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More hours or …. In My Art Journal Today
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see!” John Burroghs
Apparently I didn’t find the day too short to repeat myself but was at the same time not concentrated enough to write everything grammatically right in my art journal spread -LOL – can you spy it? Oh man, embarrassing but …oh well… here you go … the real deal;)
I played with different greens and yellow and orange acrylic paint and stamped the city shape using the pattern art of my Urban Scribble foam stamp with purple as a nice contrast to the orange. I applied the paint with a brayer to the foam stamp- goes quick and easy.
As you can see in the WIP (Work In Progress) Picture above I added a little border to my stencil in the set with duct tape as to prevent over spraying when using the stencil with spray paint. Here I just added paint to the surface, then placed the stencil on top and rubbed areas of paint off with a baby wipe – at other spots I stenciled through the stencil.
For the Journaling I used a bamboo sketching pen and black acrylic ink- I love to write with the pen …so much, that I like to double my words ;)
What would you do if you had more hours in the day?
Here is a list of the supplies, I used for the art journal spread above.
Nat
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Joi@RR
No one can make a skyline look like you Nat. This is just INCREDIBLE. The background is sooo YUMMY and the colors so BRILLIANTLY FABULOUS. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this and your urban scribble. No – can’t see any mistakes at all. GORGEOUS to me. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY sweet Nathalie. You are dear to me. ❤❤j
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Kim Collister
Loved your post and your journal pages! Great Color!
XO
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Art Stroll: Malba – The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires
It’s been a couple months after coming back from Buenos Aires, but I still would love to show you one the highlights of my trip, which was my Art Stroll through Malba the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires.
The Malba is actually a really funky building…and someone laid an egg in the basement too ;) It is a beautiful museum – the permanent collection is small but wonderful – the running exhibitions were amazing, but are not part of this post. Let’s stroll through the permanent collection:
Emilio Pettoruti, La cancion del Pueblo (The Song of the People), 1927 – Oil on wood
I love this one – it reminds me a lot of Picasso’s Three Musicians which is from 1921- and I wonder if he saw Picasso’s painting while he was in Europe. I love the patterns and the colors -it makes me want to create my own version :)
Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Calle de Nueva York (Street of New York) , 1920
MoMA has an exhibition with Torres-Garcia right now- which I will post about later – but I was happy to see more of his work after seeing these pieces in Buenos Aires.
Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Compositon symetrique universelle en blanc et noir (Universal Symmetric Composition in Black and White), 1931
Isn’t this gorgeous? I love it – and it would be so much fun to do an art journal page in this style.
Luis Ortiz Monasterio, El espiritu de la rey, 1933 – this bronze sculpture reminds me a bit of Fernand Leger’s Paintings – I love it!
Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkey and Parrot, 1942
Maria Martins, O Impossivel (The Impossible9, 1945 “It is nearly impossible to make people understand each other,”
I found this one a bit disturbing and yes aggressive but also faszinating and for some reason it made me think of Magritte’s “The Lovers” – just evoking different feelings.
Antonio Berni, Manifestacion (Public Demonstration), 1934 – Egg Tempera on Burlap
In the thirties art and politics were often a topic by artists. Artists engaged in collective work, political activism and debates. Images of rural and urban workers, as well as figures protesting or engaged in traditional celebrations, began to appear in often monumental pictorial works. The artwork made use of materials that gave artistic expression a social dimension. Burlap from a potato sack or tempera paint of the sort used murals were often chosen by politicized artist.
Maria Freire, Sudamerica N10, 1958
I love those polygonal forms – pretty amazing pattern.
Lidy Prati, Serial Composition, 1948 (1946)
Franz Krajcberg, Sin Titulo (Untitled), 1961 – burnt colored paper pulp on canvas
I could not stop looking at this- I wanted to touch it..but I didn’t ;) – the texture – swoon!!!
Kenneth Kemble, Suburban Landscape in Memoriam B.N., 1958 – Rusty metal sheet, oil and misc. on hardboard.
I loved seeing all the artwork with supplies that were around and on hand.
