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Layers of Meaning: Mixed Media and Personal Symbolism

By Elizabeth Ragona

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Length
5 lessons
Price
Free
Published
2026
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About this lesson

A five-part exercise series for building personal symbolism into mixed-media work: repeating a chosen symbolic form across a collaged composition, layering at least three materials so earlier marks stay visible, applying color by mood rather than realism, and reworking older pieces so new and old symbols coexist.