In-Person Workshops

Stamped Tea Towels Workshop

Join me in my home neighborhood of Jersey City, at one of my favorite local boutiques, for a workshop!

Foam stamps are a fun and easy way to block print on fabric. Join me as I demonstrate how to work with foam stamps and fabric paints. Working with color and pattern, students will learn how to create custom textiles. Each participant will create two unique tea towels to take home. Refreshments will be served.

Workshop at Nat’s: Transfer, Trace, Transform – Art Journaling

Join Nathalie Kalbach in her home in Jersey City, NJ for an extra special workshop!

Saturday, October 13th, 2018, 10am – 5:30pm, with a 45min lunch break

Pizza for lunch will be provided.

Location details will be sent upon ordering. Please note that I have 2 cats if allergies are a concern.

Transfer, Trace, Transform – Art Journaling

Get ready to transform your art journal!

Join me for a fun day of exploring different ways to trace and transfer images into your art journal pages. The imperfect look of transferred photos can serve either as a building block of your layering process or as a stand alone focal point of a page. Tracing techniques provide just as many creative choices, and we’ll learn loose tracing techniques based on different image sources to give you a variety of options for your art journaling. Not only are there many ways to actually transfer or trace images, there are also many ways to transform those images in your art journal into something personal and unique.

All of my stamps, stencils, and other n*Studio products will be available for purchase at the workshop, as well as a selection of other mixed media art goodies.

Supplies for students to bring:

  • Art Journal
  • Acrylic paint: 8 colors + black and white
  • Gel Medium
  • White Gesso
  • Rubber Brayer
  • At least 10-15 black and white images (high contrast) from a laser/Xerox printer (buildings, people, animals) on normal copy/printing paper
  • Paintbrushes: Wide flat, medium round, small round, fan brush
  • Container for Water
  • Paper Towel or Rag
  • Baby Wipes
  • Palette Paper or Paper Plate to use as a palette
  • Credit Card or Room Key
  • Scissors
  • Cosmetic Wedge Sponges
  • Masking tape or super sticky washi tape
  • Fashion Magazine
  • Mechanical Pencil
  • Permanent Black Pen
  • White Pen
  • Optional: Heat Gun with extension cord/power strip, Apron, Craft Knife & Self-Healing Mat, a small file folder filled with collage paper like book paper, tissue paper, envelopes, magazine snippets, a fairly new newspaper section with some nice images (travel/weather cards)

I will provide: 

My stamps with RubberMoon, my ArtFoamies foam stamps, and my StencilGirl stencils, acrylic ink, watercolor, aquarelle pencils, wax bars, markers, bamboo sketching pens and tons of other fun things

Splash of Color – Art Journaling Workshop

Join Nathalie for a 2 1/2 day Art Journaling Class with a big focus on technique and color.  This is a start-to-finish class where you will build a unique and colorful art journal from scratch and bind it all together in the end.  Starting with blank white paper, we will fill those pages using a variety of mixed media techniques including mono printing, image transfers, mixing stencils and stamps, collage and the creation of colorful backgrounds.  We will add vibrant splashes of color throughout using acrylic paints, markers, wax bars, watercolor and inks.  I will show you my favorite tips and tricks to finish up art journal pages and finally an easy way to bind your art journal together to complete the creation.  Embrace your personal style and let’s make a splash!

Friday, April 6th – Sunday, April 8th, 2018

Mixed Media Circus: Whimsical Collage 3day with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

A thrilling three-day art adventure awaits you! Join Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and Nathalie Kalbach for an intensive art-making weekend packed with tips, techniques, ideas, laughter, and excellent instruction. Over the three days we will create our own unique papers, build complex backgrounds, layer collage and paint and collage again, use stamps, use stencils, draw, splatter, scrape, and learn varied art concepts from color mixing to design principles. You will leave the workshop with TWELVE completed mixed media collages and an arsenal of art techniques and ideas that can be used in your art journal, on canvas, and while papercrafting. You do not want to miss out on this opportunity to expand your repertoire of techniques! Please join us for Mixed Media Circus: Whimsical Collage.

November 2nd-4th, 2018

To register, contact:

Sue Tucker, Art Workshops

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastArtWorkshops/

Email – info@artisttradingpost.com

Phone 07769 342 995

Ostsee Scrap 2018

8 Kurse + 4 Workshopleiter + leckeres Essen + 50 Meter zum Strand = OstseeScrap 2018!

Wer schon einmal beim OstseeScrap war, schmunzelt jetzt vielleicht und freut sich schon auf den September 2018. Wer es nicht kennt, den möchten wir herzlich einladen, dieses Wochenende mit vielen Kreativen zusammen zu genießen.

Im bunten und abwechslungsreichen Workshop-Programm tauchen wir in die Welt der Embellishments, Layouts und Mini Alben, erkunden die Ozeane der Stempel und Schablonen und stranden mit Farben und Klecksen auf Canvas. Mehr Infos zu allen Workshops und Workshopleitern auf der Webseite.

Uber Gelli Plate Printing

Join me for a day long class, diving into the basics and beyond of gelli plate printing. We’ll play with pattern making and we’ll discuss color theory and design. I will introduce you to the Mono Print Painting technique inspired by H.N. Werkman and we’ll learn different ways to create elaborate and layered mono printed paintings. Using self made tools, stamps and stencils, we’ll take your gelli plate printing to a whole new level. This is the ultimate in uber fun and easy printing techniques.

Sunday, July 29, 10am – 5pm

Art Rules – Art in Translation Art Journaling

Let’s explore several master artists and get inspired by their artwork and techniques to create wonderful and unique art journal pages. Whether it be the Impressionist’s amazing color combinations or some of the Surrealist’s fun collage techniques, there are many different Master Artists whose skills can serve as a starting point for your own artwork. Find out what you like and what works for you. Learn about opacity and layering, colors, troubleshooting, mixing materials, making your own tools, creating backgrounds and patterns. We will work with acrylic paints, inks, markers, wax bars and other paint media to create dimension and texture. We will make the most of stencils, stamps, mono printing plates and generic tools to make our own mark. Get ready to Rule Your Art Journal!

Monday, July 30, 10am-5pm

Artvergnugen – Art Journaling

It starts the moment you sit down, an experience that is distinctly art journaling. A quick exhilaration, a sense of control, the art media’s surprising responsiveness as if they were simply an extension of you. There is a word for this creative experience: Artvergnugen! Artvergnugen is what makes your journal a piece of art. Join me and play with different art media and supplies; discover fun layering techniques with stamps, stencils and acrylic paints. Let’s talk about colors, composition, love-it or list-it to truly reveal your own style, and learn techniques, tips and tricks to take your art journaling further and turn it into Artvergnugen.

Sunday, December 3rd: 10am – 5:30 pm

Sign up now by calling (503)881-6270 or by e-mail at Christy@Runawayart.com

Master Art Express – Art Journaling

Imagine you could take a trip through Europe and at each stop one of the many masters of European art would materialize and invite you to explore their art to implement into your art journal. Let’s take this imaginary trip together and explore different European artists at each station, taking their artwork as an inspiration for mixed media techniques and colors. We will discuss why some things work and why some things don’t work and will solve the little “problems” that sometimes occur while creating art. Work with acrylic paints, acrylic inks, different tools and materials and gain a deeper knowledge about the versatility and possibilities of your art materials. Let the travel itself be part of the journey and take the elements of art in to push your own art journaling style just a notch further.

Saturday, December 2nd: 2pm – 5:30 pm

Sign up now by calling (503)881-6270 or by e-mail at Christy@Runawayart.com