Workshops – Nathalie's Studio

New Über*Media Project Class: Discover Canvas

March 2, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach 7 Comments

Wooohooo -new class in the house. In difference to the usual Über*Media Classes that are all about techniques and certain media- this is a project class.

In this online video workshop I show you how to create a fun and whimsical mixed media canvas. You will learn some fun techniques using acrylic paints, book papers, gel medium, embossing powders and more, to turn a blank canvas into a wonderful unique and personal home decor item. On top you receive some fun tracing stencils and other items in the mail for you to use during the workshop. In 2 1/2 hours of video material, I show you all the steps, talk about my creative process, let you get into my head on why I use certain things and some basic design rules regarding mixed media. You will learn a lot about the media I use in this class which enables you to take this knowledge further and use it in future projects. And on top…you can learn in your own pace , at home ..even in your jammies.

This workshop is aimed for beginners to intermediate scrapbookers and mixed media Artists.

Watch the video for some more peaks of the workshop

Check out the details about the class, what you need, what you get and the sign-up info here.

As I this time I will send out custom-made tracing stencils with the that Crafter’s Workshop made for me especially for this workshop- the space where you can get these included is limited.

Hope to see you in class

Huge hugs

Nat

Filed Under: Mixed Media Workshop, Workshops Tagged With: Acrylic paint, canvas, Mixed Media, whimsical, workshop

Workshops in Sweden – Stockholm August 31-September 1, 2013

February 27, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach 6 Comments

Wohooo – so happy to come back to Sweden this year to teach at the Creative Moments Event organized by Scrap-Perra.

I will teach 3 workshops – here they are

Season Canvas:
In this Workshop with Nathalie Kalbach, you will create a stunning and unique canvas that will be a wonderful home décor item.Learn how to create dimension and texture with tissue paper, items of daily life, acrylic paint, lace, burlap, and gesso.

Learn how to reveal the interesting and eye catching texture with acrylic paints and acrylic inks and add some fun stamping techniques on top.

We will be adding lots of layers and dimension to make this a spring, summer, fall or winter canvas… just as you like. All the techniques can easily be applied to future projects.

Classtime is 4 hours.

Über-Media Acrylic Paint:
In this workshop you learn how to use Acrylic Paints in your Art Journal. This class shows all kinds of possibilities using Acrylic Paints with different media.We will start with the basics then make our way up to more advanced techniques. Everything will be taught in an art journal.

I will share with you my favorites, whether it be how to build up interesting backgrounds, resist techniques or incorporating other paint media for stunning layers. I will share with you why I’m doing things, how I got the idea, and what works and what doesn’t seem to work.

Join the uber-fun in this class!

Class is at least 4 hours.

Yawp:
Are you ready to dive into art journaling? Let’s sound a barbaric YAWP over the rooftops of the world and get ready for a lot of creative freedom. I will teach you how to create your own easy to create art journal using wonderful PanPastels.Learn mixing, blending, painting and drawing with those soft pastels. Learn how to get stunning results with different resist techniques and fun stamping tricks using embossing powders and other paint media.

You can easily apply all of the learned techniques to later projects whether it be art journals, mixed media and even scrapbooking projects.

Looking forward to yawp along with you in this 3 1/2 hour-long class.

I am so thrilled to teach with also my sweet friends Birgit Koopsen and Janna Werner and to meet Asa Danielsson.

it is going to be lot’s of fun!

If you want to know where else I am teaching this year- you can check my in-person Workshop schedule! Hope to meet you!!!

Have a gorgeous day

Nat

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Mixed Media, Pan Pastel, Papercrafts, prima marketing, Scrapbooking, Stockholm, Sweden, Workshops

Art Mesa Mixed Media Event – Madrid 2013 – June 29

February 16, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach

Wooohoooo!!! This is the 3rd Art Mesa that Cuchy and I have in Madrid on June 2013. You can find the Art Mesa Blog with all the Details here.

The last two years we had a wonderful time with our students- the hotel is beautiful and we had lot’s of privacy in hour huge workshop room with the private terrace, the weather was awesome, the workshops were fun – It was just the best!

Again we will teach each one workshop:

SEASON CANVAS

29.06.2012 – 10.00 hs. – 14.00 hs.

En este taller con Nathalie Kalbach, crearás un increíble y único lienzo que será un maravilloso objeto de decoración.

Aprende cómo crear dimension y textura con papel tissue, objetos de uso diario, pintura acrílica, encaje, arpillera y gesso

Aprende como sacar una textura interesante y llamativa con pintura acrílica y tintas acrílicas. Añade algunas técnicas de estampación sobre todo ello.

