, being a Melbournian I can't imagine how awful it was for people losing their loved ones during that time. You're doing amazing, keep up the great work! 🥰
That’s a similar time to my Mum, and I was also thankful that it wasn’t during Covid. It was difficult enough, but it would have been so much harder during lockdowns. Sorry for your loss xo
My journey to get creative again started literally on my 30th birthday, I had taken a trip to one of the biggest cities in Sweden so I could spend the day in an amusement park and before it opened I went into Panduro, a small Swedish chain similar to Michaels/Joans/Hobby Lobby and saw an example journal of memory keeping and I fell in love, so I started with that, went into mixed media with art journaling and it's only the last few years I've gotten into colouring pencils in a way to be creative when I'm stuck in bed and watching shows, I have adhd so I needed something to do and I found your channel and have now bought 2 of your planners So my mind is blown when you've spoken to Dina Wakley and Jane Davenport! If you had spoken to Tim Holtz and Dyan Reveley too my head would have exploded. But talking about talking to THE people who are masters in mixed media to encourage you and to tell you the main rule in mixed media: There are no rules! Well there's one more rule, take breaks from your work, sometimes you can't see the forest because you're focusing on the trees. I'm preparing to move and all my crafting stuff are in doom boxes, so I need to organise to see what I have and declutter things I don't need, so I don't need to buy more stuff yet watching this video reminds me of how much fun mixed media is. And also so messy which I don't have space for right now XD
This is the first time this artform has been explained to me. Your ones look beautiful. My favourite is the purple one with flowers and the blue one. I hope you and your family are getting better too
freedom is important especially in expression and creativity, I've learned to embrace my art and just make whatever comes to mind even if it's not a figure or a subject. Sometimes art has no meaning or even thought behind it, it can just be art for arts sake and that's what I love about it, it's just freeing. I love being an artist and seeing other artists' work
It's so freeing. Excellent video. I love playing with the gelli plate. There are so many good gelli plate artists on RUclips I have to give a shout out to...Froyle, Robyn McClendon, Quirky Queens Journals to name just a couple. Jane Davenport is so inspiring.
THANK YOU! so inspiring. I love working like this, no rules, just start doing it! I LOVE mistakes, I make plenty, they always turn into the best backgrounds and focal points ❤🤪
Loved this! Thank you. I tried this 5 plus years ago and somehow felt I was falling short. Watching and listening to you and your guest artists made me smile. Who knows, I might give it another try☺️
This is the video i needed. I’m a junkjournaler and tho I very much like my style I tried so many times to get to a more loose and whimsical style and every single time I end up with a neat Journal with straight edges and everything lined up and every stamp and sticker thought trough where to put. I will definitely change to mixedmedia to train to let go. This looks so much fun and I hope this works for me too! Thank you for this !!! ❤
I've been eyeing mixed media for a while now, but I wasn't sure about it, and didn't know where to begin. Your video helped me getting started with it, and now I'm in love with mixed media! Thank you so much! ❤
Wow!! That's a big exploration!! I've been playing like this for 10 years or more and it's been wonderful for my soul. The key thing I learned was the need for Drying Time!!!!!! Layers need to dry in between....that way colours don't turn to baby poo brown and pens don't get ruined!!!! Thank you for giving me some new to me people to look for!!!
Thank you so much for compiling this video, Sarah. I have an untouched journal just waiting for inspiration and I think I've found it!! What spoke to me the most was using a color palette as "grounding" for each page. I've been looking for a cohesive element and this just might be the one for me!! I also love, love, love the use of acetate to add informational elements on top of some of your pages, especially the face page. I also like the concept of using a coloring page as a base. Great idea-starters in this video 🤓
I'm stoked you've made a video about my favourite art style. I've been following you for a while enjoying the ride through pencils. My main inspiration is colour and I've found your colour companions a massive amount of help with this. And now I find you've stepped into my world...whoo hoo! I really hope this is the start of loads of similar videos 🥰
OMG! What a wonderful Video! I especially like the aspect of giving away control & just let it flow. I'll Go & do some mixed Media Art right now. Thanks you so much!!! 💜
If you enjoyed this, please take a moment to watch my other exploration of mixed media with coloring pages!
ruclips.net/video/iYABcVh3-7U/видео.htmlsi=g7Ii0S_u3bPs0g_h
And for those wondering, the journal I’m using is Dina Wakley Mixed Media Journal. (That’s why I asked her to do the first page for me!)
