Mixed Media Art By Trina

The #1 resource for Mixed Media Watercolor Landscapes.🎨✨

I help artists stop fearing the blank page and start creating expressive, textured abstract art. From "precious paper" hacks to experimental tools, this is your studio home for mixed media techniques that actually work.

New videos every Tuesday & Thursday at 1 PM. ✨Join the community and let’s get messy.


Mixed Media Art By Trina

This was fun!

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Mixed Media Art By Trina

What part of the mixed media process do you find the most challenging (or want to see more of)?

3 days ago | [YT] | 13

Mixed Media Art By Trina

For the longest time, I felt restricted by the "rules" of soft pastels, the expensive sanded papers, the toxic spray fixatives, the pressure to make everything perfectly blended. It just didn't fit the way I actually love to work in the studio.

So, I decided to break a few rules. In today's new video, we are skipping the pastel paper entirely. Instead, I'm taking a budget-friendly soft pastel set and drawing directly into wet ink and watercolor layers on hot press paper, using a couple of unexpected studio hacks to lock the texture in place.

If you are ready to let go of the rigid rules and try a fast, messy, and liberating mixed media workflow, the new video is live now.

6 days ago | [YT] | 7

Mixed Media Art By Trina

The lovely people at Lightwish sent me their 72 Soft Pastel Set. Excited to play with these colors! New video coming on Wednesday. 😍

1 week ago | [YT] | 22

Mixed Media Art By Trina

New video is up! No plan today. Just a real-time studio play session.

I’m layering clear gesso, soft pastels, metallic watercolor, and stamped Inktense to build up an abstract landscape with lots of atmospheric depth.

Grab your supplies and let's create!

1 week ago | [YT] | 11

Mixed Media Art By Trina

Here in Lawrence, Kansas we are hosting the Algerian National Football team as they prepare for the World Cup. Football fever is afoot! ❤️⚽

Who are you cheering for?

1 week ago | [YT] | 5

Mixed Media Art By Trina

How long have you been making art?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 12

Mixed Media Art By Trina

New video is up! I've been mixing graphite powder into my watercolor mixed media and using tape masks with stamps in a way I haven't tried before. It's a fun one! 😍

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

Mixed Media Art By Trina

What holds you back most in your art?

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 7

Mixed Media Art By Trina

New video is up! 🎨

What happens when you start Mixed Media Watercolor with Tape & Ink? I masked off white areas with tape, made expressive marks with my Cola Pen, then added watercolor in just 3 colors, Sepia, Manganese Blue Hue and Cadmium Yellow light. The result was pretty cool!
Go check it out and let me know what you think. 👇

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 4