Mixed Media on Wood

Wood comes in an incredible range of textures, colors, and sizes – often for very little money, which makes it a great product for mixed media projects. In Mixed Media on Wood, Stephenie Hamen will introduce you to the fundamentals of working with this highly-versatile material to create beautiful, durable art.

In this beginner-friendly class, Stephenie will show you the materials you need to start assembling projects. You’ll learn what works well together so you get beautiful results right from the start. She’ll show you how to:

• Create a collage base on wood
• Use basic doodling principles to develop your ideas
• Make basic hand-sculpted paper clay pieces

You'll learn how mixed media materials work together and what that means when your primary material is wood. You’ll also learn about integrating paper clay sculpting into your work.

Creating mixed media art doesn’t have to be daunting. In this class, you’ll develop a foundation that will have you creating impressive wood-infused art pieces with 

• Overview of Supplies
• Adding Decoupage & Gesso to Base
• Paper Clay: Molding the Arrow
• Using Gelatos
• Removing Color with Gelatos
• Adding Clear Gesso for Doodling
• Intro to Doodling
• Adding Doodling
• Adding Handwriting
• Painting the Arrow
• Finalizing the Arrow
• Adhering the Arrow to the Board