Also a quick correction:
5:46 Credit should be for @artwithem6635 for this beautiful piece!
@SarahRenaeClark ..NO thanx! You don't like an HONEST opinion.
This is easily one of your best videos. The production, the guests, the information all within about half an hour was incredibly well done. Thank you for this.
This is easily one of the best comments 😊
i agree!!
I second that!
I’ll be honest, this style of “art” (for the most part, there ARE exceptions) pretty much all looks the same to me and is among the absolute ugliest forms of “art” in all the world…..TO ME….gotta emphasize this is obviously my personal opinion lol
This was a love letter to art. I'm glad you are taking your time to reconnect with what makes you enjoy art, thank you for showing the process.
Wow. I loved watching your exploration of mixed media and how you let yourself go with the flow. I think that is the biggest thing I’d struggle with as I’m always trying to be so precise in my pencil colouring. I love looking at people’s mixed media journals, but I’ve always had a lingering thought of “what is the point of the finished piece? Isn’t it just smearing different mediums on a page and sticking stuff on top? Isn’t it a waste of supplies? What do you do with it after?” Like I’m always trying to figure out what end goal this achieves, rather than it being just an enjoyable process. I’ve learnt from this video it doesn’t have to be about the end result. It’s purely the childlike enjoyment of making marks on a page without the adult brain worrying about what it’s “supposed” to be. Once you’ve allowed yourself that freedom, you can then start to hone techniques to incorporate into the piece, like complementary colour schemes for overall cohesion, or taking lots of time to detail the focal point whilst everything around it is loose and expressive. I’m not saying I’m completely in that “free” mindset yet, but I’d love to work on getting there. I hope you and the family are feeling better now, thank you for your efforts in bringing this video to us ❤
I'm the same way! I'm a perfectionist, so it takes me a ridiculous amount of time to finish a coloring page, and I've even gone back almost a year after finishing a page to "fix" tiny details that no one but me would even notice was there! And the worst part about it is that when I go back to "fix" a page that's already done, I know in the back of my mind how ridiculous it is but I just can't help myself! When I'm flipping through the pages of my coloring books to look for a new page to start, that's when I will notice something on a finished page and I have to "fix" it right away! It's definitely hard to break out of that mindset!
I think you 'get there' by just doing it. What we get from this is really hard to describe and I don't know that people tend to believe that this mostly intangible result is real or valid. I think it's easier for me now, at a fairly advanced age, than it would have been in my 30s but... I'm all about risk and adventure now. I'm almost a little glad when an idea doesn't turn out like I'd hoped because now I can experiment with something where it can't get any worse. And I usually find a way to be happy with it (these pieces are often some of my most successful).
I'd also like to encourage folks to consider ways they can share or gift their creative works with others. I make small pieces that can be mailed in a first class envelope and mail them to 5-7 of my good friends. Some go to my family members. I tell them not to treat them as precious. When they're ready, they are welcome to toss an item, pass it along to others, or use it as a piece in their own art. Think of them as greeting cards rather than a gift. I hear back that these pieces - and the connection between friends that they facilitate - have been meaningful not only to the recipient but to others in their lives. Some pass them along or friends visiting them just enjoy thumbing through them. One even said her postal carrier told her she looks forward to getting one in her mailbag to see what I've done with the envelopes (always decorated as well). One friend called them 'wee joys' and I thought that was perfect. I don't think our creations need to have any purpose beyond the experience of being creative. But I like putting that idea out there that sharing can be joyful as well.