Luis Felipe Noe, Dos mujeres (Two Women) 1963 – Oil and Collage on Canvas
Jorge De La Vega, Pruebe de nuevo (Try Again), 1963 – Oil, paper, glued fabric, and glass on canvas
this is a rub off from the face on the right – so fascinating.
Jorge De La Vega, El dia ilustrisimo (The Illustrious Day), 1965 – Oil, glued canvases, frottage with charcoal on cut-out canvas, synthetic plaster, jewelry, mirrors, glass and plastic on canvas.
Nicolas Garcia Uriburu, Pastel on 4 Photographs, 1970
Beautiful Photo Alteration – I love to alter photos and of course the urban theme is dear to my heart.
And now- I had to include this although it wasn’t in the permanent collection. Hello giant rubber stamp!!!!!
Eduardo Navarro, The Mechanics of the Alphabet, 2015
It was a great museums visit- and if you ever go to Buenos Aires, definitely put Malba on your list.
What caught my attention was that there was actually quite some artwork by women- making it yet the more prominent how very few women are present in a lot of Museums throughout the world- naming MoMA for example – and it is not as if women in the 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s of the last century didn’t do wonderful and unique artwork.
The other fact that caught my eye was the variety of supplies that were used – my Mixed Media heart was beating a couple beats faster …in a happy way.
I hope you enjoyed this little art stroll! Which of the pieces I showed did you find most inspiring?
Nat
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Laura
Love it Nat, thanks for sharing!
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nathalie-kalbach
thank you Laura, happy you enjoyed it!
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Susan Schultheis
Wow, what fantastic art!! Thank you for sharing your visit to the museum. Since I wll probably never get there, this is the next best thing. I truly enjoyed.
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nathalie-kalbach
so glad you liked it Susan!
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Angie Winkler
Hey Nat- thank you for sharing!!! I loved so many styles you captured, but Emilio Pettoruti’s was fab to me today! (I also thought of Picasso due to CJS16!!! -I am still in progress – maybe done when I see you in a few weeks!?!????) Buenos Aires is on my list of destinations now!
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nathalie-kalbach
Yeah that one is amazing, isn’t it? I cannot wait to see you in Oklahoma, it is going to be super fun!!!
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cheryltoo
Hi Nat,
Thank you for this. I am so loving the two pieces by Joaquin Torres-Garcia. I want to do one for my city Toronto.
Thanks again,
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nathalie-kalbach
that sounds wonderful cheryl – I hope you share when you are done!
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Artist Quote of the Week – Milton Avery
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Be Strong, Smart, Brave Enough or …. In my Art Journal Today
“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it”
Very true and this year I will be brave enough to ask for help when I need it…hope I will be smart enough to know when I need it ;)
I have tried out some new supplies for this art journal spread. Well – my new Elephant Set also counts as new :) I painted the background with several soft body acrylic paints and then applied the copper acrylic paint with a brayer onto the solid Elephant Foam Stamp side. I stamped the elephant and let it dry. I cleaned the Foam Stamp with a baby wipe and later throughly cleaned it with water. I stamped with archival ink applied to the Elephant Rubber stamp on top. I added some white dots with a Fineline applicator filled with a mixture of white soft body paint and acrylic ink.
As the Elephant has the quatrefoil blanket, I pulled out my new metal Stampendous Dreamweaver Quatrefoil Stencil for pattern repetition. I applied the Metallic Copper Dreamweaver Paste through it. Oh how yummie!!! It is shiny and beautiful and dimensional and oh so scrumptious – I might have fallen in love with the paste :) I also thought Michelle Ward’s Maltese Stencil would be a good pattern fit and spray painted with two different colors through it . For the journaling and some mark making I used again the Fineline Applicator – one filled with white and one filled with black acrylic paint+ink.
I love the rich colors – not my usual color palette but I really liked playing with it and I think I will use it again :)
What new supplies have you tried out recently?
Here is a full list of the supplies I used:
Nat
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sally
Please describe the “white signo pen” and its uses.
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nathalie-kalbach
It is a white gel pen that works wonderfully on acrylic paint.
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Joi@RR
Heheheh – well Nat – there is no doubt you are SMART enough – no question there but…. brave enough… when it comes to asking for help – that’s a tough type of bravery! I am not good at that either – at all. OR accepting it graciously!!!
