What an inspiring and beautiful video of Pete Eckert, a totally blind person. Through his photography, he proves that he IS a visual person, he just can’t see.
| Artists Wanted | In Focus : Pete Eckert from See Me on Vimeo.
I love this and since I love the process of my artwork almost more when the outcome…I get it too.
huge hugs
nat
Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January. The videos are not available here anymore, since I have to make room for new fun things to come ..still thinking 
…but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want.
And now let’s jump to the 5th video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Spackle Tackle Technique – one of my faves 
If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)
This and the other techniques are part of some of my Über*Media Online Classes. They are there to free your creativity with techniques and how-to’s that go beyond one certain project. I want you to learn something new that you can adapt to your own style and can use for many projects to come.
Über*Media classes are dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials.
I do have several Über*Media Workshops available right now for example Über*Media -PanPastel, -Acrylic Paint, -Gesso, -Acrylic Ink and -FoamStamplifier.
For my Creative JumpStart Über*Media Workshop I showed some of my favorite Über*Media Techniques that can be used in your Mixed Media, Scrapbooking, Altered Art and/or ArtJournal Projects.
And here are the supplies I used in the video:
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Hope you enjoyed this :) have a gorgeous weekend
Nat
Thanks so much for the “refresher”, Nathalie. I didn’t take notes during Creative Jumpstart (my first year this year to attend) and I’m sorry I didn’t. I loved it, though! I can’t wait to try this technique again!
Fondly, Tami
Gracias por tus clases! La técnica es genial!!! Te deseo unas Felices fiestas!! besitos
Nat…i have used this tech several times, because always the effect is different depending on on the colors and the spots of water created. !…thanks for replaying all your ten techs. Waiting for 20l4 Jumpstart!…Have nice Xmas time…
One of my faves and I had not remembered it for awhile….TX LGL!!
I forgot how much fun Creative Jumpstart is !!!!!
Love the techniques!
I hope you are planning to have a Creative JumpStart Summit 2014! I just loved CJSS 2012…..
Thanks for the revisit. I love it!
4 days…no post…what??? I tell you…I am so sorry….but I am over my head in work…and hey…an upcoming housewarming party and hosting Thanksgiving this year is not helping either ;) I am working on several things at the same time…frantically and I know that some things might be totally up your alley and you will love love love them…so…BEAR with me! (Did you notice..I got it…I no longer write “bare” with me….I was so embarrassed when I learned what this means when I write it wrong- LOL). I had time for a quick art journal page – the foundation of it was made in my Class at the Ink Pad demoing.
It is always great to have some backgrounds ready to go in your art journal- so if you need a quick artfix that only takes a couple minutes- you are ready to go …
Here I also used another background page that I did and cut it up in circles which I used on the art journal page – I love it. It is one of the rare occasions where I actually have a lighter background and darker spots on top – usually I do darker backgrounds and lighten everything up with the embellishing features.
I used the Circuit Stencil I designed for StencilGirl Product and using a Versamark Pen I traced the pattern and then heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Enamel Powder.
and Mr Brain …with the dirty face (note to self: clean your fingers in between before you are fiddling in someones face!)…with a nice blue shirt to contrast the orange background ….fun
Hi Nat,
First off- don’t take on too much! If you stress yourself out over the holidays you won’t have FUN1 And we need more fun! heehee
Secondly, I’m in agreement with Jeanne, I kinda like the “dirty” look- mmm sexy! Gobble Gobble! xo
I don’t know…..the dirty face makes him look a bit more mysteriously sexy…Mmmmmm!
Don’t worry about your English…sadly there are plenty of Americans that don’t know the difference between “bear” and “bare” !
Tis the season to be busy!! Be nice to yourself!!<3
This is fun! Good look with your upcoming events!
Nat, I love your page and actually love the “dirty face”, because I do that all the time. Don’t feel bad about not posting every day, you have a life and having just moved…… I think you are entitled :-). (Of course I’m saying that because then I won’t feel so guilty about my lack of posting, wink!)