I could not have said it better myself. I guess I have a hard time letting go of the control, too. But I am a practical person so have always felt like there ought to be a useful finished product. I need to let go of that! Why can’t i just have the fun?!
Where is that expo?! I want to go 😊
@@silvers_inkthe best thing ever I bought was a “ wreck this journal “. So much freedom and no expectations. Great prompts.
I know this is about mixed media, but it seems more about art freedom, which is an important lesson to all artists. Thank you for this great video. You make wonderful art no matter what the media.
I used to do something like this back when I was in highschool, it was just how I journaled my life. I wish I still had them, but they were in my car when it was stolen. I would clip out literally just anything I liked from anywhere, photos, magazines, packaging, and stick it all in a composition notebook and just kind of.. collage pages as the days when on. I've missed it for so long, but never managed to get back to it since then. I should try again
My mother told me that artists don't make mistakes. They recreate!
OMG that's the best quote ever!
The production value in this video is top notch! You've really stepped it up here! The editing, graphics and pacing are fantastic!
I know this will sound so mushy, but this truly nourished my soul!!! I’d started junk journaling and stopped because I was trying to get it “perfect “ . I loved what I was doing but I wasn’t doing it for myself!!! Thank you so much for fanning that creative spark!!!❤
Its basically nearly impossible to be a mixed media artist WITHOUT hoarding. 😂 Just embrace the hoarding Sarah, its a community, it's a feeling, it's a way of life. 🥰
i used to do a lot of mixed media art journal stuff and I haven’t done it in years. Been in a major art block lately so I think this appearing at the top of my homepage is the sign I need to stop overthinking it and just play again. Thank you! ❤
This is a FASCINATING video! My imagination started running wild. Disney themes. Flowers plants trees. The Beatles. Notes my children wrote to me. Old newspaper clippings my mom saved. On and on! But I love coloring and I don't have enough time for that - how can I start a new hobby??? I have to have a ponder. Thank you for posting this video. I REALLY enjoyed it!!!
Ephemera is also my most favorite part of all paper crafting & scrapbooking. And stickers
I remember, in middle school art class, we were doing an underwater piece. I decided to draw speech bubbles above the fish, reading, “Hi.” I was into comics and manga books at the time. The art teacher said it was nice, except for the speech bubbles. That hurt my feelings, and as an art teacher, she should’ve known better.
It’s so disappointing when teachers don’t recognize creativity!
Ouch, you would think middle school art class is place for most relaxed creativity, since its not art school and high school where people prep for it.
As an avid junk journaler, I love how you have embraced the “mess.” This is one of my favorite videos on your channel ❤
I've watched thousands of RUclips videos, and I can say unequivocally, this is my favorite- EVER! The great artists, the gorgeous pages, the fascinating tips! I'm sharing this with my students at my grief art journaling class! Wowzer!
Wow, that's a huge compliment, thank you! I hope your students enjoy it too!
I had a big multimedia scrapbooking phase and it was so hard to let go and what i thought was ugly or chaotic was actually beautiful. I have a smashbook which is full of fun things i created but my favorite page is one of all my movie tickets. The memories of them.
I have art in all my rooms as well. Painting, music, sewing, quilting, wood shop and, of course, mixed media. It’s a way of life! Thanks for the ideas!❤
What a wonderful video! I love how you pulled this amazing group of encouraging creators together and shared your experience right alongside them. I'm going to explore some of this myself! I hope you and your family are all on the mend. ❤
Wow! Your art journal and this video are brilliant works of art! Mixed media really does seem to come naturally for you. And omg you’re a perfect mix of your mum and dad. ❤
Dearest Sarah, thank you so so much for this most inspiring video! The J O Y of mixed media is undeniable.
I especially loved the tie to your color cube❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Wow. That was seriously the greatest video I’ve ever seen about mixed media.
