<p><strong>Combining different painting and drawing materials, rather than one medium.</strong></p>
<p>Some examples could be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Using heavy paper material for reworking into the painting</li>
<li>Oil pastels on acrylic, and watercolor paintings</li>
<li>Soft pastels used on watercolor paintings</li>
<li>Watercolor pencils and crayons</li>
<li>Charcoal working on top, in between, and into the paint</li>
<li>Pieces of cut up papers, and magazines added into paintings</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The beauty of mixed media is that it is left open to the creator, and you don't need to be excellent at fine art or drawing skills to make beautiful art</strong></p>
<p>Sources:<br />
<a href="https://www.liveabout.com/mixed-media-painting-4173710" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.liveabout.com/mixed-media-painting-4173710</a><br />
<a href="https://www.mixedmediaart.net/mixed-media-art/what-is-mixed-media-art" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mixedmediaart.net/mixed-media-art/what-is-mixed-media-art</a></p>

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Lyssagal
<p><strong>It is all fine - choose whatever you think is important to communicate to your audience</strong> - that is, what you think will get your concept across.</p>
<p><em>Mixed media</em> as a medium in the visual arts is not strictly defined.</p>
<p>With two mediums you can also opt to simply name those two (e.g. &quot;<em>watercolour and gouache</em>&quot;/&quot;<em>oils and ink</em>&quot;), so it's even clearer, but, again, it depends on what you want to communicate to your audience.</p>
<p>I personally wouldn't opt for mentioning the medium I signed in, because it's (usually) unrelated to the artwork as an individual piece (I rarely sign the front to begin with since I think it distracts from the work).</p>

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Joachim
<p>Consider an aquarelle painting mostly done with watercolour and little touches of gouache.</p>
<p>May it be considered as mixed media because it includes more than one medium, or does it still qualify as watercolour? The same question about an oil painting done with oils and signed for instance using a different medium.</p>
<p>Thus, what are the criteria for qualifying as mixed media ?</p>

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Definition of mixed media in painting
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# Definition of mixed media in painting

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-15)

Consider an aquarelle painting mostly done with watercolour and little touches of gouache.

May it be considered as mixed media because it includes more than one medium, or does it still qualify as watercolour? The same question about an oil painting done with oils and signed for instance using a different medium.

Thus, what are the criteria for qualifying as mixed media ?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-12-15. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

**It is all fine - choose whatever you think is important to communicate to your audience** - that is, what you think will get your concept across.

*Mixed media* as a medium in the visual arts is not strictly defined.

With two mediums you can also opt to simply name those two (e.g. "*watercolour and gouache*"/"*oils and ink*"), so it's even clearer, but, again, it depends on what you want to communicate to your audience.

I personally wouldn't opt for mentioning the medium I signed in, because it's (usually) unrelated to the artwork as an individual piece (I rarely sign the front to begin with since I think it distracts from the work).


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-16. Score: 3

**Combining different painting and drawing materials, rather than one medium.**

Some examples could be:

* Using heavy paper material for reworking into the painting
* Oil pastels on acrylic, and watercolor paintings
* Soft pastels used on watercolor paintings
* Watercolor pencils and crayons
* Charcoal working on top, in between, and into the paint
* Pieces of cut up papers, and magazines added into paintings

**The beauty of mixed media is that it is left open to the creator, and you don't need to be excellent at fine art or drawing skills to make beautiful art**

Sources:  
<https://www.liveabout.com/mixed-media-painting-4173710>  
<https://www.mixedmediaart.net/mixed-media-art/what-is-mixed-media-art>


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