Loved playing with my new Midtown ArtFoamies Set. Using both sides – the solid and the pattern side – and different acrylic paint colors I layered up a city scape.
I painted the lady first with acrylic paint and then went over with oil pastels- I just love the look of those two paint mediums together.
I love this set so much – I cannot stop using it -LOL- someone stop me ;)
Here are the supplies I used for this spread:
Last weekend I taught two Art Journaling Classes at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps and it was fun to be back there. We had such a good time.
The Saturday class was “What’s cooking?” and we explored all the things that make artwork work and discussed how to solve art problems in your art journal.
I loved the progress and results of the pages -it was such a feast for the eyes
Beautiful patterns
And look at these finished pages- oh yummie
You gotta love the elephant with the tutu – it’s adorable!
And seeing my new Art Foamies used in such a clever way- oh yum!
I want to live in this RubberMoon city!
And this is the coolest- a combination of both – so cool!
I am always giddy when I see a display with my stamps and stencils and Michelle brought all those yummy things into the store for the workshops!
And seeing all the students that had gotten my book made my day …actually this makes several days- soooo love this pic :) Thank you girls!!!
Sunday I taught my Art Rules Art Journaling Class
Mono Printing
playing with pattern
stencils and stamps
fun techniques
inspired by Master- Artists
they all had a great time !
It was so good to be back to be back at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps– thank you to all the students who came and to Michelle for having me yet again and taking good care of me. After the hurricane it was especially delightful to see all of you being well and able to spend some creative time and this wonderful store. Hope to see you soon again.
Hope to see you in one of my classes in the future. Check out my in-person-class schedule. I will be in the U.K. to teach at a retreat with my friend Birgit Koopsen in Coventry in two weeks and then teach at the end of October at The Queen’s Ink in Maryland to teach an Art Journaling and a Mono Print Painting Class – there are still a couple seats left, so come and join us!
I loved the RubberMoon City so much as well. it was a fun class and they were fab students. Have a gorgeous day Sue!
This painting named Broken, which is part of my book Artful Adventures in Mixed Media was inspired by one of my favorite books called “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara . The book is about friendship and trauma and at parts are really hard read to go through as it is emotionally very upsetting, but at the same time it is beautiful. It is one of the books that grabbed me so much that I had to go and paint after reading it.
Broken is 9×12 on Canvas using acrylic paint, media and charcoal.
I am looking forward to be inspired like this again by another book. Have you read something lately that really really made you think about the story more than usual?
Have a wonderful day
Yes, Someone Knows My Name was incredible.
Thank you Sue, I have to check that out!
Beautiful painting
Awe thank you so much Stephanie!
“Maybe it won’t work out. But maybe seeing if it does will be the best adventure ever.”
Love this – I think that sums up a lot of things that I have done in my life so far …love my artful adventures and believe me…many didn’t quite work out- LOL
I am totally in pattern heaven using my brand new Downtown Positive and Negative Foam Stamp Set. I love how the two stamps stamped on top of each other in copper and teal make up for such a beautiful intricate pattern.
I added some yellow ink here and there after the stamped areas dired and I love how it added another color and interest.
Stamping it a bit offset and given the fact that a foam stamp reveals texture I love how the effect is so dimensional and looks almost as if the image is raised and jumps off the page. One happy Nat on this one.
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread:
Have an adventurous day!
LOVE the hand written words.
Thank you so much Stephanie!
Love the words and the color mix!!!
That color mix totally got me- LOL- cannot stop using it :) Thanks Sue!
Great page for the sentiment, colors and patterns!
Thank you so much Nancy!
Time for a Stroll Through the Hood . Strolls through my hood get me out of my studio, they help me unstuck and often I get inspired by what I see and to get new ideas to create something. It is part of my philosophy about Artful Adventures in Mixed Media – which is the subject of my book. Here are some photos that I gathered in the last couple weeks.
You never know where you spot Dylan Egons black and white paste ups …
my godson sketching our deck on our deck and writing in his travel journal – mmmmyyyy boyyyy LOL
Love this in Jersey City’s Little India
We took a trip to the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. I have been here probably 10 years or longer ago when it wasn’t a NHP yet and boy has this been cleaned up. You might remember this if you watched the Sopranos
or if you watched Paterson a Jim Jarmusch movie ( I just love Jim Jarmusch movies and I had just watched Paterson on the plane a couple days before we went there. It is a beautiful movie!) Anyway- it is a very cool place.