Wonderful video in every aspect. Six years ago I discovered Jane Davenport, mixed media and art journaling and it has filled my life with colour and joy. I love colouring, drawing and painting, but I always turn to art journaling to fill up with good vibes. Thanks for this video!
I’ve discovered this only around 2020 or 2021, and it changed my artistic creation forever
One of your BEST videos EVER!!!!! I’m just starting my mixed media journey, so this was perfect timing. Jane Davenport is one of my favorite artists. She is soooo talented and all of her products and pieces speak to me. I love watching your art journey. I hope you and your family are on the mend and the rest of your year is smooth, healthy, and successful. Much love to you .
I got into mixed media during Covid and now it’s my main hobby! I love it so much, I have about 8 art journals on the go. One thing I would recommend is a “use it up” journal … so when you have extra paint/paste just slap it in that journal as a layer. Eventually some of those pages will have enough layers to add a focal point and be finished. And yes - trust the process!! Also it’s just paper and paint, if you really hate a page just paint over it and start again. I also love brayer rub off backgrounds from gelli plate
This is so so inspirational, for a perfectionist too timid to commit to a creative outlet. So pumped to try any number of these techniques. Loved your conversations with these passionate artists - thank you!
Amazing video! The interviews with the mixed media artists were wonderful, Jane Davenport's vibe is so sweet and refreshing.Thank you for sharing your journey with this process and your time with these fantastic fellow creators!
Love it!!! When my kids were in early elementary school, I taught them how to make paper using newspaper, white glue, water. Then we would use old pantihose wrapped over wire coat hangers to fish in all that goo to make sheets. Then we would make books out of these pages sowe could decorate them any which way we liked. No rules! They would spend a whole Saturday doing pages. Long story short my youngest did graphic design, fashion design , interior design in Uni. Going back at age 30 to uni to do marketing. She fell in love with art! My grandson just left home to study fashion at Drexel University, because he's another art bug! I forwarded this video for reminiscing.
You go girl, let your art run wild and as crazy as you like! Its all great!
Mixed media art journaling saved me - my creative expression, my perfectionism, my capacity for joy, emotional release........
'embrace the mistakes', 'embrace the ugly', 'letting go', have fun with the mess, are all essential. xx
WOW! WOW! Mixed media is so wonderful! And messy! 😂 Can't wait to see more of what you've been up to! TFS ❤
I just Love your face when you are holding the tea bags! You are amazing and brilliant and I am like you a perfectionist at heart but so very interested in doing mixed media.
The art you created was amazing! My absolute favorite was the kitty journal page. You have a great talent! TFS!
Hi Sarah - very good video, exciting, and inspiring, I picked up a big A3 block and threw paint on it... I'm not afraid of art.... I'm a practicing artist as a profession (theatre design, writing, costume design) but painting has alluded me until the past two years and now it's all here, it's a total mess.... and I hope you do more of these videos.... making things and showing us.... THX SO MUCH
Mix media must do is an appron and a vest (just cut an opening on an old long-sleeve T-S). There's something in the act of ''putting your art clothes on" to get you in the right space. It makes you unafraid of the mess because you are set up for it...
Jane Dav is my favourite!!! Her products are amazing!!!
Kass Louise…I will definately be looking you up!!!
I’m so drawn to this, but with fatigue issues I can't handle the mess. Even if it is the whole point to be messy, you still have to clean up at one point… 😅 Would love to see less messy approaches, I have a feeling you can incorporate many aspects without using a ton of supplies and techniques. 😊 Loved this video!❤
I think you can definitely be strategic and not go all-messy-crazy like I did. A lot of the people I spoke to said they have different areas with specific supplies, and so they’ll just spend a day with pencils, or another day with paints. Not many of them complete a page in one sitting, they just work on 20 pages at once.
I am autistic and can't handle a mess neither. So I do a little planning before I start and arrange everything I want to use in a small cardboard box. I stick to these materials in the box, so I don't get overwhelmed. Over time, you'll find out what combinations you like. And if you want to try something you, just sneak another color or anonther material in :) Afterwards, it's very easy to clean again. Or you can put everything in the box to come back to it later.
