Über*Media is my series of online workshops that is dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials. These classes are a reference guide for you, showing all kinds of possibilities and techniques using certain paint products etc. with different surfaces and media.
You can work in your own pace, whenever you want….and you have access to a huge amount of fun techniques, tips and tricks, tutorials, projects and art journals for years to come as long as they are online (meaning as long as I am alive and the n*Studio exists)
My new Class starts today:
Acrylic Paint Online Workshop:
Also available for sign ups are those classes – the whole content is already published.
Love those n*Studio days every couple of weeks. I set up our livingroom-dining room and kitchen area for workshops and there is a group of about 35 girls…and 1 guy that are signed up through my Hamburg Newsletter (German!) – I can seat about 12.
As we are right next to my studio, there is usually everything right there and I love that we have become a quite close group. We share stories, thoughts and I let them try things out. Often times they are the first ones to try the brand new workshops…sometimes they are the very last ones, like yesterday…with the Timeless Colors Workshop, a Canvas Workshop.
I think I will retire this workshop now…It has been a fun workshop with lot’s of acrylic paint. It always feels weird to retire a workshop…it’s like saying good-bye to a friend that accompanied you for a while- LOL
I always loved the totally different color choices and outcomes of all the canvases my students created- here is Liz’ working on her canvas during the workshops yesterday:
Sudabeh and Kerstin painting along
We had lot’s of yummie food for lunch – the girls always bring the best food for the n*Studio day….yuuummm!!!! It is a very cozy and relaxed atmosphere I want them to feel like home…and our cat thinks their bags are there to inspect and seems to think they are quite ok
My dream is for one day maybe have a studio which can seat more people – I can see a little kitchen included – lots of windows and tables and chairs and for some reason a brick wall….some rusty industry poles in the middle of the wall and a graffiti wall of course. I don’t want to own a store….I just would love to have such a space one day where you can do creative retreats and workshops. Oh well….LOL – I guess that is not up in the air unless I will win in the lottery (which I never play- HA)
The second workshop was a Prima Workshop “Daily Observations”. It was a lot of spray paints involved and they all have become quite experts in using them – and one new student caught up in no time…actually she was finished first with her minialbum !
And it was awesome to see Jan again – always fun to have him – he has to suffer quite a bit at those workshops with just us girls- LOL. But he is good in keeping us in check – tehehe!
The girls…and guy….get always shown other possible workshops- they pick upon seeing the original – no sneaks…and then vote which workshops to take next. Then we also vote on a next date….quite democratic- LOL- and then I create the new newsletter for Hamburg with all class information and everyone can sign up. It is a first comes first serve basis. This time they voted on “Portrait of a Lady” and “Chalk on The Wild Side” being the next workshops – and the date is August 18, 2012 Looking forward seeing my peeps – well, better make sure to get the newsletter done now ….
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don’t forge the new Über*Media Online Workshop is here - and starts tomorrow
Lately I have been playing a lot in my art journal- it is the place to try new things, to don’t care, to have happy and funny accidents- careless, fun, emotional…..
I love this- it makes me happy to play with old and new stuff- trying color combinations – new techniques….my studio is my happy place- no doubt about it!
I might have a little yellow orange crush right now
I do insane stuff- hahahha- like layering up 10 or so different paint media- so much fun. Just because I can….just because I want…just because I know how they react but I want to know more about the interaction of those media….Just because….
The above image contains: Derwent Artbars, Derwent Inktense Blocks, clear Gesso, Dylusions, Maya Mists, Liquitex Spraypains, Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, Eco Green Crafts Artist Medium, Liquitex Inks and Perfect Pearl Mists….can you say INSANE- LOL
Having some amazing vibrant paint media helps…you gotta admit, that these here trigger creativity right from looking at them
These Liquitex Spraypaints will be available in Germany in Fall- they are AWESOME!
well…and the Liquitex Inks….HEAVEN in liquid form…truly…making me HAPPY
Just 10 minutes a day….such a wonderful feeling….try it
What are you doing lately that you makes you happy but might be insane?
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My new Über*Media Online Workshop is here - Learn the whole Shebang about Acrylic Paints. Starts the coming monday!
YEAHHH- so excited – I will teach in Roma at TimbroScrapMania in Italy in September – 29-30th, 2012. I loooooooveeee Roma, I love Italy…well I’m half Italian…no wonder I get so excited just thinking of it!
Hai sempre desiderato imparare a disegnare un ritratto? Iscriviti a questo Workshop di Nathalie Kalbach.
In questo divertente workshop, su Canvas DIN A4, imparerai a disegnare un ritratto in un breve periodo di tempo. Si crea un ritratto con i vostri colori preferiti che potrai utilizzare come home decor oppure come un bel regalo per una persona speciale.
