Mixed media simply means using a variety of art supplies together in one art piece, namely pen and paint, pen and collage, ink and pencil, etc. Mixed media is a great way to add color to your sketchbook drawings, though depending on the thickness of your paper you will need to do this with some forethought. My sketchbook is really just for drawing, meaning the pages are relatively light weight and cannot handle markers or watercolors without bleeding through to the other side. (One can always fix this by gluing together pages or gluing a page on top of the bleed.) But not to worry, there are several ways around this and many products that you can use to add color to your sketchbook, even if the pages aren't watercolor paper. Believe me, I've been doing this now for months and the results are great. Best of all, once you start using mixed media your sketches can come alive with color and pattern and even a little texture! And as I've written previously, using paint or gluing on little scrap of paper is a great way to fix sketchbook mistakes and create something unexpected from those mistakes. Okay, lets explore the idea of using mixed media in a sketchbook!
To fix small leaks on the back side of the page,you can employ paper collage or paint, and that can be the start of something unexpected.
The page above here also started as a sketch that didn't quite turn out, so I used a white gel pen on kraft paper to cover up a botanical leaf drawing that I didn't love, and then added paint, and I just love the modern and calm feeling these pages have.
That is all for now, i hope this post has inspired you to go adventuring in your sketchbook!