This week I had the pleasure to do a video interview with artist Catherine Scanlon. Cat answers some questions on what her creative process is, what she likes to mix and match in her artwork, gives a hint what she has done in her Creative Jumpstart Video and even shows a little sneak preview of her upcoming stamp release!
Join Cat and 26 other Mixed Media Artists at Creative JumpStart 2017 – register here!
Hope you enjoyed our conversation ! Have a wonderful day
Nat
In this series artists answer in visual form to a brief questionnaire.
Meet New Jersey Artist and Educator Andrew Borloz and see how he answered questions with photos, sketches and graphics.
A Visual Interview with Andrew Borloz from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Andrew is one of the teachers of Creative JumpStart 2017 along with 26 other artists – read more about this Mixed Media Online Class and sign up here.
Hope you enjoyed this first visual interview- more are to come :)
Loved it – very creative!!! Can’t wait till January 1 and, by the way, I am telling everyone I can how wonderful CJS is!!!
So glad you liked it JoAnn- the next one is coming Saturday. They are so much fun to put together. And ohhh thank you so much- you are the sweetest. I am so happy to have you back!!!
I have taken two of Andrew’s classes – he is awesome!
Aw, JoAnn, thanks so much for the nice compliment and looking forward to “seeing” you in my on-line class in January!
I enjoyed the interview. Very original way to do it and it gave me insight into approaching things. Thank you. Looking forward to CJ2017.
Happy you liked the interview Rita and looking forward to jumping with you in 2017!
In the mornings I play in my art journal to get myself into the creative groove and break the ice – so to speak- and get ready to paint. I recorded and fast forwarded my morning ritual for this video – and hope you enjoy it. Take it as what it is – a morning art journal play- not a tutorial.
Creative Ice Breaker V Aug 27, 2016 from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Here are the supplies I have used in my Creative Ice Breaker video above – some links are affiliate links.
I hope you enjoyed the little glimpse into my morning warm up play! Have a wonderful and creative day!
Oooo that hand carved stamp is really cool! I want to learn how to make one of those!
Just adored watching this Nat. So free and fun – just creating to create. And it turned out just SUPER too. Love how you used your gals in such a diffferent way. Thanks bunches for such amazing inspiration. XXXj.
Thank you for sharing this Nat, I tend to think too much about what I’m doing and my “art” suffers for it. I am so controlled at times that I really need to “let go” more. Watching videos like this one are a good reminder for me. Have a terrific week!
Hi Sue, glad to hear the video is a little nudge to let go :) don’t overthink the not overthinking either – just have fun!!!! Wishing you a terrific weekend as well!!!
In the mornings I play in my art journal to get myself into the creative groove and break the ice – so to speak- and get ready to paint. I recorded and fast forwarded my morning ritual for this video – and hope you enjoy it. Take it as what it is – a morning art journal play- not a tutorial ? – BTW- I had to buy a new camera and as you might see, I am still trying to get used to it. I learned a lot about it during the video- so bear with me on the bit of a weirdo-focus-color-format journey in this video – I promise it will be better next time.
Creative Ice Breaker VIDEO IV July 31, 2016 from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Here are the supplies I have used in my Creative Ice Breaker video above – some links are affiliate links.
Don’t forget that this is the last day of the Blogiversary SALE with 20% off of online workshops (like Creative Jumpstart 2016), DVDs, and select items (including all the stampsandstencils) from the n*Store online. The sale prices are reflected in the store now.
I hope you enjoyed the video ? Have a wonderful and creative day
Nat
I could not believe it when you started putting gesso over that lovely background, I was almost shouting at the screen, but what a lovely page you created and how wrong I was, gorgeous.
LOL- Kathy-I didn’t know I could make you almost shout at the screen ;) glad you still liked the page. Honestly I liked the background too but I was thinking- ah let’s roll with it :)
In the mornings I play in my art journal to get myself into the creative groove and break the ice – so to speak- and get ready to paint. I recorded and fast forwarded my morning ritual for this video ��� and hope you enjoy it. Take it as what it is – a morning art journal play- not a tutorial ?
Creative Ice Breaker III July 9 2016 from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
And here is the page you see in the video:
Here are the supplies I have used in my Creative Ice Breaker video above – some links are affiliate links.
I hope you enjoyed the video ? Have a wonderful and creative day
Nat, I love these little videos and I hope you’ll keep them coming! Makes me want to play in my journal right now!
Just the motivation I needed this morning. Thanks for sharing.
Jean
YEahh – so glad it got you motivated- hope you had a fun day!!
Almost looks like your little elphant is smiling – SUNSHINE family!!! Wonderful as always Nat. Thanks bunches for making my day! Xj.
Had so much fun watching your vid today. Music fit perfect.LOL
I just have to get the elephant set now. Thanks.
:) thank you Susan – glad you enjoyed the music and video and the elephants :)
how do you contain the spray on the Liquitex sprays? I must be doing something wrong. I love your use of the layered stencils and stamps….I’ve really grown to love the elephant set and use it a lot of the time.
