Mixed Media: A Beginners Approach to Abstract Painting

This guided mixed-media experience shows you how easy it is to get started creating abstract art. Harness your intuition and create artwork alongside the teacher.

Feel free to pause the videos to add more time to work on your painting. 

You will use watercolor, soft pastel, acrylic, and spray paint to create an expressive painting on paper. 

Materials Mentioned in Series 

Please watch the supplies video to determine what you want to buy. If you have water-based craft paint you can use that instead of acrylic. Try to use what you already have.

• Watercolor or mixed media paper, 9 x 12 inches or larger
• Watercolor, hake, and acrylic brushes 
• Dr. Ph Martin Watercolor
• Watercolor set (in tubes or cake)
• Acrylic Paint, fluid, or regular acrylic that comes in a tube
• Gloss or matte medium
• Gloves in a Bottle, protective hand lotion 
• Soft pastels NOT OIL, Sennelier (more expensive), or Faber-Castell (less expensive)
• Acrylic spray paint, water-based
• protective mask (and goggles if preferred)
• old rag or towel
• water for rinsing brushes
• white artist tape 
• makeup sponges or pastel blending sponges
• palette for watercolors, if you don't have one you can use a plate
• palette for acrylics
• Retarder slows drying time for acrylics
• UV archival spray
• All-purpose spray varnish
• Cellophane envelopes for storage
• Pastel ground, use over paint to create a drawing surface.

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• What To Expect
• Watercolor
• Pastel
• Acrylic
• Spray Paint
• Ending