Learn how to repurpose your discarded art to create ultra dimensional mosaics that look like actual tiles
46-minute intermediate video lesson
Includes video captions!
Course Curriculum
Your Instructor: Eni Oken
I'm Eni Oken, artist since the age of 8, art instructor and teacher for over 30 years, author of hundreds of articles, tutorials, video lessons and ebooks online and books in print on various different subjects such as fantasy design, jewelry making and in recent years, Zentangle method. My true passion is exploring methods and tools on how a person can create something remarkable in art, and teaching it to others so they can grow artistically.
CZT® since 2016
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In this lesson you will learn:
- How to select discarded art based on color
- How to create a Viewfinder to select tiny masterpieces
- How to group Inchies together to form a cohesive mosaic
- How to transform plain squares into 3-dimensional tiles through shading and coloring
- How to create beautiful antiqued backgrounds with ornate borders
- How to develop TWO different projects
- A special bonus at the end to trigger your creativity!
- And so many tips and tricks!
Supplies needed:
- A stack of discarded or unfinished art, preferably over card stock
- Hot-pressed watercolor paper tile 4x4 inches
- A small pair of scissors, my favorite is the Olfa Precision
- Watercolor paints and paintbrush, my favorites are the Windsor Newton in tubes
- Light, medium and dark Gray markers. My favorites are Copics N0, N2 and N4, or you can use W0, W2, W4.
- Graphite pencil for light shading
- Brown Inking pen, my favorite is the brown Sakura Micron 01
- Fineliners in different colors, my favorites are Marvy Le Pen fineliners
- Colored pencils in matching colors. My favorite are Polychromos
- White colored pencil, my favorite is the white Prismacolor
- Optional: white pastel pencil, my favorite is the white Pitt Pastel
- White gel pen. My favorite is Sakura White Gelly Roll 10.
Do you have unfinished art, pieces that never came to completion, and you can't bring yourself to finish or discard them? This lesson will show you how to repurpose discarded or unfinished art to create beautiful Inchie Mosaics.
I just watched the mosaic lesson and I love this concept. It's beautiful, I know my shaky hands can do this lesson, and I'm so looking forward to diving right in. Again, you totally amaze me! The lessons you plan are always outstanding. If we ask for help or CC you always respond to us quickly and with positive reinforcement, that is a very special quality. Thank you!
Lizzy Lori Dougal Wilson
Inchies are tiny pieces of art measuring only 1x1 square inchies, super fun to make!
Give your discarded art new revitalized meaning, with beautiful borders and 3D effects
