Article · A Painted Page
How I Create Mixed Media Portraits
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Five-step breakdown of painting a loose face on gessoed watercolor paper, then building it up with colored pencil and pastel detail before collaging paper elements around the finished face and sealing the whole piece with matte gel medium.
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