Iremos añadiendo muchas capas y dimensión para hacer un lienzo de primavera, verano, otoño o invierno… como quieras. Todas las técnicas pueden aplicarse fácilmente en futuros proyectos.

In this Workshop with Nathalie Kalbach, you will create a stunning and unique canvas that will be a wonderful home décor item.

Learn how to create dimension and texture with tissue paper, items of daily life, acrylic paint, lace, burlap, and gesso.

Learn how to reveal the interesting and eye catching texture with acrylic paints and acrylic inks and add some fun stamping techniques on top.

We will be adding lots of layers and dimension to make this a spring, summer, fall or winter canvas… just as you like. All the techniques can easily be applied to future projects.

TALLER M. CARMEN SÁNCHEZ “CUCHY”

QUERIDO DIARIO / DEAR DIARY

29.06.2012 – 16,00 hs. – 20,00 hs.

En este taller con Cuchy, crearemos un diario desde cero, con una base de encuadernación japonesa.

Un proyecto delicado al que “contar” nuestros pensamientos más secretos.

Personalizaremos nuestro diario creando distintas texturas con gesso, pasta y sellos. Añadiremos color con barras de tinta y profundidad con grafito, para acabar decorándolo con papel, foil y utee.

Una mezcla de técnicas y elementos que estimularán nuestra creatividad.

¡Te esperamos!

In this workshop with Cuchy, you will create a personal diary from scratch, using a japanese bookbinding technique.

A delicate project to which “tell” your secret thoughts

You will customize your diary creating textures with gesso, paste and stamps, adding colours with ink blocks and depth with graphite, and embellishing with paper, foil and utee.

A mixture of techniques and elements which will encourage your creativity.

We hope to see you at Art Mesa

Have a gorgeous day

Nat

Filed Under: Mixed Media Workshop, Prima Marketing Workshop, Workshops Tagged With: Acrylic paint, Art Mesa, canvas, Madrid, Mixed Media, prima marketing, Spain, Workshops

Scrappies Wellness Wochenende – Workshops in Altötting, Bavaria – Germany

February 12, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach

As this is in Germany and the workshops will be in German (although I don’t mind and will ALSO talk English during classes – done it before in two languages ) - I will post this in German

Scrappies Wellness Weekend – April 26-28, 2013

Mal Lust ein Wochenende auszuspannen mit kreativen Workshops und Wellness ? Im Basispaket dieses Events sind zwei meiner Workshops am Samstag den 26.April enthalten. Ich freue mich schon riesig drauf!

Hier sind die Workshops, die ich dort unterrichte:

In diesem 3- stündigen Workshop mit Nathalie Kalbach, wirst Du eine schöne und einzigartige Leinwand kreieren, die sich wunderbar als Homedekor eignet.

Lerne wie man Dimension und Textur mittels Seidenpapier, Dingen des alltäglichen Lebens, Acrylfarben, Spitze, Sackleinen und Gesso bilden kann.

Lerne wie man diese interessanten Texturen mittels Farbmedien noch mehr herausarbeiten kann und mittels Stempeltechniken noch das Tüpfelchen auf dem I erzielt.

Wir werden in vielen Ebenen arbeiten, um diese Leinwand ganz wie Du magst für den Frühling, den Sommer, den Herbst oder aber auch für den Winter zu gestalten. Alle Techniken sind auch für andere Projekte geeignet.

Bücher sind einfach magisch. Jedes Buch ist etwas Einzigartiges – es hält einen gefangen mit seinen Geschichten, seinem Einband und mit seinen Buchseiten. Manche Bücher landen jedoch irgendwann auf einem Flohmark oder fristen ein trauriges staubiges Dasein im Bücherregal. Warum nicht diesen Büchern wieder ein neues Leben einhauchen und sie mit unseren eigenen Geschichten füllen? Ich zeige Euch wie man mittels Falttechniken die Buchseiten zu einem Kunstwerk machen, versteckte Taschen kreiert und darin kleine Schätze oder Nachrichten verstecken kann. Wir werden Klebstoffe in etwas ungewohnter Weise verwenden und witzige neue Embossingtechniken ausprobieren. Einige schöne Papiere, Blumen und Stempel der Firma Prima Marketing* werden dafür sorgen, dass dieses Buch entweder als persönliches Erinnerungsstück oder als wunderschönes Geschenk nicht nur als ein Minialbum sondern auch als ein Dekorstück ein neues Leben erhält. Macht mit in diesem 3 1/2 Stunden langen Workshop.

