Willowing Arts: Year of Magic Taster Sessions (1-10)

These are the first third of the "taster sessions" from the 2026 mixed media lessons from the Willowing Arts online classes.  They're kind of like a sneak peek or preview of what's to come. I don't know if I'll get to all of them before the "real" lessons begin, but I've enjoyed learning from and working on these!

Drawing & painting a mermaid
[watercolor, colored pencils, paint pens]

Drawing whimsy
[watercolor, colored pencil]

Telling a story with images, torn paper, and marks on journal page
[gesso on journal layout, pencil, colored paper,
glue, paint applied with palette knife]

Finding a face on the textured page with only two colors
[collage scraps, gesso, paint
applied with brush, palette knife, & credit card edge]

Drawing & painting the ultimate magic & fairy tale creature.
[watercolor, colored pencils, paint pen]

Inventing a surreal landscape
[acrylic paint, collage papers, paint pens]

Creating cards with my "word-of-the-year" words from past years.
[cardstock, magazine pictures, photos, glue, collage paper]

Folding a tiny booklet
[paper scraps, stamps, glue, markers]

Putting different reference photos (butterfly, cup & saucer, granddaughter)
 together to create a new image
[watercolor, acrylic paint, marker, colored pencil]

Making "blooms" of watercolor to discover shapes
[watercolor, silver marker]