Let’s talk mixed media.  I’m not really sure how to tell if you are good at it or not.  I’ve seen some mixed media that looks like a kindergartener made it and then I’ve seen some that looks like an artist made it.  Who or what determines if it is good or not?  Therein lies the reason my art journal is empty.  I just don’t know where to begin.  Is it pure artistic genius, or can anyone do it?  Is it learned or do you just instinctively know what media to apply next?  I’m really at a loss.  I had a viewer ask about me doing some mixed media and so far I have two tags that I’m working on.  To me one looks bad and the other one looks worse.  Are they redeemable or are they trash?  How do I know when to give up and decide I just have no clue?  Could it be a matter of adding more layers to make it look better?  I just don’t know.  It’s not like there’s a class where you learn how to do things like this.  The tutorials I have found are all so diverse and they all basically tell you to do what feels right.  Nothing really feels right to me.  Maybe I am better at creating something with a plan and mixed media seems more unplanned to me.  Yikes, I need someone to give me a clue.  Can I buy a vowel?  Phone a friend?  Take Potpourri for $200, Alex?
The only clear way for me to be able to do mixed media, is to basically copy someone else and I just can’t do it.  I need to get a clue.  It’s only a tag for heaven sake.

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