“Here is what I would like to tell you at last – I hope we are friends until we die. And then I hope we stay ghost friends and walk through walls and scare the sh* out of people!” -for a friend :)
I had spray painted over my self cut building stencil and rubbed off the excess paint on the right. Then I used the new Winsor & Newton Pigment Markers and used them to draw in and also on the images. I love how the colors pop although uncoated paper is not the perfect substrate for those markers. Below is a supply list of what I used.
Gorgeous work! I was at MOMA last week and saw her self-portrait with monkey in a beautiful mirror and painted glass frame. Your journal work evokes the feeling and energy of Frida’s painting.
Fantastic journal piece, Nathalie. Absolutely love those colors and such a great quote to live by. Thank you for sharing your N*Studio stamps with us today!
My friend Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and I will be teaching the Mixed Media Circus: Art Journal Adventure workshop 1 hour North of Sydney in Berkley Vale – at the Darkroom Door Art Studio , Australia April 15 -17, 2016.
You can sign up for this 3-Day-Workshop here: Mixed Media Circus: Art Journaling Adventure. We would really love to see you there*-and we are super excited to come Down Under and it will loads of fun and a real art journaling adventure!
*if you are in the Melbourne area and would love to join us there- we are teaching at Artified April 8-10,2016 – sign up and more info here
Soooo excited about this. Some of you might remember that in July I joined my friends Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Dina Wakely and Mary Beth Shaw in Texas for a Art Journaling Live Workshop with 75 students. The four of us taught different art journaling techniques and the event was recorded on video. Here is a little sneak peak
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You’ll love this art journaling video workshop if:
You missed the Art Journaling LIVE event, but want the instruction from the sessions
You are a fan of mixed-media artists Mary Beth Shaw, Dina Wakley, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and Nathalie Kalbach
You want to learn exclusive techniques to grow your artistic skillset
Learn More about Each Session:
In “The Abstracted Journal,” StencilGirl Mary Beth Shaw gives you techniques for creating your own stickers, decorative tape, collage papers and more as you create an abstract art journal spread with unique component parts!
Complete two art journal pages with Dina Wakley in her class, “Random by Design,” as she gives you four fail-proof guidelines for creating an expressive, random look in your art journal without creating chaos!
In “Easy Lettering,”Julie Fei-Fan Balzer shows you ways to use your own handwriting to create more than 24 fancy lettering styles. Then, learn the best way to add shadows to make your text pop off the page!
Join Nathalie Kalbach for “Tooling Around,” in which she’ll show you how to create lusciously layered backgrounds by pushing your mixed-media tools to the max. Take part in a roomful of fun as you experiment with more than 10 techniques! ——-
True, I guess …sometimes it is hard to trust…but what else is left over?
Some texture play in my art journal. I used flexible modeling paste through my Crackle Stencil, let it dry and then applied some Glass Beads here and there.
After the glass beads dried I used Liquitex Spray Paints and sprayed over – sometimes going back in while the paint was still wet and blending some of the colors. I finsihed the spread off with some white ink splatters and the “trust” sticker as well as some writing.
“I have already lost touch with a couple of people, I used to be” – so true ;)
For this spread I painted the background with Liquitex Brilliant Yellow Green, Yellow Light Hansa and Brilliant Blue – mixing the colors with a brayer. I then used my Lilly Wallpaper and Batik Stencil with some of the colors in the Background and used the Mish Mesh Stamp with some Titanium White. The image is painted with Liquitex Markers as well as the Journaling. An easy but fun spread – the right amount of work to get the morning creativity flowing.
Disclaimer: This post includes an art journal page with a swear word – I know….OMG! Please …get over it, it is called personal expression . If you have a problem with that or art, 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, farewell!
“Note to self: Listen, smile, agree…and then do whatever the **** you were gonna do anyway! ”
Sometimes an art journal is a the best way to get some grumpy feelings out …and this was just the right thing for me to write down at the situation I was in. So there, I felt better right away :)
But besides that I was dumping my grumpiness onto this art journal spread – I had a pretty fun time painting :) I had used some colors, mixing and brushing them on and also doing some marks with my brush.
The white splatters were done with a fan brush and white Liquitex Acrylic Ink.
For the stamping I used my Stampendous Mark Maker Set and the Hero Arts Ink Pad – I love the chalky look of it and how it gives a nice layered look.
For the journaling I use a Fineline Applicator filled with a mixture of Liquitex acrylic ink and soft body paint.
The orange-purple-brown texture pieces are actually acrylic skins which I applied with Matte Medium – I love using those in my art journal.
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try!
I believe that is true – almost every time, I thought of something I would love to do or achieve and it sounded scary it was a good decision …like quitting my paralegal job to become an artist…or moving to the U.S. … So time for me to encounter another thing that scares me – we shall see ;)
This was a quick page in the morning – I had painted the background a couple weeks ago and had experimented with glazes. It got a bit dark in the process, so I added a huge field of white gesso scratched on with an old hotel key card. Later I spray painted using my StencilGirl Products Lilly Stencil and two different colors of Liquitex Spray Paint. Sometimes Art Journaling doesn’t have to be a long process- remember – you are the boss apple sauce ;)
Just a reminder that I am teaching an Art Journaling 101 Class in NYC at Pratt Institute at the Manhattan Campus this coming sunday. Anyone can join – just call 855.551.7727 and register for PMFA506! You more or less only have to bring a book or watercolor paper and some brushes – all else will be provided!
I would love to see you there if you are in the area!!!
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michelle ward
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great page Nathalie! I love that quote too – sent it as a card to a friend this year at Halloween.
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Sue Clarke
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Love this quote and page.
I once got it on a card for a friend and she had the best laugh as well!
Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving Nat!
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