Online Class: Mixed Media Art

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16

Lessons
37

Exams &
Assignments
227

Students
have taken this course
17

Hours
average time
1.7

CEUs

Course Description

Welcome to the Mixed Media course. This is a specialized art course in which you will be using a multitude of art mediums and supplies, maybe get a little messy, create new art, but most of all, you will have fun! So bring your creativity and imagination to add to the mix and let's get started.

What Exactly is Mixed Media?

The definition of mixed media tells us that this a form of art where you combine two or more art mediums or some kind of materials together which results in a new piece of art. Perhaps you have been doing some mixed media and not even realized it. For example, let's say you paint a watercolor composition, let it dry and then you outline all the objects in the painting with a pen. That is considered mixed media. You used watercolors and a pen. Two mediums! While that is a very simple form of mixed media, it still meets the criteria for creating a new piece of art. Mixed Media can get much more complex and complicated and can use all kinds of items to create layers, texture and increase the size of the original piece of art work.

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Printable Lessons
Full HD Video
6 Months to Complete
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Accredited CEUs

Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Introduction to Mixed Media Art

What is Mixed Media Art? How is it different from Multimedia? 16 Total Points

Lesson 1 Video
Lesson discussions: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Assignment 1A
Complete: Assignment 1B
Assessment: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2: Understanding Your Supplies

In lesson one we created a list of supplies that you will need to complete the assignments. 30 Total Points

Lesson 2 Video
Complete: Assignment 2
Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: Mixed Media and Acrylics

In this lesson we will be focusing on acrylics to create our next mixed media project. 35 Total Points

Lesson 3 Video
Complete: Assignment 3A
Complete: Assignment 3B
Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: Watercolors

Watercolors are important because it forces us to become almost like scientists. We need to observe the world around us and put those observations down on paper in the form of art. 25 Total Points

Lesson 4 Video
Complete: Assignment 4A
Complete: Assignment 4B

Lesson 5: Oil Pastels

We are moving on into the world of pastels. For many of you, this may be the first time you have ever worked with pastels. 40 Total Points

Lesson 5 Video
Complete: Assignment 5A
Complete: Assignment 5B
Assessment: Lessons 4 & 5 Exam

Lesson 6: Markers

The rich, bold color of a marker seems more exciting than a soft, waxy crayon. But there are limitations to markers that crayons and colored pencils do not have. 20 Total Points

Lesson 6 Video
Complete: Assignment 6
Assessment: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7: Crayons

he idea of a crayon goes all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians who used a method of fixing color to a surface. 40 Total Points

Lesson 7 Video
Complete: Assignment 7A
Complete: Assignment 7B

Lesson 8: Using Substrates and Gouache

In all the previous lessons you may have heard mention of using a substrate. A substrate is the support piece or material that goes under your art work for support or it could be the material (like paper or canvas) that you are actually doing your art project on. 60 Total Points

Lesson 8 Video
Complete: Assignment 8A
Complete: Assignment 8B
Assessment: Lessons 7 & 8 Exam

Lesson 9: Art Journals

The practice of journaling has been around for a long time. People have been writing down their feelings and documenting their lives for hundreds of years. 40 Total Points

Lesson 9 Video
Complete: Assignment 9A
Complete: Assignment 9B

Lesson 10: Colored Pencils

Colored pencils often fall into that same category as crayons and things that elementary school children love to use but don't hold much artistic merit. 32 Total Points

Lesson 10 Video
Complete: Assignment 10A
Assessment: Lessons 9 & 10 Exam

Lesson 11: Altered Books

An altered book is just how it sounds. A book that is altered from its original form. 26 Total Points

Lesson 11 Video
Complete: Assignment 11
Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12: Collages

If you like to rip paper and get your hands messy with glue, then you are going to love creating a collage. 47 Total Points

Lesson 12 Video
Complete: Assignment 12A
Complete: Assignment 12B
Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13: Inks, Stencils and Stamps

If you dig back in history, you will always find some reference to ink. Starting as far back as cave paintings during Paleolithic times up through today and the ink on your Kindle, ink has provided a way of communication. 27 Total Points

Lesson 13 Video
Complete: Assignment 13
Assessment: Lesson 13 Exam

Lesson 14: Colors

Sometimes a stumbling block for artists is choosing your colors to do your mixed media project. 29 Total Points

Lesson 14 Video
Complete: Assignment 14
Assessment: Lesson 14 Exam

Lesson 15: Finishes and Projects

Because mixed media involves several mediums or materials together on one substrate, the rules change somewhat on what kind of finish you could put on your project. 20 Total Points

Lesson 15 Video
Complete: Assignment 15

Lesson 16: Resources and More Ideas

This lesson is just full of many projects you can try or look at to get inspired. Part of getting motivated to do your own mixed media is by looking at other people's art. 135 Total Points

Lesson discussions: End of Course Poll; Course Comments
Complete Assignment: The Final Project
Complete Assignment: What did you think?
Assessment: The Final Exam

622

Total Course Points

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