LOVE your journal creations. Your elephant just makes me smile every time I see him!!! And he looks so elegant – like royalty – this time. Must be that yummy dreamweaver paste!!! Your colors are so intriguing too. It’s just a really great project. LOVE IT. j.
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Sue Clarke
Love the texture and the copper. Not a new supply, but I’ve been using my white Signo pen all week.
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nathalie-kalbach
Thank you Sue! Oh I love my white Signo Pen too – never goes old :)
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CJS 2016 – Texture Explorations
Today is my day on Creative JumpStart with some Texture Explorations in an extra bonus long video showing my whole thinking and creating process for this canvas:
It has been such a blast and the community is so much fun! Loving all the projects everyone is sharing based on the Creative JumpStart videos! I am so sad that the live event is ending tomorrow. But no worries- if you still need to catch up – you have time until November to watch the videos and also download them. AND you if you haven’t signed up – you can still sign up here and do the same :)
Nat
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Jenny Petricek
Looks awesome! Need to see the whole video! :-)
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nathalie-kalbach
I hope you will enjoy it and give it a try :)
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Urban Scribble Card AND The Shop is Open!
Isn’t this Card by Janelle Stollfus using my new Urban Scribble Stamp Set – just super cool! I love the gorgeous vibrant colors. Janelle used watercolors, and pencils and acrylic markers to create the background and color in the rubber stamp image included in the set! Thank you so much Janelle for sharing !
And – I have news – as so many people asked, where to get my stamps and other products – well hopefully your local craft and art store carries them…but if you do not have one close by or if they do not carry them…I just opened my own web store for you too and you can get my new stamp sets and some other items there :)
If you live in the United States, you can order directly and immediately from this site. If you order several items the shipping rate is calculated automatically per item. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to set it up differently in the store. But if I can ship your total order for a cheaper price than the automatically calculated price (which is most of the time the case with several items), I will refund you the difference.
If you require international shipping, please email me in advance of your order at orders@nathaliesstudio to discuss shipping options as international shipping can be variable and expensive. I can look into the best option as soon as I know what you would like to order and give you a quote.
I hope you visit my new n*Store and if you use any of my stamps or stencils- please share with me – I love to see what you create with them!
Have a beautiful day!!!!
Nat
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Photos of the CHA 2016 Winter Show – or …Nat goes Anaheim
At the beginning of the month I flew out to the CHA Winter Show. CHA – organized by the Craft and Hobby Association – is a trade show showing the latest craft industry trends and forecasts. It is also a yearly meeting point to network and attend seminars and workshops and a lot of Craft and Hobby Retailers are traveling from all over the world to come and check out whats new.
The Winter Show took place in Anaheim (as it has been the previous years) and it started off with a nice outside party (alas…it was pretty pretty cold in Anaheim this year)
Besides all the work and lot’s of meetings – the best part of CHA is meeting old and new friends :)
Here is my sweet friend Cat Scanlon (one of our Creative JumpStarters!) , Marjie Kemper and Jonathan Fong. We had a fun talk and evening together. I love hanging out with creative people :) I also had a wonderful breakfast with JumpStarter Joe Rotella, but wow- we forgot to take a picture …you know..the food was just more important ;)
Speaking of JumpStarters – here is Suze Weinberg– love her so much! It was just too short this time!
and then there was this crazy bunch – LOL. Nothing better than seeing my bestie Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and her mom and Dina Wakley – just keep a distance- lol- we are nuts…and we do not know how to take selfies ;)
We actually took this picture after our DVD signing for F+W (Art Journaling Live 2) – that was a lot of fun …despite the fact that Julie and Dina were stealing the best pens all the time ;)
Here we are with my sweet Dutch friends from The Craftorij – where I taught last summer. So good to see those girls again and I am glad we also got to spent some more time together later.
I actually had a bit of time to walk the floor and to check out some new/newish stuff. This watercolor brush by Kuretake which is extra long and can keep more water made me happy and was one of the first things I saw. Yep …I know…weird things can make you happy as an artist :)
I am dreaming of this paper by Hemptique – it is hemp paper and it was so wonderful and pliable and oh man i want to have it and paint on it!