I really like this page. For me it is a working man , dirty and all who takes a thirsty break.
It is a busy time of year, no worries about posting Nat.
I am hosting Thanksgiving for the first time ever…busy as well.
How did you do the man on this page? Photo, drawing, pic from magazine? He’s very handsome;-)
Only one sketch this month…I seriously have creative withdrawals because most of the time right now I sit at the computer to prepare some ….things ;)
So….here you go -what represents Jersey City to me…Statue of Liberty and Iron Cast Railings
Wishing you an amazing day!!!
huge hugs
Nat
Is an amazing Sketch!!! In my country (México) “El angel de la independencia” (The independence angel) is the most representative!
My town is trees and trees and wild turkeys in the road.
Dogs walking their humans around the circle and children playing.
It’s nice and I’m still getting used to the quiet after 9 years (after living in a noisy city (Lawrence, MA) for 15 years.
Great artistic view of NJ and what it means to you. My hometown is in the deep south so I love the old homes in the downtown ares as well as other historic place with a definite vintage look.
Debby- I have a picture in my mind :) I have been to the south a a long time ago and I loved the architecture !
Love your sketch!…and colors! Thinking of trying to start sketching again as i did many years ago. Thanks for all the beautiful things you show to all, Nat. Now my answer to your quest:
Oh, my Puerto Rico, so small (35 m x 100 m) in special Caimito rural zone where i have been living for more than 40 years! So many shades of green, with the red-ora tones of the flamboyants, trinitarias in lilac, pink, red… the flowered roble tree with its lavender color in full, you name it… the smell of the Hilan-Hilan tree, and after 6 pm, the cigarra’s orchestra, and the sweet coquí- coqui, this is what i am in love with…Dont see me living in other place, with a different weather…
You make me wanna go – you wrote it in such wonderful poetic words…it sounds like a wonderful entry to a fiction story! I wanna read more :) One day I will go to Puerto Rico :)
What represents my little town in rural Georgia? Dogwoods and Azaleas in bloom, the smell of burning leaves and barbecue and the tiny post office.
Ahhh – that sounds cute with the flowers and the tiny post office.
The center of our town has a dam with a river flowlingover it. there are walks and a gazebo – just so pretty!
That sounds beautiful!
Nat, Love the colors in your sketch. My town in South Jersey is only one mile long by one mile wide. We have one traffic light. Not too much traffic like Jersey City has but not as easy to visit New York City. Take care.
How fun- only one traffic light! Less traffic is good – it is crazy here! :)
You sound so homesick! Yikes!
My city in NC is special because of the people.
I am not sure where you get this from in this post? Not at all so far…maybe when the holiday season comes.
Hi Nat
Love your sketch.
What represents my town for me is I have Tasmania’s biggest waterfall and the rainforest and mountains with snow even at this time of year
it is almost summer here in Australia
the wallabies and possums, echidnas wombat and Tassie devils and the snakes in fact all of the the wildlife and cradle mountain world heritage area
this sounds sooo beautiful- one day I will come :)
My Dear Nat
You would always be welcome
Are you ready for the 5th photo of the Second Round of Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about or want to see all the past photos and takes…check it out here.
Click here to see what Cat, Vicki, Martha and Cuchy made out of the photo and which story they tell.
Here is my take:
Journaling: Mother told them to be proud of their legacy! Being born into a circus family was special and most of the time people would be very interested in them and their life. But sometimes they were treated like outcasts. Mother said: “Chin up, straight look, shoulders up and onward…Leave them behind.” It was good advice!
Loved using Liquitex Heavy Paints and Spray Paints as well as my Elephant March Stencil for StencilGirl Products.
And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:
Here is how it works
thank you :)
Nat
the stencil, the perfect fit.
A good advice indeed. Clever, mother Esmeralda LOL
Your art journal is so beautiful and both the Elephant and the Arabesque stencils are so suitable for your story!
Love this as a journaling piece.
Having spent a bit of time with a traveling show, I can relate.
