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Have you ever been in a museum or art gallery, looking at an oil painting just to discover that in the technical description the work is classified as Mixed Media? An artwork that visually looks just like the oil painting next to it, can actually be made from Mixed Media. So, what exactly does this often mentioned term mean?

According to Tate’s art dictionary, “Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials”, which means several types of paint, varnishes and materials where used in the creation of the work of art. An artwork …