Inoltre imparerete diverse tecniche di Mixed Media con gesso, ad esempio: come creareuno sfondo, aggiungere texture, usare timbri, dipingere e alterare.
Impararai inoltre ad usare le pitture media, come fare degli strati e come combinare diversi elementi e a riflettere su come cambinare gli abbellimenti piú adatti per il tuopezzo d’arte unico. Utilizzeremo alcune carte ed alcuni abbellimenti Prima, per donare alla tua canvas un tocco da Lady. E la cosa piú bella é!?!?!?? Tutte queste tecniche possono essere utilizzate facilmente in futuro per i vostri progetti di Mixed Media e Scrapbooking.
Allora vieni e unisciti a Nathalie e Barbara in questo fantastico workshop, la durata é di 3,5 ore.
Iscriviti a questo meraviglio e divertente Workshop Layout di Nathalie Kalbach. La tecnica di questo Workshop Layout vi fará esplorare i fantastici colori media PanPastel.
Nella prima metà del workshop verranno creati diversi tag, nei vostri colori preferiti,utilizzando diverse tecniche e imparerete ad usare questo prodotto molto versatile: e quindi come creare sfondi, strati di colori, stencil, diverse tecniche di stamping e molto altro.
Nella seconda metà lavoreremo alla tua foto utilizzando i PanPastels e anche altriprodotti di Scrapbooking Prima Marketing e Pink Paislee.
Quindi applicheremo le Tags al tuo layout
Dopo questo workshop sarai in grado di aggiungere un’altro incredibile media al vostrofuturo di Scrapbooking Mixed Media.
Vieni e “tag along” in questo workshop di 3,5.
* I abbellimenti ecc potrebbe cambiare per il workshop reale
In questo fantastico Prima Mini Album Workshop con Nathalie Kalbach imparerete a creare un unico, meraviglioso Mixed Media Scrapbook Album.
Si intrecciano entranbe le tecniche d’arte in combinazione con l’utilizzo di prodotti PrimaMarketing molto versatili. Si utilizzernno Prima Fluid Chalks e PanPastels a secco.Imparerete in modo ludico le differenze di tali media, così come una varietà di tecniche che possono essere facilmente applicate ai vostri progetti futuri. Stamping, painting e la creazione di sfondi non sarà piú un mistero per voi dopo questo workshop. Si lavoreràcon una miscela di materiali quali uan canvas, legno, carta e materiale di imballaggio.Vieni e unisciti a Nathalie e Barbara per trascorrere 3 ore di divertimentocon Chalk on the Wilde Side
C’è qualcosa di speciale in questo ruvido, impeccabile, ma fantastico tessuto denim.Questo lo rende un materiale stupefacente per questo mini-album ”The Me Raw”. Proprio come il denim c’é qualcosa di ruvido, non impeccabile ma comunque molto bello - è il momento di riconoscere che é un libro speciale. In questo Tattered Angels-Pink Paisleeworkshop si imparerà a creare una copertina splendida, con decorazioni fatte a mano e un sacco di tecniche per renderlo davvero unico. Si impareranno le diverse tecniche di Spraypaint per lavorare sui vostri Mistables Pink Paislee. Queste tecniche potranno essere facilmente utilizzate in progetti futuri a casa. Vieni e unisciti a Nathalie Kalbach e Barbara per e creare un significativo album The Raw Me.
Per qualsiasi informazione scriveteci a info@timbroscrapmania.com
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I corsi si terranno a Roma in una sala vicino al magazzino ed esattametne in via Crivellucci n. 3
Facilemtne raggiungibile con la metropolitana linea A fermata Colli Albani.
Per iscriversi ai corsi per favore scrivere un’email a
info@timbroscrapmania.com
oggetto dell’email “Workshop Nathalie Kalbach”
alla conferma per email deve susseguire un’anticpo per i corsi prescelti del 50% del valore totale.Si prega di comunicare per email l’avvenuto pagamento indicando modalitá di pagamento (ricarica postepay o bonifico bancario), per la ricarica postepay é richiesta una specifica: indicante data, ora e importo della ricarica effettuata ed eventualemnte il nome dell’ufficio postale. Per il saldo si prega di saldare entro il 10 settembre 2012. Per chi si prenota giá da ora a tutti e 4 i Workshops avrá un piccolo sconticino, invece che 240,00 euro 220,00.
Grazie per la collaborazione
Barbara Adnreuzzi
Per qualsiasi informazione scriveteci a info@timbroscrapmania.com
Whatever that means to you or however it inspires you. The prompt is simply meant to get you started. The level of challenge you aim for is entirely internal and up to you.
