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Last Chance Sale: Dive Into Creativity with Beyond the Paper and Time Traveler Workshops!

Dear Creative Souls,

Are you ready to unlock new realms of artistic expression? Our acclaimed workshops, Beyond the Paper and Time Traveler, are embarking on their final journey, and this is your last chance to join us on this transformative experience!

Beyond the Paper: Join us, Nat Kalbach, Birgit Koopsen, and Marsha Valk, as we go beyond traditional substrates and explore exciting mediums like cardboard, Dura-Lar, and fabric. Discover innovative techniques such as foam stamping, printmaking, collage, and stitching. Plus, get your hands on a special Triple Play foam stamp set designed by us!

Time Traveler: Embark on a journey through design periods with Birgit, Marsha, and Nat. Dive into Flower Power, the Roaring 20s, and more, infusing historical motifs into your artwork through gelli plate printmaking and bookbinding techniques.

Starting today, April 23rd, indulge in our last-chance sale with irresistible discounts:

Don’t miss out on this final opportunity to join these transformative workshops before they vanish on April 30th!

Unlock your creative potential today and embark on a journey of artistic discovery!

Nat

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Discover Your Artistic Superpower with Best of Creative Jumpstart Vol. 6!

Are you ready to embark on a creative journey like never before? Dive into the Best of Creative JumpStart Vol. 6 workshop collection and unleash your artistic superpowers! Let’s explore the exciting features of this curated workshop bundle and how it can elevate your mixed media artistry.

What’s your artistic superpower? Is it a technique that defines your style or a mindset that fuels your creative process? In 2020, we explored the theme of Super Power, prompting our artists to share their creative prowess with our students. From tools and techniques to innovative thinking, these videos offer insights into the diverse realms of artistic expression.

Twelve artists such as Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Mystele Kierkeeng, MaryBeth Shaw, and more, are showcasing a diversity of techniques and styles, including mixed media gelli printing, mini book making, drawing jewelry, and more.

The benefits of the workshop bundle, include a lifetime access to downloadable content and exclusive insights into the artistic journeys of renowned instructors.

Join us on this artistic adventure and unlock the secrets to mastering mixed media art. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting your creative journey, the Best of Creative JumpStart Vol. 6 has something for everyone. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to discover and embrace your artistic superpowers! Get your Best of CJS Vol. 6 now for just 11.99 USD here for a limited time.

Nat

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Online Workshops – Holiday Sale Ends Dec 4

All Online Workshops are 30% right now for my big annual Holiday Sale. Just use the coupon code holiday30 to save. Sale ends at 11:59pm ET tomorrow, December 4, 2022. Sign up, save, and start a new artistic learning adventure!!! Shop my Online Workshops here.

All my Artful Adventure workshops are included:

Also available are some collaborative workshops that I created with Birgit Koopsen and Marsha Valk:

For super value I recommend the Best of CJS mini bundles:

Learn some bookbinding techniques or image transfer techniques:

Bottom line is there are a lot of different ways that you can feed your artistic soul with the learning and inspiration that an online workshop can provide. Sign up for one today and enjoy a very special art experience.

Don’t forget, the Holiday Sale ends tomorrow, December 4 at 11:59pm ET. Save 30% on almost everything in the online shop! Coupon Code is holiday30 and cannot be used on gift certificates.

Nat

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Matisse Workshop – Class Begins Today!

My new online workshop Artful Adventures with Henri Matisse begins TODAY, September 29 with the first technique lesson. (It’s also the LAST DAY of the $39 Early Bird Sale* price).

Would you like to go on a little Artful Adventure with inspiring project ideas, art journaling, mixed media techniques and beyond? My Artful Adventure workshops explore how we can draw inspiration and technique ideas from master artists and this time we’re looking at a favorite artist of mine, Henri Matisse. We will touch on pattern, color, shape, and more, all based on the art of Matisse, but in a way that YOU can adapt to YOUR style of making art.

Learn more and Sign Up HERE

Get a sneak peek at what the workshop covers:

See you in the classroom!

*Early Bird ends September 29, 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time).

Nat

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NEW Online Workshop: Artful Adventures with Henri Matisse

Today my newest online workshop Artful Adventures with Henri Matisse goes on sale on my website!

Get ready to go on an Artful Adventure with us. Explore shape, collage, pattern, color and MORE, seeking inspiration from one of my all time favorite artists: Henri Matisse! From the get go, we’ll learn about Matisse’s artwork and life, and then we’ll dive right in to 4 technique lessons with creative ways to translate his signature style into your own unique art journaling and artwork.

Sign up NOW to enjoy great pricing: Early Bird* is just $39 – now through Thursday, September 29 when the technique lessons begin.

Check out the promo video to get a sneak peek at this Artful Adventure:

In addition to investigating Matisse’s style, we’ll also play with the unique paper cut out artform, explore color palettes, learn how to create with a monoprint painting technique, and much much more. Let the Artful Adventures begin!

Learn more about the workshop HERE and be sure to sign up by September 29 to take advantage of the Early Bird*.

*Early Bird ends September 29, 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time).

