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Mixed Media Collage Tutorial
By Katie Blue
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2010
About this lesson
Nine-step tutorial gluing vintage papers to canvas with matte medium, then distressing and reworking the surface with gesso, paint and further paper layers, encouraging artists to keep adding until the composition feels resolved.
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