Truth..yes -when Julie proposed that theme I didn’t think it would be too difficult! Yeah…right. Little did I know. Just the word truth as a start…ok…
First step for me was to get an idea at all as an inspiration as to what to do….and I googled it…nothing too new for me…nothing to inspiring…I even asked Siri and that is what she told me:
mhhh great Siri, that doesn’t help – I mean I do a lot of open statements in my work….I try to stay true to myself…I show true feelings, thoughts etc…so now what?
I started googling songs containing truth …mmhh – clearly still first floor as I did this before I found this one by John Lennon
This resonated a bit with me- especially those lines:
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I’m sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
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I’m sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mama’s little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
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I’ve had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth
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Actually…this resonates a lot with me – absolutely the truth…I’m sick of such stuff..wether it be in politics, work life or with people that surround you sometimes. I also found that Dark blue is the color of truth and moderation.
OK – Challenge is up – the plan was to incoporate the song and only use dark blues…
going up from light blue to dark blue —-as if digging for the truth. And doing it all in one color…was actually my walk up to the second floor- I am really not so much a monochromatic person- LOL
or maybe, I took it to the second floor via journaling
I so can’t wait to see what you come up with ….
What I learned from this challenge:
The moment you think you are not challenged you lost…you are challenged
There is no elevator to an successful page you need to take the stairs and I didn’t – this is a last minute page because I was struggling with the theme.
I usually work in a way that I do the backgrounds darker and then layer them up to get lighter…I like the different way thought…Need to do this more often
Monochromatic is actually pretty cool – it makes you also aware of how many shades of blue are out there.
I used cheese cloth many times before but I actually really like it in the monochromatic layer on top of acrylic paint and then spraypainted – it gives a pretty cool dimension.
It doesn’t help when you start thinking of what your challenge partner…aka Julie might do with this theme…just stay in your own brain, it is hard enough to get that figured out
Siri is as useful as a cough Sorry Siri
If you’d like to show off your response to this Second Floor challenge, leave a link!
Bizzy B’s in Toronto would love to have me come before CHA Summer in July 13-15, 2012 , and in order to see if we can do it we need to know how the registrations might go over as the airfares at this time of the year from Germany to North America are a bit insane. So hop on over if you are interested in Workshops at this time in Toronto, Canada- here is some more information
Bizzy B’s already picked these three workshops.
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we are looking for the fourth workshop at this moment …Barb and Tony can’t decide which of the two canvases I showed them – either Timeless Colors or Free Your Creativity – not an easy decision- I know. LOL
After CHA in July – 24-30th, 2012 – Prima Marketing is organizing a little tour for me in the USA. I created a Prima Mixed Media Album full with awesome Prima goodies and heaps of techniques!
There are already a couple stores that are interested- but there is still some room – so if you ware interested as a store owner – here is the flyer for this tour.
You can click on the flyer to have it in a bigger and better readable size.
I would love to see you there – if you are coming or planning to come- let me know
What a fun 36 hour short trip that was. This Friday I went to Munich to Scrappies to teach 3 workshops Friday and Saturday. I left the house at 7 am in the morning to get to the airport and started teaching in the afternoon for two workshops.
I had so much fun with the students that were really enjoying getting their hands messy with all kinds of paint media. I loved again how different all the projects looked like in the end!
I had also an amazing “personal assistent” – little insider Birgit was always there for me to give a helping hand – such a Sweetie!
And Sandra and Gaby, the store owners are so sweet and have a wonderful store full of yummie goodies…even the Eco Green Crafts Acrylic Paints that a lot of Germans ask me where to get are available at the Scrappies
We were all treated with an amazing yummie Bavarian “Brotzeit” for dinner – yum yum
Yep – we Germans like lunch meat and the Bavarians make the best ….(sshhhh – don’t quote me on that one because we Hamburgers actually would never say so in public…hahahaha- there is a little teasing involved between the Northern Hamburgers and the Southern Bavarians )
I slept at the most awesome old remodeled bavarian farm house- I so wanted to take this stove home with me…but I think a) Sandra would have noticed…b) the airline would have noticed too
Saturday morning we had some more inky fingers The girls rocked it!
And even though a couple students had left already- we managed to take a quick little group photo
Thank you so much girls- you were wondeful and I loved spending time with you.
Ich hoffe wir sehen uns bald wieder- ah jo scho Schee wars …(wahrscheinlich ist das total falsch geschrieben– LOL)
Then we packed all together real quick and went to the airport - beautiful sunny day in Munich.
