The Collage & Mixed Media Library
A place to explore, learn and create
with inspiring collage and mixed-media courses, creative projects,
guest artist lessons, monthly art prompts and downloadable workbooks.
Enjoy access to a growing collection of videos,
lessons and printable materials you can explore whenever you have time.
Choose what interests you most and follow your own creative rhythm.
You keep discovering new techniques but struggle to combine them in a way that feels truly your own.
You wish for guidance that helps you translate inspiration into your personal visual language.
You enjoy exploring new materials and ideas, but often feel unsure how to develop a piece further or decide when it’s finished. You’d love to understand more about balance, composition and what makes an artwork feel complete.
You love mixing papers, paints and textures but find it hard to make everything work together. You’d like to learn how to create harmony and contrast so your compositions feel balanced and alive.
Sounds like me at the beginning of my art journey:
I collected all kinds of art supplies, watched countless YouTube videos but didn't know where to start, stared at a blank page and was afraid of failing.
A lot of times I felt stuck because I didn't know what I needed to change in order to create successful compositions.
What did I change?
I realized that I had to keep creating and exploring in order to overcome the feeling of stuckness and the fear of failure. This was the starting point of my artistic journey.
Over the years I’ve learned how important playfulness and letting go are in collage and mixed media. And that progress doesn’t come from doing more, but from staying connected to your materials, your ideas and your own visual rhythm.
This belief is what shaped The Collage & Mixed Media Library – a space to explore, learn and create freely, with lessons and projects that support you every step of the way.
Ready to explore, play and create?
Join The Collage & Mixed Media Library today and start discovering inspiring courses, creative projects and downloadable workbooks designed to keep your creativity flowing.
I have loved the Art & Inspiration Community since I joined several weeks ago. There is such a rich variety of learning opportunities available in this community, based on Lydia Rink's excellent instructional videos, but also the collegiality of other members who lend support and assistance to one another's collage postings.
Frida
VALENTINA
Just a few lines to say that I think this is a wonderful idea! I admire your professionalism and your entrepreneur spirit!! I would love to be part of this club, although I never have time, I will do it and find the time! Watching your videos and path is a true inspiration!!
JUTTA
I'm excited too. Lydia has such great ideas on how to get creative. Her workshops are fantastic, great and explained in detail, with examples, her monthly inspiration in A&I are good tips to try out and her support in the community is extraordinary. Equally interesting are the contributions and discussions of the members.
what you get
Here's what you'll get when you join
Access a growing collection of collage and mixed-media courses, step-by-step lessons and creative projects you can follow in your own time.
Learn about layering, colour, shape and composition and discover how to develop artwork that feel complete and balanced.
Guest artist lessons and interviews add extra insight and variety, showing how different artists approach collage and mixed media.
New courses and projects are added regularly to keep your creativity flowing.
Each month brings new ideas to spark your creativity.
The Monthly Art Prompt + downloadable Art Snack invite you to explore a new artistic theme every month and try inspiring exercises you can keep and revisit anytime.
You can also join the Paper Pals Collage Club — your creative place to connect and exchange collage papers with people from all over the world
Take part in the ongoing Collaboration Challenge, where pairs of members work together on concertina books.
You’ll have everything in one place:
- video lessons,
- creative PDFs and
- a growing archive of tutorials and blog posts.
Connect with others inside the private forum: a calm, social-media-free space to exchange ideas and share your work with fellow members.
You can return to any lesson whenever you want, whenever you have time to create.
And if you ever have a question, I’m personally here to help and happy to guide you along the way.
jean
Lydia, you have created an outstanding community; very well thought out in your planning. So happy to be a member. Looking forward to participating and following my artistic journey here.
kim
Thank you, Lydia, for such an amazing space to grow and learn. I am so glad to be here and look forward to getting to know you and the community.
Meet your instructor
I’m Lydia Rink, visual artist and creative encourager.
I love creating abstract art and exploring the playful side of collage and mixed media.
Through Art & Inspiration, I wanted to offer a calm and inspiring environment.
A creative home where you can explore, experiment and grow in your own time.
My greatest hope is that you’ll enjoy the process of making art, rediscover your curiosity and develop confidence in your own visual language.
I’d love to welcome you to the Art & Inspiration Library. A place to explore, learn and create freely, surrounded by creativity that keeps growing.
Frequently asked questions
You get access to everything already inside the Art & Inspiration community platform straight away! Just jump in and start making.
We regularly update and add new material too - so your content library will continue growing.
There's two types of people in our membership, some are fast starters, get stuck in and implement really quickly. Others are slow brewers where they take things in bit by bit, and might take several months to get to the point they feel ready to take action.
Both are totally fine. Instead of this being a $1,000 course that would run away from you, this is a membership that you get to study at your own pace.
Yes! You'll find all materials, online courses, tutorials in one place with a community similar to a Facebook group but built on the Art & Inspiration website.
You can post your work, discuss, made new friends, follow them and you even can send private messages.
A global supportive community for you to learn and grow as an artist no matter where you are now.
This is for you if...
- you want to learn how to create collages and mixed media work you really love
- you want to discover art making
- you want to develop your own style and take your artwork to a whole new level by learning new techniques
- you want to learn more about how to create successful compositions
- you want regular, professional feedback to improve your artwork
- you want to let go, learn to play and step out of your comfort zone to create more art
- you are feeling stuck with your creativity and don't know how to rediscover the joy and value of experimenting
- you are looking for a group of like-minded people to share ideas in a safe space
Since you can cancel at any time, the best way to know is to simply join for a month and get as much as you can from the courses, tutorials, community, and art challenges available.
The Art & Inspiration website is like a creative buffet filled with different courses, tutorials, tips, tricks and inspiration to choose from whenever you have time to create.
Sometimes, members THINK they have to consume everything, but you can't eat everything on the smorgasbord.
And sometimes you are more hungry than other times!
The main difference is that our content won't spoil if not consumed!
If for whatever reason you're not 100% satisfied in any way we have a 60 day money back guarantee (no questions asked).
Obviously we'd love it if all of our members stuck around forever - but we know that that's never going to happen! So if you decide to cancel, we'll be very sad, but you can do so with a short message to us.
Once cancelled you’ll retain access to the site for any remaining time paid for, after which you’ll lose access to all of the content and community.
If there's anything at all that you're not certain about, anything we haven't made clear; any concerns or questions then please do contact us at email@lydiarink.de and we'll help you out.
"Fall in love with the process and the results will come."
{Eric Thomas}