I loved seeing Seth Apter and his amazing new dies with Spellbinder. He said his goal for this year is to get me use dies again …I am very tempted with his amazing designs!
I was also super excited to see my wonderful friend’s Birgit Koopsen new stamps and artwork with Carabelle – and I made those guys pose for a photo for her ;) – I just wish they would have flown her in- I miss my room mate at CHA – I actually just miss her period ;)
I loved seeing my friend Limor Webber – look at her beautiful smile and love that she visited me while I was demoing my new stamps at the Stampendous booth.
Love the new Neon Graffiti Set she came out with Lindy’s Stampgang- I love those spray paints.
I fell in love with this Marbling Set by Atelier de Paris – I hope I can find where to purchase it as you do not need any chemicals – you do the marbling in water with those colors- oh man – yeah
Spent more time with my friend Cat at the ArtC booth.
And got crazy excited about these amazing PrimaTek Watercolors by Daniel Smith – I cannot wait to play with those. They are made with authentic mineral pigments and create just the most amazing effects.
As mentioned I also worked and demoed at the Stampendous booth to show my new stamp sets and their possibilities :)
Apparently I have funny facial expressions when talking to other people…lol
Loved seeing those wonderful samples by the Stampendous Design Team using my sets :)
I also loved seeing my sweet friend Mou Saha at the Faber-Castell booth. We had a great time many years ago when she, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and I were teaching in France…and Mou at that time actually saw snow for the first time. Since Mou now lives in NJ- I am sure she is done with snow by now ;)
I was excited to see that the Faber-Castell girls were using my stamps from the last release. Thank you so much!!!!
I also ran into Jamie Dougherty and Traci Bautista – so much fun those girls!
Something else that caught my eyes – Real Wood by Arc Crafts -omg- so cool! And wood sheets
I can see so many possibilities with this- can’t wait to play with this either :)
Oh and here is a picture of Julie, me and the amazing Rachel Greig from Darkroom Door. Rachel is going to host us for our Mixed Media Circus Art Journal Adventure Workshop in the Sydney area in Australia in April this year. We soooo cannot wait :)
And that was it from CHA in Anaheim. Next year for the first time the show will be in Phoenix, Arizona and I am actually quite happy about the change of scenery. Hope you enjoyed this little trip :)
Nat
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jyippeedom
What a blast! So many fun things to see (and people). Thank you for sharing. Glad to hear it will be in Phoenix next year…I’ll be there! (maybe you’ll do a workshop while in town???)
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nathalie-kalbach
I would love to janet, if there is a place and enough people to join. IF you have a source, place, let me know!
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Rae Missigman
This looks like so much fun! It was like going on field trip! Looking forward to the time I can go and just stroll around! Maybe next year as I have family in Phoenix! Thank for sharing! xo
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nathalie-kalbach
yeah- it would be wonderful to see you there!!!
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Birgit_Koopsen
haw miss you too! period! awesome post!
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nathalie-kalbach
next year you are in again ;) you better be!!!
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sunmoongal
I love seeing CHA posts. Yours is great. When you get that paper I want to see it! Looks like a great time.
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nathalie-kalbach
I will def. let you know about the paper – it was really so cool- It felt like leather …and the texture- nom nom!
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linda-faber
Thanks for the photo tour of CHA…looks like so much fun…always wondered what that would be like.
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nathalie-kalbach
Linda, it is fun – but it is also a lot of work. It is inspiring to see the new ideas and products but really the best of the show is meeting people.
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Joi@RR
Hehehehhe – this was sooooooooooooooooo fun to see Nat. Loved every inch of reading this and seeing the wonderful pictures. Highlight of my week. Thank you so so so much for sharing this. Hugs. j.
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nathalie-kalbach
thank you joi :) glad you enjoyed this! Have a wonderful day, hugs,nat
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Sue Clarke
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nathalie-kalbach
Yeah – I am all up for Arizona next year. And yes- the wood tape looked really great as well as the wood paper.