Love the bright colors and how you incorporated the stencil into the story — super cool!
Perfect stencil for a great story & life lesson!
I just love your story! And that stencil is perfect!
Perfect story for using your elephant stencil Nat.
I taught a class called Über*Media Backgrounds at The Ink Pad in New York City. It was a bit different in format as I did this class in two parts- the first part was at the end of October and the second yesterday.
The first part was dedicated to creating with all kinds of background techniques and making your own paper for an later art journal. It was loads of fun.
We used lot’s of different media
and played a lot with my StencilGirl Product stencils
the second part was about layering and taking the backgrounds even further and of course finally using them – in this case for an art journal
I had a blast and loved the colorful creations of the girls. I also like the concept of an ongoing class – it gives you so many possibilities and is a great way for everyone to deepen the learned stuff and then take it further. And on top- I met “my girls” again . This might be something I will be doing again ;) – who knows ;)
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
WOW! What fun Nat! It would be So Cool to be able to create with you- therefore I’d like an ongoing face to face! When can we schedule it for?!! LOL Wish we had somewhere around us that you could come teach at- no privately owned stamp/scrapbook stores within 75 miles from me :(
Seriously, I would prefer face to face with instructor, on-going for sure or ongoing online. Thanks for sharing with us! hugs xo
Definitely in person! Love connecting with everyone elses’s energy and creativity. Nice meeting you, Nathalie!
I like both online and in person. I’ve only had in person once! It was a few weeks ago in Charlotte when Julie taught there. I loved doing it live with the teacher’s inspiration right there. But there is something to be said for taking your time in your own studio, pausing when you need to and rewatching when necessary. I’d love an ongoing class.
I prefer online classes as i can enter the classroom whenever i want to check and/or refresh forgotten details. There are so many techs, that is impossible to remember all!…Thanks for your time, Nat!
How fun!
I really like in person and have never had ongoing but might like it.
That being said, online means that I can go back and look over tuts again.
Beim schmaddern bist du in deinem Element *lol* Aber die Ergbnisse gefallen selbst clean&simple Anhängern wie mir ;)) Und die Adresse von diesem “vielversprechenden” Laden ist natürlich schon gespeichert – ich muss zu ggbner Zeit ja auch irgendwo shoppen gehen ;)
LG Ursula
Looks like fun
awesome!!!
The classes sound great Nat. Love the concept of ongoing classes. It gives people the chance to explore what they do in the first class before moving on to the next step. I’d love to have that stamp shop near me, LOVE all of those wood mounted stamps in the background.
Looks like it was a ton of fun Nat!
DISCLAIMER: This Blog Post contains two picture that use words that are curse words , if you have a problem with this, you might be better off looking at something else . Don’t email me to complain, don’t visit my blog anymore because I might post things like this again and for sure do not let your kids look at this !
One of the things that I really love about living in Jersey City, is that it takes me about 15-20 minutes to go to New York. I am faster in Manhattan than many people that live in NYC ;) I call Jersey City actually lovingly “Manhattan for Beginners” – I can sleep here without my heart rate going up with all the lights and noise but I am also feeling like close enough to THE city ;) Strolling through NYC is fun as you can spy so many fun people, signs, graffitis and paste ups here and there
I loved this on the pavement
and this one made me laugh a lot (because everyone including me runs around with the right arm holding the cell phone and looking at it constantly)
And they do love to tell you no-nonsense of what you get if you park at the wrong spot
or what you can find in a store
And seriously…where do you find an old lady with an old lady puppet feeding a squirrel? Edited: I received a comment by Ricky Syers: “Thank you for posting the pic of Doris Diether feeding the squirrel! Im Ricky Syers the creator of these marionettes and the original marionette squirrel feeder!!” Please check out his website
I can also now see my sweet friend Julie more often(I am so happy about being closer to her…don’t tell her ;) )…she might come soon to NJ too…she is still preparing and getting her shots and a passport …New Yorkers seem to have a hard time to leave the city, even if the drive is just 15 mins ;)
I guess I should have called this post a Stroll through the neighbor neighbor hood ;) Anyway- I hope this made you smile a bit – have a gorgeous day !
