mixed media
Americannoun
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artistic media, as pen and ink, chalk, and graphite, used in combination.
an old master drawing in mixed media.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mixed media
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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You learn all of it — art drawing, oil painting, mixed media.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
Settling into the third row each day, the courtroom sketch artists bring their supplies - oil pastels, pencils, charcoal sticks, mixed media paper, plus seat cushions - to watch hours of testimony and courtroom arguments.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
On Tuesday, the library association announced that Ward’s novel was a fiction nominee, along with Amanda Peters’ “The Berry Pickers” and the mixed media “Denison Avenue,” by author Christina Wong and illustrator Daniel Innes.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Nearly everything in the house is Min’s creation, from the custom-built yarn cabinet in his embroidery room to the wry mixed media works sprinkled throughout the house.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
They were installed by the Jamaican-born mixed media artist Ebony G. Patterson for her show, “ … things come to thrive … in the shedding … in the molting.”
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
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