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Behind The Scenes – Filming My DVDs
Last year was really a whirlwind of a year and I might have to pinch myself still in disbelief things really happened- LOL. For example my trip to Cincinnati, Ohio where I was invited to film some Mixed Media DVD’s for F&W Media (parent company of Cloth Paper Scissors, Artists Magazine, North Light Books, Artists and Makers and many many more).
It was quite an operation and it was pretty cool to see how filming outside of a tiny messy studio with a little webcam works and how much work and how many awesome fun people are involved. Let me show you some behind the scenes photos :)
I was so crazy nervous the first of the four days- you have no idea. Besides being nervous about the whole camera situation I also became pretty aware that I have an accent and make language mistakes …what if I would really blow it…LOL. No worries though …I think I compensated that with funny faces ;)
Everything was good – The crew was super super sweet and Kristy Conlin who was my “student” for the filming was super fun to work with! We laughed a lot …
And made smart comments about weird things…
and made very important decisions on what to eat for lunch
and just picked on each other ….LOL
and smiled….a lot …when we didn’t know if the camera was already rolling or not…
Here is Amy Jones, my producer – she is so sweet and awesome and organized and really put me at ease and was just amazingly encouraging and welcoming!
She also kept all of us in check …because you know…lot’s of Shenanigans happened during the takes ;)
Lot’s of cameras and lot’s of light- boy – it was HOT in there …I have a new respect for everyone working in studios …ever walked through the light section of a big department store in your winter jacket? Double that feeling and you are close! Because of the noise you can’t run the air conditioner to cool it down either and it was a really warm November on top. So every time we were done with a take we pretty much went out side to cool off a bit.
It was great to see how they had set up the set with my artwork
This is Sam – above – so much fun to work with him and Erin – below left. They are amazing!!!
And see George mounted on the camera?
Yup- that is a trick to keep you reminded to look at him and so into the camera while talking …because…it is awkward to talk to the a camera…but talking to George …ha …nice ;)
Amy stuck George into my Art Journal when I went home, which I forgot until I was teaching a class at Pratt where he fell out …very weird moment- LOL – try and explain that ;)…I need to do a page with him – LOL
Such a wonderful crew of people- It was so wonderful to work with them and the four days went by really quick. I hope I will see them again :)
The DVD’s are estimated to come out in March this year and I am looking forward to tell you what the content is- that I wasn’t allowed to share yet :)
I hope all of you on the East Coast are all warm and safe right now with the snow storm – I am snuggled into my warm studio and I am planning on doing some artwork and eat some hearty stew today. Have a wonderful weekend!
Nat
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Kasia Krzyminska
Looks like fun! I bet it must have been a great experience, especially if George was included. I may use that tip by the way :D
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nathalie-kalbach
LOL- use ahead Kasia ;)
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Sandra Miaskoff
Hi Nat, thanx for the tour, it was great reading it because your happiness came through.
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nathalie-kalbach
awe thank you Sandy!!!
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Mary Beth Shaw
What fun, you and Kristy!! I’m sure it will be amazing. Love that crew :)
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nathalie-kalbach
thank you Mary Beth :) yes they are awesome!
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Seth
Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes Nat. I bet you rocked it and no doubt these DVDs will be well received. Congratulations.
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nathalie-kalbach
Thank you Seth for your constant encouragement – you are the best!
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Maua
It looks like you had a grand time, in spite of being nervous before you started. You are an awesome teacher, and I know that is what shone through. So…now you are a star!!
Snug in and stay warm, hope you don’t get too much snow!
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nathalie-kalbach
awe – thank you Maura!!! And nah – a mixed media dvd does not make you a star …LOL – just a normal Kraut ;)
hope you are safe and sound too and have a nice warm day – assuming you are also getting slammed with snow today.
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Rae Missigman
This looks like it was a whoot of a time – the best kind! I can not wait to see what you created! Thanks for a fun tour of your trip!
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nathalie-kalbach
I agree -the fun makes it the best kind! Thank you for your sweet comment Rae!
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Joi@RR
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Oh – I really enjoy this painting – the colors and the lines. I just looked him up and saw some others too. Fun! Thanks Nat. XX j.
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