As I’ve moved through my illustration journey, I’ve had to find a way to create a safe space, where I felt free to try new materials, make a mess, and make mistakes. And that started with Acrylic Gouache.

In this class, I’ll share this approach to mix media with you. It’s an approach based in curiosity, observation, and nurturing your creative spirit. We’ll embark on 7 different mixed media adventures, each focused on a different material and its properties. We’ll follow prompts to uncover all the secrets of each new medium and apply what we’ve learned to a small, quick project.

This is not a class about advanced techniques but about observing and responding to what we see. Together we’ll build our observational skills and our confidence to try new things so that we can approach each new painting with excitement. And so that we can take those exciting new supplies out of their drawers.