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Are you ready to take your artistic journey to the next level?

  • Join our vibrant art community to improve your artwork by getting professional advice and feedback
  • Join 20+ online courses and tutorials to learn new compositional skills that you can translate into your work to develop your style and take your artwork to a whole new level.
  • Connect with fellow artists, share your process, and unlock endless possibilities for your creations.

The Art & Inspiration Community platform provides a space for active, threaded discussions about information, insights and ideas. It’s like a creative buffet filled with different courses, tutorials, tips, tricks and inspiration to choose from whenever you have time to create and a place to meet like minded people.

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CREATE UNIQUE COLLAGE PAPERS

As an artist looking to expand your creative horizons, imagine having the tools to break free from limitations and create custom materials tailored to your ideas.

Creating your own collage materials offers the benefits of customization for your artistic vision, the uniqueness of your artwork, the opportunity to experiment with different materials and techniques, artistic growth, versatility for different art forms, a personal connection to your work, and the potential for newfound inspiration and creative directions.

This course empowers you to experiment with different techniques, materials, colors, patterns and textures to develop your own style.
Unleash your imagination and dive into the world of custom collage materials that will help you bring your vision to life.

SELF-PACED, INSTANT ACCESS CLASS

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UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVITY

I think we all know such times when we want to start something new and don’t know where to start. Sometimes we come to a point where we need inspiration that will hopefully lead us to new ideas. But often it’s a huge challenge to find a new direction.

In this course I will show you my starting points and I will guide you step by step through different techniques from working with mark making tools like pencils, pigment sticks, graphite through to acrylic ink, paper collage and paint. We’ll explore materials and techniques and enjoy the process of making.

And we will use all these explorations to create a beautiful concertina book. You can use this as a source of inspiration for your future work.

“Unlock Your Creativity” is all about exploring and playing with your art materials to get inspired, spark ideas and find your own new path ways to develop your praxis.

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EXPLORING COLLAGE

Boost your collage making by learning new ways to use letters, monoprints and all kinds of collage material to express yourself. This course suits to all level of experience. 

No prior collage experience is necessary , the step-by-step instructions lead you through the entire abstract collage process. For experienced artists in abstract art , this online course will deepen your skills of abstract collage art.

Expand your creative skills in making unique collage material and working with letters in a new abstract way. In this course you’ll learn to create successful compositions without creating visual overload.

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Mixed Media Festival

Mixed Media Festival 2025 is over
and we look forward to our next event in January 2026!

Unlike traditional online courses with a single instructor, the MMF offers a mosaic of perspectives and techniques. With ten contributing artists, you’ll:

  • Experience a broader variety of styles and approaches.
  • Discover unexpected techniques that you may never have tried before.
  • Find a supportive community where you can share your work, exchange ideas, and grow together.

This isn’t just a course—it’s a celebration of creativity and connection, offering you more opportunities to find your own voice within the mixed media world.

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LOVE NOTES

what students are saying

I would also like to join in with an enormous thank-you Lydia Rink for the brilliant workshops, support and hard work. It's been amazing to be part of this international community. Such a talent to put this together and delivered so expertly. Many many thanks 💖
Lesley
I just don’t know how to express my gratitude Lydia. This has been a simply terrific course. I remember hearing you say that it had taken you lots of time to put together, and honestly I am not surprised!!! I have spent time, not too much but enough to think I had wasted my time, looking at tutorials on the web, that never really made any sense to me!!! So I thought that I would never take an online course, for that reason. But as the saying goes: never say “NEVER”!!! Your videos and explanations have been so clear and watching you working very inspiring. This was all really worth it and I just wanted to thank you ever so much!
Nelly
Hello Lydia, I would like to echo Nelly’s message. I think you are a brilliant artist and teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I have loved every second of your course and think I will go back to the beginning and do it all again. I feel really inspired and will now experiment with ways to combine your collage techniques with illustration. Warmest wishes
Clare
really enjoyed Lydia’s class, “Exploring Collage.” Lydia takes you behind-the-scenes in to her studio and shares her own tips and tricks that you can take on your own collage journey. As a graphic designer, I especially loved the module on how she uses letters in her collage work. Beginner or advanced, everyone will learn something new from Lydia’s class!
Drew
I learned a lot about composition, the way you use colour, letters (I love it), but most of all just do it and experiment. I can recommend it to everyone interesting in collage. You are a gifted artist and teacher! Thank you again for letting me see the 'exploring collage' course.
Liesbeth
I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU. You have put so much energy, work, heart and soul into this course: your generosity cannot be paid for with money. You have given so much and made a lot available, and you give us the opportunity to both, use everything for a year and to keep in touch ... Thank you! I am very happy that I booked this course and there is nothing, simply nothing to criticize or fault at all. I didn't miss anything, I got a lot more than I expected. Even technically everything went perfectly. Thank you, great service!
Martina
I only can echo everybody: it was an absolutely fantastic workshop (and still is, because I am not done yet :D), the care and thought you have put into it are amazing. I have loved your videos for some time now, for the inspirational content, of course, but also because they are made so professionally and without any ego play in them. And this workshop is like that, too – it reflects your work and your ideas and your generosity in handing your knowledge on. Thank you for that! This workshop has given me so much, not just in collage-making, but in re-starting my creativity and and gifting me with a new freedom of expression. After decades of working to deadlines and clients’ tastes and ideas, it is a huge joy to rediscover the fun. (Okay, there were deadlines 😀 but they were fun, too; I will go back to five-minute-collages whenever I feel blocked). Thank you so much!
Maike
Mi unisco ai ringraziamenti espressi così bene come io non aver saputo dire Sono un po indietro con gli esercizi ma il metodo mi piace molto e spero di riuscire a mettere tutto in pratica Sono un po impacciata con uso di materiale on line ma finalmente sono riuscita a scaricare il pdf che mi aiuterà ad essere più metodica Grazie Lydia Rink per l ottimo lavoro che hai fatto e per i preziosi consigli 
Susanne
How do I re-ignite my creative process? This question has been on repeat during the past six months. "Exploring Collage" has led me back to my collage making. Lydia's online course has helped me rediscover the joy and value of experimenting. To explore readily available materials through a variety of projects was liberating and fun. Thank you Lydia! My creative process is feeling refreshed and alive.
Nadine
Wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this workshop - it was excellent! I learned so, so much. You were very generous in sharing your thoughts and techniques - I really appreciate it. I have painted for many years in various mediums including acrylic and collage but have been working in oil and cold wax for the last 2 years and have not been doing much collage. I have missed it - I love collage! When I saw some of your work and videos I just loved what you were doing and decided to get back into collage. Your work is way different than my collage work was and you really got my creative juices flowing! I have taken many workshops throughout the years and I have always learned at least something from all of them but I have to say that your workshop was truly amazing - you taught me so much new stuff. The course was well organized and instruction was very clear. Just can't say enough!
Virginia
Liebe Lydia, Ich wollte mich einfach Mal bedanken. Ich habe viel gelernt beim Onlinekurs im Februar 2022. Es macht mir riesigen Spaß Collagen zu gestalten. Besonders die Collagen als Karten sind bei meinen Freunden heiß begehrt. Ich kann mich gar nicht von ihnen trennen. Aber schön zu wissen, dass anderen meine Arbeit auch gefällt. Mal schauen, wohin der Weg führt. Du bist mir auf jeder Fall eine "Rieseninspiratorin". 👍👏🤗 Liebe Grüße
Christa