You can get as neat as is humanly possible while still using variety of techniques. What I like to do is find one picture/scrap that I like the look of slap it on a page of an old book or sketchbook and if I wanna do more I add things one by one (sometimes after weeks of forgetting about that specific page) there is mess on my table but it doesn't come from this. There is glue, book and max two other art supplies on my table and that's it.
This was such a cool video! I’m so envious you were able to meet and interview a couple of my super favorite art heroes. I’m sure that was so cool. Thanks for sharing everything!
I felt the exact same way when “mixed media found me!” I truly believe it has awakened things in me I had needed my whole life! I love this video so much, thank you for sharing it! I hope it will reach and awaken many others! ❤❤❤
Not only is this the greatest vid I've seen for mixed media, but it has so much wonderful inspiration. I am a mixed media creator and this just lit a spark in me watching. This was beautiful and wonderfully edited and explained....and YOUR mixed media creations look like you've been doing it for years!! Bravo and THANK YOU 🎉❤❤❤
Thank you, this is a huge compliment!
Loved your video!! I am so glad you are back creating video’s and sure hope your family is feeling much better💕💕. I am going to take some of your trials and put them into action. This just makes me remember that trusting the mess is what I need to do. Love love love Jane Davenport and all of her art supplies. However all of your guests were fabulous and had a lot of great ideas. Thank you so much for being back💕💕. Love love love your color cubes💕💕
James Luke Burke: “it’s not hoarding if it ends up in my journal” ❤
I love mixed because you just get a bit of every art style ❤
I love mixed Media and seeing Jane , Dina and some other artist coming together with all their techniques with you was amazing and exciting and inspirational ❤️ 💜 🙌 💖 ♥️
I have created mixed media for years after starting with altered books about 15 ys ago. I FELT every bit of your excitement and enthusiasm as you went through this process, because it still brings me the same joy to just play! ❤
This might be my favorite video in all of art RUclips; I greatly appreciate integrating interviews with other major artists in the space
Thank you!
This video wasn't what I expected, but that's a good thing because I might not have watched it otherwise. Seeing this art from a new perspective, I found your video truly WOW! I was captivated the entire time. This type of art is quite intimidating for me, as a non-artist and perfectionist who struggles with anxiety. I often spend an entire day staring at a blank page, unsure of what to create, or wanting to create something but afraid to mess it up before I even start. Throughout the video, I kept thinking that I wouldn't be able to do it. With ADHD, I like having a step-by-step guide. It's daunting, but I hope to find the courage to dive in one day! Thank you so much for this video.
I don't art journal as such, although I have given it a go a few times. I do enjoy mixed media when I am exploring an idea or composition. That there are no mistakes and it is all underpainting is comforting when playing around. I also enjoy coloured and painted paper collage. It is a difficult process compared to painting but it is fun.
Gelatin plate printing (hectography) has a long history. Goes back to Germany in the 1870s, where it was a descendant of the letterpress and developed as a way to make duplicates of printed matter, using aniline ink. It had an important role in WWI and WWII and as a duplicator process for businesses and schools into the mid-20th Century, where not only a gelatine pad was used, but a drum version was also developed. From the late 50s and through the 60s it was used to make underground newspapers and posters. It was even used to make temporary tattoos at one point. The art department when I was in elementary school in the 1970s still had a gelatin duplicator, but had to pour pads as they were no longer readily available. If you like gel printing, you will probably also like silicone printing as well. You can pour your own, using products like flex seal, or use a silicone pad that is used for protecting a table top when crafting or lining a drawer. I have heard people using silicone baking sheets, But I have never had much luck, they seem a little to thin.
Interesting!! Sounds like more to explore
One of my favorite quotes from Tim Holtz is " you get what you get, and you don't throw a fit".