Hi Ruthie, I shake the bottle at least a minute before using it and make sure that the nozzle is free of spray. I usually have no problem with it, unless there is some dried in areas around the nozzle. Do you have that problem with all sprayers and caps? I also find that it is easier to control if you are a further away. If you are spraying very close you are spraying very forcefully to one spot but it will result in a big blot rather than a fine mist. I hope this helps a bit :) Glad you hear you love the elephant set- share with me some time what you did with it :)
Last week I went to Arlington, Texas to teach together with MaryBeth Shaw, Jodi Ohl and Gina Rossi Armfield an Art Journaling Live Class which was recorded and will be available as DVDs and Video Download at the end of November this year.
I started with some Creative Icebreaker techniques and lot’s of visual and actual texture.
And it was fun to see what the amazing students created in this 1 1/2 hour with me.
All the while Aaron was being serious and filming everyone and everything ;)
Here is Amy Jones, our wonderful producer and you can see Jeannine Stein the editor of Cloth Paper Scissors doing fun stuff with Jodi in the background.
And here is Jodi showing off her hands to proof she painted
My favorite part of the day was that after I was done with my teaching, I got to play along in all the other classes and below you see what I did in Jodi’s fantastic class …I changed her awesome whimsical birds and fish up a bit and out came: Botox fish – I love them- they crack me up :)
Here is a view of the classroom.
And the amazing MaryBeth Shaw – so good to spend time with her too
and take her amazing layering and stencil class
I realize, I do not have a photo of Gina- grrr- but she was sitting right next to me
and she taught a really really wonderful watercolor class which makes me want to do more with watercolors!!!
And here we are – all four of us – relieved and happy that we made it- and super thankful for all the wonderful and talented students we spent time with on that day.
I will keep you updated on the DVD and Video Download but meanwhile you can check out the ones from last year and some others I did
looks like it was fab!
ADORE your botox fish Nat. Hehehhehehe – made my day!!!!
And what a wonderful array of FABULOUS photos. I loved seeing EVERY one of them. And the last one of the four of you together is so perfect. How fun that you not only got to teach but had some fun learning time too!
Thank you sooo much for sharing your journey. XXj.
Hi, it was such a fun day and wonderful seeing you. It’s fun to see the pictures. Would it be okay to “borrow” the first and last pictures for my blog. I will include a link to yours.
Hi Denise- so good to see you again- and of course you can use the pix !!!! have a wonderful weekend!!!!
Botox fish…LOL.
Great pic of the 4 of you at the end of the post!
In the mornings I play in my art journal to get myself into the creative groove and break the ice – so to speak- and get ready to paint. I recorded and fast forwarded my morning ritual – and hope you enjoy it. Take it as what it is – a morning art journal play- not a tutorial ?
Creative Ice Breaker June 2016 from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Here are the supplies I have used in my Creative Ice Breaker video above – some links are affiliate links.
I hope you enjoyed the video ? Have a wonderful and creative day
Love all of your great colors. TFS
thats my kind of play!!
Wow what a great way to start your day kind of like stretching before your morning run. I really enjoyed your video it was very inspiring. I can’t seem to find my way into mix media. My style is to controlled and stay in the lines. I guess I just need to be brave and jump in. What do I have to lose right. OBTW you ARE the best, best colorer lol tfs!
Gorgeous journal page! Love your sentiment – very empowering!
In the mornings I play in my art journal to get myself into the creative groove and break the ice – so to speak- and get ready to paint. I recorded and fast forwarded my morning ritual – and hope you enjoy it. Take it as what it is – a morning art journal play- not a tutorial :)
Creative Ice Breaker June 2016 from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Here is the page I did
A list of the supplies I used- some are affiliate links
I hope you enjoyed the video :) Have a wonderful and creative day
This Tuesday we’re taking a short break from our Creative Squad (they will be back next week with a new June theme to play with!) to bring you some amazing projects from around the globe. My stamps and stencil designs are available for purchase online and maybe even in your local craft store, so crafters and mixed media artists and art journalers from around the world are using them. I am always excited to see how YOU use my products in your own projects. I am even more excited to share some of the beautiful and creative examples of these projects with you today. Enjoy this inspiration from around the globe!
First we have this very fun travel-inspired art journal spread from Robyn Seaniger from NSW, Australia. Robyn has used both my Elephant and my Urban Scribble foam stamp sets to create this colorful ode to India.
Metal Artist Elitia Hart from Calgary, Canada, used my Elephant Parade stencil in this very original metal embossing project. This is a very creative use of the stencil and I highly recommend checking out her video below explaining her process. It is long but definitely worth watching as it is a real step by step class!
Cool, right?
Judi Kauffmann from Maryland, USA sent me this fun mail art envelope using my Bird and Urban Scribble foam stamp sets. What a nice surprise in my mailbox :)
Finally, we have a couple of awesome videos from Lindsay Weirich from Maine, USA for you to check out. In these videos, Lindsay uses my Urban Scribble foam stamp set to create a cool card project and then she uses my Bird, Elephant, and Urban Scribble foam stamp sets to make a gorgeous art journal.
Join us again next Tuesday for another great project from one of our Creative Squad members! They will be working with a new theme for June. And in the meantime, share with me what you’ve been working on with my stamps and stencils. I would love to feature your project in an upcoming post!
Try some of the above techniques for yourself with these n*Studio supplies:
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Dotti
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I am so excited about the 2017 CJS! Hard to wait ’til it gets here!
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nathalie-kalbach
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Yeah- happy to have you!
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