Huge hugs
Nat
Thank you for posting the pic of Doris Diether feeding the squirrel! Im Ricky Syers the creator of these marionettes and the original marionette squirrel feeder!!
Have fun with all your new adventures and exploring NYC. LoL on finding treasures like the sweet lady with her puppet feeding a squirrel! how cute are they !
Love it all Nat – thanks for posting!
fabulous post! thanks Nat for showing your new city!
Oh boy, you always make me laugh but today brought tears too. I miss NY and NJ where I grew up and family still resides. I get homesick this time of year. Keep up these wonder posts.
Oh boy, you always make me laugh but today brought tears too. I miss NY and NJ where I grew up and family still resides. I get homesick this time of year. Keep up these wonder posts.
Fab post Nat….I love NYC!! I may have an idea what to do when I retire,now that I have seen the marionette toting, squirrel feeding gal…….
:-)
Of course this post make me smile Nat!
The pic of the old lady with the old lady puppet feeding the squirrel is a riot. So you really are close to NYC and Julie. Sweet. You two will be/are a good support to each other personally and as artists (making it in this big world). Love the signs. I need one of the phone signs to hang out of my car window. So many people talking and not driving safely around here.
Good thing about living in New York, besides your Bestie living there, too, you will never run out of things to write about and the there is always a great pic, just around the corner :)
I like seeing your postings about strolling NJ & NY. your Pics are great Being an artist and living in the rural country “MOO MOO” I do not have access to having a Big City but I do have the beauty of the country side.
Have a Happy Day! Peggy
Great pictures, my dream is to visit New York one time! This way I can enjoy it already a little. And curse words here , I coudn’t find bad stuff. You should hear me when I am angry at the boys :)
Looks like a wonderful trip to the city!
Oh my goodness! How cute is the old lady photo! I adore it! Please may I use it? I’ll keep your signature in the bottom.
Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January. The videos are not available here anymore, since I have to make room for new fun things to come ..still thinking …but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want.
And now let’s jump to the fourth video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was a Gesso Stamping Technique – which I love a lot
If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)
This and the other techniques are part of some of my Über*Media Online Classes. They are there to free your creativity with techniques and how-to’s that go beyond one certain project. I want you to learn something new that you can adapt to your own style and can use for many projects to come.
Über*Media classes are dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials.
I do have several Über*Media Workshops available right now for example Über*Media -PanPastel, -Acrylic Paint, -Gesso, -Acrylic Ink and -FoamStamplifier.
For my Creative JumpStart Über*Media Workshop I showed some of my favorite Über*Media Techniques that can be used in your Mixed Media, Scrapbooking, Altered Art and/or ArtJournal Projects.
And here are the supplies I used in the video:
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I hope you enjoyed this little technique.
Have an amazing day!
nat
Thank you Nat, for reminding me of this technique! I really hope for a new CJS 2014!
Forgot about this!
Thank you for a blast from the past! Love Creative Jumpstart 2013!
merci pour cette bonne idée!
“I’d rather fight my inner wars on canvas” by Nathalie Kalbach…because argggh ;) This inner fight was fought on paper in my art journal…apparently ;) And it helped …Good !
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Hope you have a wonderful day without inner fights today :)
hugs
Nat
Well, you have been fantastic. I love the colors and especially the signficado, it’s awesome!
It’s interesting for me to see your shift from paper to paint.
It inspires me to play more with paint and ink. I’ve yet to “let go” and really just have my emotions guide me with paint. You’ve done a nice job here of painting your emotions Nat.
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So inspiring! I too am another who just plays. Just for me.
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Another inspiring video that you’ve shared with us Nat.
I really have to say that I’m not at the point in my hobby where I can even evaluate rather or not I need to “see” my art in order to enjoy it.
I play with paper and paint and it’s fun:-)
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