I’ve been on my mixed media journey since 2021 and Sarah this has to be one of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips and I’ve seen ALOT and have an abundance of JD and DW products among so many other art supplies. One thing I noticed is you kept going back to the palette knife/spatula and modeling paste or whatever it was you were using through stencils with the palette knife- I feel confident in saying your future art will be filled with texture and dimension. I lost my dad and sister a few years ago and I can tell you are trying to get back to that “fulfilled” part of yourself that use to be there when your mama was still here. Just know you aren’t alone in that aspect and I’m cheering you on! You’ve got this!
I love the free spirited way you go about creating art. I need to work on my artistic spontaneity way, way more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and art with us. It is truly appreciated, beautiful soul. 💚☘
I'm a graffiti style artist and I do acrylic pouring, but I got into doing mixed media after I started selling random things online. I wanted to make my own mini thank you cards (and stickers) for my customers and mm is an awesome way to include something cool and handmade, that didn't necessarily take a lot of time. I use lots of random things to make stamps and stencils like bubble wrap(looks like leopard print!) straws and bottles(circles) textured packing paper and more! I've ended up having a lot of fun doing it. Definitely makes a mess but worth it lol
The fun (and the curse) with mixed is everything turns in to a tool or somthing you can use. I have a two room flat my livingroom is my shop with a couch in it. I have so many bits and peaces and bags and stuff. I resently used something I kept since 20 years 😁 I am not a horder, I am crafter! There is no ugly! Something you made can never be ugly. You may not like it or you see what is disturbing to you. Maybe it is just not finished jet. Just choose what you like and endhance it by the next project!
This was really fun to watch, made me smile seeing you excited and enjoying it all ❤
Great ideas! Nice to see them compiled like this! Thank ya! Love love love making mixed media journal stuff!
I love this sooo much! I love mixed media (Ive done a few amateur collage pieces lol) but I’m not going to lie, I am a perfectionist and while I am trying to let go with doing more abstract art, I am so intimidated by the styles of mixed media you did! I would totally do skillshare classes of all the different styles you’ve explored! Or purchase a book if you ever made one! You’ve inspired me to one day give it a go :) and you’ve inspired to follow these amazing artists today :)
I love your videos specially your Diamond Painting videos the big one you did. I’m actually working on it right now. I’m halfway done.😀
For a good while now, I have been making home made cards using nothing more than plain white cardstock dyed with tea or maybe coffee (depends on my supply), and then paint over that when its all dry to whatever color scheme I want. My family keeps all of them.
I love mixed media in my art but i hadnt thought of it as a specific type of thing ,
Oh, aren’t you LOVELY! So thankful to have found this video and now your channel!
Ive been struggling with my medium of choice lately (alcohol markers) and I love holding onto ephemera because my memory's not the best.... I think this video unlocked something in me. I might get crafty around old receipts and tickets and magazines :3c
i adore mixed media art, i feel like it really peaked in popular interest 5-10 years ago and has sort of dwindled since, so i'm thrilled to see you picking it up. I absolutely loved the piece where you cut the face out after setting it down and walking away. The girl with the hair and the writing on the acetate. It was beautiful!
Wow this by far has to be my favorite video that I watched of yours I'm so glad to see that you're finally feeling better and hope your family is as well
This was so fun to watch! I LOVE your videos where you learn to do new things, i was only watching one yesterday ☺ They always leave me feeling so inspired 🧡
I've been mixed media and mixed medium for years decades. I used to mix up stuff I graduate from high school over 20 years ago and I started somewhere in the 90s. I'm pretty sure it was like watching Carol DeVol back in the mid 90s like in middle school grade school so like30 years ago or more I use acrylics and oils in many of my paintings. I'll do watercolor and cut out watercolor. Chalk acrylic and collage them together and the some of these paintings I made or pictures. I'm so dumb when I was just starting out for like $80 now I'm gonna put them up and do similar things and get back into it and start selling.
