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Using a combination of different media gives you more ways to express yourself. This may be as simple as combining drawing and painting or using different objects in your work.combining oil pastel with paint or creating a background of different papers to work over with paint or ink. It can be interesting to explore collage techniques, or to use found objects in your work.

Techniques

• Draw an image with oil pastels before going over it with a watercolour or ink wash.
• Cover a sheet of paper with oil pastel or crayon before covering with a contrasting paint or ink then scratch off lines or shapes of paint to show the colour beneath.
• Create drawings using string that is glued into place or my stitching thread through thick paper or card.
• Draw or paint different areas of the same composition using different techniques.
• Make up an image by cutting out shapes from different coloured or textured papers and sticking them together.
• Create a background using different textures before drawing or painting over it.
• Don't just stick to 2D surfaces. You can create new effects and meanings by drawing, painting printing over 3D objects