Where I spoiled myself…ahem…I really really really couldn’t leave the shop without it…it was yelling “Buy me, buy me”. I think they thought I was shop lifting as I went in and out the store four times, stoping each time at the bag and petting it, then going out again…just to turn around in a brisk motion the last time, grabbing it and almost ran to the cashier to get over the “negotiating time” – LOL
my new art journal travel bag with some goodies in there already
And 36 hours I was home again in RAINY Hamburg FUN bumpy landing …NOT
Thank you Scrappies and Students- you rocked!
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My new Über*Media Online Workshop is here - Learn the whole Shebang about Acrylic Paints
Can you imagine how stoked I was, that Heidi Swapp featured my Travel Art Album I made with her amazing new Memory Files for the ScrapArtZine Spring Issue? Between you and me…I actually almost fainted when she sent me the email asking for the pictures for her website… – and I almost fainted again when I read her sweet words about the album. I mean…Heidi..one of my idols when I started with this whole journey…
I love her products and ….shhh….I once bought an insane amount of her Heidi Swapp Chipboard Letters …ahem…and I mean INSANE – I have a whole drawer full in all colors and if you look at my projects you see them actually quite often
As Heidi mentions, our style is totally different and yet- I love her collection – it makes it so easy to work with, is timeless and amazingly adjustable to any style.
You can read how I made the album on Heidi’s Website- I just show you the pictures- you actually might spot some pictures of our awesome California Roadtrip in January if you saw my photos back then.
So fun – I love those Memory Files and definitely will work more with them
What kind of project/theme would you use them for?
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My new Über*Media Online Workshop is here - Learn the whole Shebang about Acrylic Paints
Acrylic Paint is my favorite Art Medium. Why? Oh boy…where to start…..LOL
There is just something about this paint medium that makes me happy – the endless possibilities on how you can use it in your Scrapbooking and your Mixed Media Projects, be it in backgrounds, embellishments, to alter your photos or for fun stamping accents or be it the way how you can achieve the most amazing color combinations or …oh wait…I almost forgot my favorite:
TEXTURE!
When I started my Über*Media Online Workshop Series I knew I would include Acrylic Paints in one of the Segments…only…I love that medium just soooo much – I have a gazillion things to share with you about it. And that is the reason why this is …and will be probably always …my biggest Online Workshop ever.
Have you ever experienced the “Blank-Page-Moment”? The moment where you have no clue where to start to get creative, yet you are itching to play and have fun? Well…the secret to conquer the Blank Page is knowing some playful and fun techniques with an easy medium ….like Acrylic Paint.
There are about 100 Techniques (actually more) , over 5 hours of video materials, 14 artjournal Step-By Steps, a Scrapbooking Layout and a Mixed Media Step-by Step Project and more in this workshop included.
I share with you everything I know about this medium…I share my thought process and most of all- you will have fun for sure We go from about 30 background techniques to more and more elaborate techniques, we will include fun other known and new media.
This Workshop is going to make you CREATE
Need some visual input? – check out this video:
I can’t wait to start the fun with you beginning April 30th, 2012. More information and the signup-page here Über*Media Acrylic Paint
well…at least with the Cocoa Daisy “Sprout” April Kit – because seriously- with that weather here right now…nothing sprouts….LOL.
Grocery Shopping
Maybe I am the only person that loves grocery shopping? LOL- sometimes when I talk to my friends they say how much they dread it- I so love grocery shopping. But maybe it is also a bit different when you live in a city and you can just walk and grab everyday a couple of things at stores and the market and cook it then for the dinner.
I added some faux stitching around the MME paper designed by Rhonna Farrer- so love this paper.
Memory Lane
This photo was taken in January on the Route 66 (no kidding huh…it is pretty clearly visible on the photo, Nat ). This is an old motel with an old gas station and the owner bought it in 2000 and all of the interior and stuff was still original from the 50s- soooo cool! Roy’s Cafe- if you are ever close to Amboy- check it out.
I stamped with the Cocoa Daisy Tab Stap on paper and cut it out and then applied some brads and mounted it on 3D Foam Stamps. I also used some Denim Glimmer Mist and Gesso stamped with a paper role and added some colors here and there with the Derwent Artbars. Love how they apply to photos!
Follow Your Heart
It was so beautiful in Death Valley and what a view….especially the guy in the foreground
I painted some of the honeycomb paper with Maya Mist and a brush – love the vibrancy of those colors.
Also sprayed the wooden Maya Road Bird with Maya Mist and then cut out the Manufacturer strip for the bird a I liked that banner so much. The Maya Road Bottle Cap was dunked into blue Utee and melted …yum yum yum – what an awesome texture and color…me thinks I need more of this colored Utee
Have you planted anything yet? I might at least get some flowers hoping for planting and sprouting time
that are signed up through my 