*Die Papiere und Blumen können möglichweise von der Abbildung abweichen.

Alle Informationen zu dem Event- Preise- genaue Leistungen – Ort- Altötting – findet Ihr hier bei den Scrappies

Ich würde mich freuen, Euch dort im April zu sehen Habt einen schönen Tag

Nat

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Art Fusion – Mixed Media Event in the Netherlands with Birgit Koopsen and me :)

February 6, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach

Wohoooo – know my sweet friend, awesome workshop teacher, jumpstarter and annual CHA-room mate Birgit Koopsen? We have been planning forever to do a workshop event together and …finally ….here we go

Art Fusion – a fusion of Nationalities, Style and Media.

On the weekend April 13-14, 2013 we will teach in Winsum in The Netherlands 4 Mixed Media Workshops – 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday- each of us 1 per day. The exact location in Winsum will be announced as soon as we have an idea of the number of attendees…more people…bigger room Winsum is accessible by car, train and bus and is located north of Groningen. We created a blog for the event, where we will keep you posted on the kind of workshops, times, prices and other information. We would love to have you and spent an amazing, inspiring and creative Mixed Media Workshop Weekend with you !

Hope to see you there

huge hugs

nat

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Mixed Media Art Weekend in Luxembourg

January 30, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach

If you are close to Luxembourg – join me in a Mixed Media Art Weekend in March 16-17, 2013. It is going to be so much fun!!!

I will teach 3 Workshops. The event is organized by a big company’s Social Committee but also non employed persons can attend , therefore the details and the venue will be sent via email- Prices are 45EUR per person per workshop. Be assured it will be awesome
e-mail Lydia who is part of the organization at mcl.lydia@yahoo.com to book your spot – spaces are very limited!!!

Saturday 2pm-6pm – Yawp PanPastel ArtJournal Workshop

Are you ready to dive into art journaling? Let’s sound a barbaric YAWP over the rooftops of the world and get ready for a lot of creative freedom. Nathalie Kalbach will teach you how to create your own easy to create art journal using wonderful PanPastels. Learn mixing, blending, painting and drawing with those soft pastels. Learn how to get stunning results with different resist techniques and fun stamping tricks using embossing powders and other paint media. You can easily apply all of the learned techniques to later projects whether it be art journals, mixed media and even scrapbooking projects. Looking forward to yawp along with you in this 4 hour-long class.

Sunday 9am – 1pm – Über*Media Acrylic Paint ArtJournal Class

In this workshop you learn how to use Acrylic Paints in your Art Journal. This class shows all kinds of possibilities using Acrylic Paints with different media.

We will start with the basics then make our way up to more advanced techniques. Everything will be taught in an art journal.

Join the uber-fun in this class!

Sunday 2pm – 6pm – Season Canvas

In this Workshop with Nathalie Kalbach, you will create a stunning and unique canvas that will be a wonderful home décor item.

Learn how to create dimension and texture with tissue paper, items of daily life, acrylic paint, lace, burlap, and gesso.

Learn how to reveal the interesting and eye catching texture with acrylic paints and acrylic inks and add some fun stamping techniques on top.

We will be adding lots of layers and dimension to make this a spring, summer, fall or winter canvas… just as you like. All the techniques can easily be applied to future projects.

I would love to see you there ! I am still finalizing some things but will post an updated workshop schedule soon.

have an awesome day

Nat

Filed Under: Mixed Media Workshop, Workshops

Wisent and Elk or….n*Studio Day Recap

January 8, 2013 By Nathalie Kalbach

Last Saturday we had an n*Studio day – first one of the year with workshops.

It was a small but cozy group and it was wonderful to start the new year with a workshop like this.

I love doing workshops with ”my girls” .

Having a group of people who come regularly to your home is precious.

This time we did the Über*Media Acrylic Paint Class (mini version) and the Altered Book Workshop Be Awesome Be A Booknut.

We laughed quite a lot too, seriously weird when you taught classes several times in English and then you can’t remember German words for certain tools all of a sudden-…LOL

the other side of the table looked as concentrated

Fun books they brought…like “Wisent and Elk”

and the results were fab

Thanks girls for the fab day! My schedule for spring is coming soon -.

Now I am packing and I am leaving tomorrow for CHA. I am looking forward seeing some friends, see the newest “stuff” of the industry . I will try to post some sneaks in between here – and maybe I am allowed to show some of the CHA Projects soon too – first let’s see how I can cram them into the suitcase – LOL.