Coming back into JC it is always wonderful to be greeted by David
and see other murals along the way
in the dingy weird industrial side streets close to the entrance of the Holland Tunnel – maybe what visiting people see as the ugly NJ …and where I see grungy beauty
and thinking to myself- you guys just have no clue how beautiful NJ actually is ;)
And last pic- this little pop-up- poetry store in the pedestrian area -that was fun and the poem he wrote for my godson and me was:
hands are heavy
bones made to break
hearts born to stop
and still we toss them all
rugged and raw toward…infinity
we are strange adventurers
always moving forward
bold and full of love.
Love it- yes we are strange adventurers !!! Hope you are having a wonderful day and enjoyed this stroll- see you soon in the hood.
Gotta love Bowie (as Aladdin Sane here).
The poet on the street is great fun as well.
So true Sue- so sad he passed away! Hope you have a gorgeous weekend!
Great read! Love the pics such a cool neighborhood
Thank you Karen – I do love living here a lot – it is always changing and there is always something I haven*t seen.
“She remembered who she was and the game changed”
This pages started out from a demo page showing my Versailles Stamp Set and when I got I further painted on the spread.
I panted with acrylic paint but also used my new Caran D’Ache Watercolor Pencils to color in some between some of the stamped areas.
I painted the girl using acrylic paint and some oil pastels- I think I refound my love for them :)
Here are some of the supplies I used
Wishing you a fantastic day!!!
Last weekend I taught three mixed media classes at Scrapbooking Forever in Westvillage, California.
It was a wonderful time there with the students- I taught my Artvergnugen, as well as my Master Art Express and my Walk With Me Class.
Here are some wonderful patterned pages from the Artvergnugen Class.
It truly was a lot of Artvergnugen :)
I also taught my Master Art Express Art Journaling class which is taking Art Journaling a bit further and takes inspiration from different Artists imaginary traveling through Europe.
I loved all the different ideas and approaches the students tried out!
My altered book class Walk With Me was super fun as well and the ink drawings some of my students added to their books.
I did not take many photos as some of my students wanted to remain private – a request I happily follow- but here is one of Winkie and me. If you ever happen to be in a class room with Winkie prepare yourself for a life story ride that blows your mind. My favorite thing about teaching is, that besides that it makes me happy to see people being creative, what wonderful and interesting people I meet along my way. Everyone’s story is worth telling and I am truly grateful that I am meeting so many amazing people.
Hope to see you in one of my classes in the future. Check out my in-person-class schedule. I will be in Florida next weekend at Everything Scrapbook and Stamps and then fly in October to the U.K. to teach at a retreat with my friend Birgit Koopsen in Coventry – there are still a couple spots left.
Looks like a lot of fun! Love all the colors & textures!
Love all the colors on that art and taking a class with you is on my Bucket List Nat.
Enjoy your weekend.
A couple weeks ago Kim and I had yet another play date and we decided to use up some of left over painted deli paper and make stamped paper leaf mobiles.
Often when creating I clean off left over paint or inked stamps on top of deli paper and those were the perfect pieces to enhance further by stamping with my foam stamps.
we grabbed all my Art Foamies Mini Foam Stamps and the border Foam Stamps.
and stamped with them with acrylic paint on top of the deli paper.
Kim had found some really beautiful drift wood branches at the beach and also gathered some thread, matte gel, scissors and tape.
We freehand cut out leaves
We sorted them a bit by color and pattern to see which ones would look best together
And then arranged them loosely to see how they would best look like when hanged.
We added string to the branches making loose knots and then added the leaves with tape to the strings.
Once we were happy with the result we secured the strings with gel medium to be held in place and hung up the mobiles.
Love the little colorful home decor as a transition piece from summer to fall decor
It was a fun and super easy project.
A great way to use some left over deli paper and also to do with kids.
Hope you enjoyed our little play date as much as we did. Here are some of the supplies we used.
What a great idea! Thanks
Thank you Stephanie!
Totally love this idea!!
Thank you Karen, glad you like it :)
Rubbermoon city and that teal face are incredible!
Looks like a wonderful class and I love all the creations that you inspired with your teaching Nat.
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