When I was growing up I never would have said I was very creative. Then in my early 20s I started to get into mixed media and it just clicked. I loved that there were no rules so I never felt like I was doing something wrong. It was so freeing as someone that deals with anxiety
Love, love, love this video! I've been slowly venturing into mixed media as a person who's always been extremely creative but, like you, has also always been a BIG perfectionist. One thing I love about mixed media specifically is letting go of expectations. I go in without a strict image in my mind, just a feeling, or a colour, or a material that I want to do something with, and from there it really feels like it can never fail. Even if I end the day not quite happy with what I've done, there's an open feeling of "I'll circle back to it to finish if I feel like it" that I've never really felt before.
Something that I've always enjoyed about creative writing is that oftentimes the plot and characters lead me to where THEY want to go, and mixed media feels much the same.
You some of my fav on this video, but my most fav is Dina Wakley, I've following her along time. Thanks for this, it's giving me inspiration, I have soooooooo many supplies and not using them.
Yay! Sarah is back! Love your mixed media videos!
Oh my !!! thank you for validating my obsession . So fun but so messy. I moved & having to cut down my stashes. A whole drawer full to the trash, oh how that hurt. Other people just don’t understand. I’m making some sketch & journal books for exploration!!
Did i hear Dina say do not show your art to your partner?😅 cause i do all that all the time and he doesn't understand anything and probably thinks I'm out of my mind to think what i make is art
I would LOVE to start an art journal and I have more supplies that rivals Michael’s but I don’t know how to start! Then I see this video and decide I need more supplies!!!
This is one of the best art videos to calm down our stress through art 🎨!
This video was so inspiring. I've been playing with mixed media for years and have struggling with letting go. Now I can tell myself to "trust the mess" and work on letting go of control. Play and have fun. I will watch this video every time I need some reassurance that I can make art.
This is one of the most inspiring videos I have ever watched on RUclips. Thank you for opening a new creative door for me.
Mary x 💟
When I first began mixed media I became intoxicated by the artistic freedom. I truly felt like it freed my soul!
15:15 Magical transformation. Thank You for the reminder that Art is to be free in expression not more red tape. ❤
Sarah❤❤❤❤ omfg, this has to be the best art psychology video I've EVER seen. I have saved this for myself as I get high level anxiety. Embrace the mess? Heck yeah girl! Go Nikè, just Do it ooooh, lipstick in art book?😂 Much love.🇭🇲💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🤗📚✂️📏✉📚
I love this video! I’ve been waiting to learn more on mixed media and was gonna watch 100 videos myself , so this is such a handy guide and video to kinda pull it all together!
Thank you Ms. Sarah. I have made journals in the past, but I've been struggling with my health lately., so I am staying home more and wanted to make a Journal for playing in but was not sure how I did it in the past. This video has inspired me to make one and have fun. I have so many ideas thanks to you and the other wonderful Makers of Art.
What an amazing video. I love this stuff. So I think it's time to just start. Thanks for such a great video😊
Adore your color cubes 🌈 such an amazing tool.
This is probably my favourite video you've created, your good vibes and amazing talent on show. It was so nice to see you interacting with other creatives.
You made me tear up when you mentioned your mum, hit really close to home, my mum passed in 2019, and I miss her every day, but I'm also glad it didn't happen in 2020, being a Melbournian I can't imagine how awful it was for people losing their loved ones during that time. You're doing amazing, keep up the great work! 🥰
That’s a similar time to my Mum, and I was also thankful that it wasn’t during Covid. It was difficult enough, but it would have been so much harder during lockdowns. Sorry for your loss xo
My journey to get creative again started literally on my 30th birthday, I had taken a trip to one of the biggest cities in Sweden so I could spend the day in an amusement park and before it opened I went into Panduro, a small Swedish chain similar to Michaels/Joans/Hobby Lobby and saw an example journal of memory keeping and I fell in love, so I started with that, went into mixed media with art journaling and it's only the last few years I've gotten into colouring pencils in a way to be creative when I'm stuck in bed and watching shows, I have adhd so I needed something to do and I found your channel and have now bought 2 of your planners
So my mind is blown when you've spoken to Dina Wakley and Jane Davenport! If you had spoken to Tim Holtz and Dyan Reveley too my head would have exploded. But talking about talking to THE people who are masters in mixed media to encourage you and to tell you the main rule in mixed media: There are no rules!