Have a gorgeous day and huge hugs

Nat

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Frohe Weihnachten or Happy Holidays!

December 24, 2012 By Nathalie Kalbach

In Germany we celebrate Christmas starting on Christmas Eve therefore on December 24. As a kid this means…this is a LOOOOONNNNGGGGGGG day…because you have to wait till it gets dark to finally start celebrating Christmas and also see what Santa brought for you.

As an adult as it gets dark pretty early it means the day is really SHOOoooooRT because the stores (read you have to stock up for 3 days in food etc) will be closed in the afternoon, and then also on the 25th and the 26th- because we celebrate 3 days . It means- while you read it – I am probably standing in line at the grocery store trying to get the last eggs, the last fresh milk and getting our fresh turkey at the butcher. (if you read it later..I am celebrating already with my loved ones )

And you know what- I loooooooveeee it! It is so much fun preparing all this for a couple days of festivities. I most likely will meet some of the neighbors and people around, everyone is excited and happy and chatty while waiting in line…what is not to love about this? I love this time…! I will see you back on December 27!

I am wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and those that celebrate Christmas a Very Merry Christmas!

Huge hugs and Love

Nat

Filed Under: Liquitex Ink, Mixed Media, Mixed Media Workshop, Workshops

New Online Class Series: Über*Media Project Class

December 14, 2012 By Nathalie Kalbach

I am pretty excited Besides the technique based Über*Media Classes I will start offering a range of beginner and intermediate Über*Media Project Classes in the next months. From Minialbums to Canvases to Altered Art, there will be a lot different fun mini video classes . They will be all about an hour-long and you will learn a variety of techniques shown directly on a project.

And here is the first one…

In this one-hour long video workshop, I show you how to create a fun, little canvas album that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. You will learn some easy-peasy techniques with acrylic paint and spray inks. Using cardstock and canvas fabric as a surface, you’ll create a modern, funky album. And all this for about $6.90 USD in supplies (assuming you already have the paint products and basic tools).

This is a perfect project for anyone who wants to start learning mixed media without purchasing expensive materials. Who knows? Maybe you’ll get the mixed media technique bug after this workshop!

How this workshop works:

Once you signed up and payed via paypal, I will send out the log in information for you. Please note that this can take up to 3 business days since I have to send this out manually and I’m traveling sometimes.
You can work at your own pace and the workshop will be available here for you for years to come as long as they are online.

Supplies and Tools you will need for this workshop:

2-3 sheets of 12 x 12 inch white cardstock or several pages watercolor paper (about 1.20 USD for 3 Sheets)
2 sheets of 12 x 12 inch Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas (about 2.40 USD for 2 sheets) or loose canvas fabric from the art store, treated at least on one side with gesso
3-4 colors of Acrylic Paint - I like a bit heavier bodied paint- but thin paint is fine too – so whatever you have in your room (less than 1 USD you will need in total of those paints)
2 colors of spray inks – I used Ranger’s Dylusion Sprayinks, but you can also use other water based sprayinks (less than 1 USD you will need in total of those paints)
black journaling pen for example Letraset Fine Liner
paper trimmer
scissor
crop-a-dile or japanese screwdriver or a big needle to make holes
ribbon (0.30USD) or muslin or bookbinding rings
double-sided adhesives – I use Crafty Power Tape by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (less than 1 USD)
heating gun – optional
crafting mat or freezer paper
watermister – optional

You can sign up here for the cost of

8.99 US-Dollars (about 6,90 EUR).

I hope I will see you in one of my classrooms

have a wonderful day

nat

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Photos of my Workshops in Florida

December 8, 2012 By Nathalie Kalbach

I had a wonderful time teaching at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps in Lake Worth in Florida last weekend. Michelle was a wonderful host and the store is awesome.

First up I taught YAWP my PanPastel ArtJournal class.

The students were such a fun and talented group of ladies.

Next up was the Season Canvas Class- which is my absolute fave class

It is the coolest to see how everyone gets over the hump to try something new and then get’s excited and makes something totally of their own.

I loved that I had so much space and a half round table in the class room – it made demoing so easy.

As you can see I “stole” The photo from Cheryl Boglioli who was there two which was such an awesome surprise!

I also taught Be Awesome be a BookNut- but I don’t have any pictures of this- bummer. It was a great class! But oh well- instead some Portrait of a Lady Class.

I had such a great time with all of the students and the staff and Michelle. We laughed so much. Thank you so much for having me- and I hope you have me back some time

Huge hugs

Nat

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