You might recognize this face? This is the fun and gorgeous Nathalie Kalbach from N*Studio. I was lucky enough to spend the whole day with her last Saturday at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps in Lake Worth, FL. That is only about 45 minutes south, so I was so excited.
I took two of her workshops. The first was her YAWP! Pan Pastel art journal class. I learned a few new ways to play with my Pan Pastels! Love my PanPastels, but I think I need some more colors. They work so nicely with tools I already have; stamps, stencils, embossing powders, etc. I didn’t bind my book, because I think I’m going to either add more pages, or add these to another art journal, as well as actually add more to the pages.
And the last class I took was a Season’s Mixed Media Canvas. This is a work in progress. I still didn’t add my title or my dimensional stamped images, because I have some other things in mind. So, I got the foundation and plan to work on this one and add my own finishing touches to it, but the longer I look at it, the more I am loving it. I will share it when I am finished, but I wish you could see all the texture in person.
Me and Nat being silly. We had a blast.
The best part was spending some time with Nathalie. When I meet my friends at CHA, we are usually all working and running around that we don’t have a lot of time to really sit around, talk, laugh, etc., so this was a real treat. I have to tell you that one of the main reasons I LOVE LOVE LOVE my job as a designer now is not just because I get to play in paints and glue everyday, but because of the people I get to meet in person and the friendships I am building all over the world. For a little country girl raised in Florida (practically her whole life), this is the BEST part. I can say that I have friends from Germany, Australia, Canada, England, Singapore, California (OK, so they are really still in the US LOL ), Poland, Africa and so many more places. Now, if I could just visit a few of them, I’d be checking things off my Bucket List.
Thanks for stopping by today,
I love it! I’ve been wanting to get into mixed media, but so far all I’ve been doing is looking at the amazing work of others. Goal #3 on my 2013 list of to do’s:-)
Just do it, Kisha. Start playing with some basic collage and grow from there. Lots of great inspiration out there.
Love the colors on that canvas!
This little German lady certainly is very special!!
🙂 I think so too, Nurse Ratchet!
It was so awesome to see you and spent time with you. Thank you for coming 🙂 Your work is wonderful – I love the canvas and can’t wait to see the finished piece 🙂 Hugs
nat
Thank you. I will definitely share it with you when it is finished! You are a great teacher! See ya soon.