Mixed Media Landscapes: Paint Over, Build Up, Explore

Create loose mixed media landscapes by working over old paintings, rejects, and existing surfaces instead of always starting from scratch.

This focused course includes seven step-by-step demonstrations covering urban, coastal, and harbor scenes while exploring layering, simplification, texture, shape, and expressive mark-making.

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What You’ll Explore

  • Painting over old or rejected work

  • Building new ideas on existing surfaces

  • Urban landscape studies

  • Coastal and harbor scenes

  • Simplifying shapes and values

  • Layering paint and mixed media

  • Using texture and previous marks as part of the final piece

  • Starting from both altered surfaces and a blank canvas

Inside the Course

  • 11 lessons

  • 1+ hour of instruction

  • 7 step-by-step landscape demonstrations

  • Urban, coastal, and harbor subjects

  • Mixed media layering and expressive techniques

Who It’s For

This course is ideal for artists who want to loosen up, reuse old work, and explore landscapes without the pressure of beginning with a perfect blank surface.