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Vintage fabric, color and collage inspiration mixed media journal page 7-13-25
Posted Jul 13, 2025
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Today we’re inspired by vintage fabric and playing with out color and collage paper challenge to create a mixed media journal page.

I love having the chance to challenge myself and play. Using the color palette book from Simon Linenhan and our collage paper to create something different and fun.

The color palette was fairly easy to mix, and using the vintage fabric example, brought to life this page.

I hope you find some inspiration from today’s video and I hope that you always know that you are loved!

Supplies used:

  1. Art journal
  2. Liquitex fluid matte medium
  3. Liquitex gesso black and white
  4. Liquitex white spray paint
  5. Lukas acrylic Alizarin crimson
  6. Golden SoFlat raw umber
  7. Acrylic paint – raw sienna, teal, olive green
  8. Soft pastel pencils
  9. Generals charcoal pencil ex. soft
  10. Soft pastel stick (Koh-i-noor pastel pencil set)
  11. Make up sponge to smoothe pastel
  12. M&R pencil sharpener

8x10Stencils used – These will be on sale this week

  1. Poppies 8×10
  2. Peony buds and blooms 8×10
  3. Old type text 8×10

This is the book that we’re using for inspiration.

 

This is the schedule of the color and collage challenge. With the color palette, the refrence of the page from the book and the inspiration word. You can download it in the Free Subscriber Library

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Posted Jul 13, 2025
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Hello there! I’m Shawn Petite

I’ve been teaching and creating for well over 30 years. About 15 years ago I found my art soul mate in mixed media, and it changed my life! I love the story that can be told by combining paint, texture, ink, paper and—really anything that you can imagine.

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