Nat

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Jump with CJS22 and MORE – Last Day

Jump back into learning and creating!

Today, Sept 5 is the LAST DAY to save with our Labor Day Workshop Sale and Last Chance Sale!!! Refuel your creative side this fall with an online mixed media workshop. Just enter the coupon code laborday20 to save 20% off all my Online Workshops*. In addition to that, it’s your last chance to sign up for Creative JumpStart 2022 and right now it’s just $59.

Jump into something new and fun and challenge yourself to make a commitment to your creativity. See you in the classroom!

*Sales end Monday Sept 5 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time). 20% off sale excludes CJS22.

Nat

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Back to School with Online Workshops

It’s that Back to School season where I think we’re all ready for new experiences, hungry for a challenge, and excited about learning. I always like to begin the fall with some nourishment for the mind and an Online Workshop is an easy way to jump into something that you know will be both fun AND good for the artistic side of the brain.

My Labor Day Sale is running now through Monday Sept 5th* and offers 20% off all my Online Workshops. Just use the coupon code laborday20 to save.

AND in addition to all the Online Workshops being on sale, I’m also offering a Last Chance Sale for CJS22 for just $59. I’m going to be taking a little break from this program for a while so it’ll also be your last chance to get a full CJS workshop for a while – better sign up ;)

Here is just a small selection of some of the workshops I’ve got going now – Artful Adventures, Best of CJS bundles, project workshops, and super cool ensemble cast workshops:

Be sure to check out the Online Workshop section of my shop – there are even more to choose from to inspire you and exercise your creative side this fall and beyond.

*Sale ends Monday, September 5th 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time). 20% off excludes CJS22.

Nat

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Last Chance: Jump with Creative JumpStart 2022

Jump with us! Creative Jumpstart 2022 is on sale now until Monday, September 5th*! 

Have you ever felt that tapping into your creative side is hard to do? Even if you love art making or crafting and/or do it for a living, getting in your creative zone can sometimes be a struggle. Mix in being a bit of a perfectionist, overthinking, time constraints, feeling unmotivated, and judging your work and/or comparing yourself to others, and artmaking can be such a trying thing! If you feel like I’m preaching to the choir, I have just the thing – Creative JumpStart.

Creative JumpStart was created for hobbyists and artists alike to learn from the best of the best and take action to build a creative habit.

By joining CJS, you’ll get to learn techniques from yours truly, as well as 37 other uber talented mixed media artists.

The workshop can be completed in about five weeks (if you are doing the lessons daily, as recommended) via 38 pre-recorded lessons. There’s technique and project based lessons, tons of tips and tricks from our artist teachers, and all the lessons are around 10 minutes in length and designed to help you make creating a doable, daily habit.

Are you in? 

Register for CJS22 between now and Monday, September 5th, for $59 (previously $79). This is your Last Chance to sign up for Creative JumpStart 2022 and also the last chance to enjoy the CJS extravaganza while we take a break from the programming for a year or so.

*Sale ends Monday, September 5th, 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time)

Nat

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Get ready to Focus your Creativity!

Bring some focus back to your art making with an online workshop! Life is a juggling act and it’s easy to let some of the most joyful activities fall out of focus now and again. It’s time to change that and Focus your Creativity.

We’ve got two sales going on right now to help you with that. Our Creative JumpStart Last Chance Sale AND our Labor Day Workshop Sale. Now thru Monday Sept 5th* you can save on both CJS22 and all my online workshops. It’s a nice opportunity to redirect some energy back into your creative practice with technique and project lessons to stoke your creativity. Just enter the coupon code laborday20 when you check out to save.

Creative JumpStart 2022, for those of you who aren’t familiar with CJS, includes 38 different lessons, each taught by 38 different leading Mixed Media artists. The lessons include a broad variety of techniques, projects, and styles and are designed to fit in a busy schedule – whenever you could use a Creative JumpStart ;)

Whether you’re just getting started in the mixed media world or are a mixed media veteran, CJS is a magical and interactive experience created just for you. You can expect to:

  • Be challenged on your journey 
  • Take action on your goals 
  • Discover how your art making creates connections with people, places, and things
  • Understand how you connect with certain materials
  • Gain access to a plethora of artistic techniques to learn and master

Register today for just $59.

All my Online Workshops are on sale right now in fact, and there are lots of opportunities for learning, fun, and a renewed focus on your creative side.

Go on an Artful Adventure with me and let the artwork of master artists inspire and guide you…

Or get the Best of CJS from years past if you missed those workshops or are looking for more bite-sized lessons…

Join Birgit Koopsen, Marsha Valk, and myself as we explore mixed media surfaces in Beyond the Paper or inspiration through style eras in time in Time Traveler.

Whichever Online Workshop experience catches your eye (check out the shop here to see all the workshops I currently have available), the goal is to refocus you on your art making and creative side. Carve out some time each day or week to express yourself, hone your skills, let loose with your supplies, and feel the joy of creating.

See you soon in the classroom!

*Sales end Monday, September 5th 2022 at 11:59pm EDT (NYC time). Use coupon code laborday20

Nat

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