Well there's one more rule, take breaks from your work, sometimes you can't see the forest because you're focusing on the trees.
I'm preparing to move and all my crafting stuff are in doom boxes, so I need to organise to see what I have and declutter things I don't need, so I don't need to buy more stuff yet watching this video reminds me of how much fun mixed media is. And also so messy which I don't have space for right now XD
Thanks for sharing your story!
This is the first time this artform has been explained to me. Your ones look beautiful. My favourite is the purple one with flowers and the blue one. I hope you and your family are getting better too
freedom is important especially in expression and creativity, I've learned to embrace my art and just make whatever comes to mind even if it's not a figure or a subject. Sometimes art has no meaning or even thought behind it, it can just be art for arts sake and that's what I love about it, it's just freeing. I love being an artist and seeing other artists' work
Love how you used your color cube cards as a base. I think this might be trick for me to get into mixed media.
It's so freeing. Excellent video. I love playing with the gelli plate. There are so many good gelli plate artists on RUclips I have to give a shout out to...Froyle, Robyn McClendon, Quirky Queens Journals to name just a couple. Jane Davenport is so inspiring.
I love how you interspersed examples in this! So many techniques and so much expertise in such a manageable amount of time ❤️
I enjoyed that video so much. I’ve been feeling very low at the moment and haven’t created for weeks… this gave me a spark.
THANK YOU! so inspiring. I love working like this, no rules, just start doing it! I LOVE mistakes, I make plenty, they always turn into the best backgrounds and focal points ❤🤪
Thank you for taking us all on your art journey. You are definitely inspiring many artists to try new things.
Loved this! Thank you. I tried this 5 plus years ago and somehow felt I was falling short. Watching and listening to you and your guest artists made me smile. Who knows, I might give it another try☺️
This is the video i needed. I’m a junkjournaler and tho I very much like my style I tried so many times to get to a more loose and whimsical style and every single time I end up with a neat Journal with straight edges and everything lined up and every stamp and sticker thought trough where to put. I will definitely change to mixedmedia to train to let go. This looks so much fun and I hope this works for me too! Thank you for this !!! ❤
I've been eyeing mixed media for a while now, but I wasn't sure about it, and didn't know where to begin. Your video helped me getting started with it, and now I'm in love with mixed media! Thank you so much! ❤
Wow!! That's a big exploration!! I've been playing like this for 10 years or more and it's been wonderful for my soul. The key thing I learned was the need for Drying Time!!!!!! Layers need to dry in between....that way colours don't turn to baby poo brown and pens don't get ruined!!!! Thank you for giving me some new to me people to look for!!!
Thank you so much for compiling this video, Sarah. I have an untouched journal just waiting for inspiration and I think I've found it!! What spoke to me the most was using a color palette as "grounding" for each page. I've been looking for a cohesive element and this just might be the one for me!! I also love, love, love the use of acetate to add informational elements on top of some of your pages, especially the face page. I also like the concept of using a coloring page as a base. Great idea-starters in this video 🤓
I'm stoked you've made a video about my favourite art style. I've been following you for a while enjoying the ride through pencils.
My main inspiration is colour and I've found your colour companions a massive amount of help with this.
And now I find you've stepped into my world...whoo hoo!
I really hope this is the start of loads of similar videos 🥰
OMG! What a wonderful Video! I especially like the aspect of giving away control & just let it flow. I'll Go & do some mixed Media Art right now. Thanks you so much!!! 💜
Ohhhhhh!! yummy yummy!!!! SO INSPIRED to go create!!🥰🤩