Maybe you heard that my sweet friend Nathalie Kalbach wrote a book. A really cool book about Mixed Media, techniques and inspiration.
This is what Nathalie says about it:
"It’s an invitation to YOU to go on an Artful Adventure with me. I wrote it to reach everyone I can’t meet in person with my classes, to share the methods that make mixed media accessible to all, no matter their skill level. It’s about the process from inception to realization, how observations and experiences can be turned into works of art. I give practical guidelines and oodles of examples of how I find inspiration, how I gather and keep my ideas in sketchbooks, journals and photos, and what materials go on the journey with me in an Art-on- the-Go kit.
In each chapter there are techniques and step-by- step instructions for projects – stencils, layering, collage, textured painting, mono-printing, photo manipulation, and more, to ensure that the reader can go on their own Artful Adventures and create their own meaningful mixed media artwork!"
Sounds pretty cool, right?!
What is also cool is that she invited some artist friends to create something for her book as well. And I am very honoured to be one of them!
I don't have the book yet, it's on it's way, and I can't wait to get it in my hands :)
But Nathalie has send me a picture of my art work in the book and said I could share it with you :)
Something very different from what I usually make. Inspired by the country side where I live and the dried baby wipes I happened to have on hand at the time.
In the last couple of weeks Nathalie did a some fun things to help promote her book like a photo/inspiration challenge and interviews with the people who created something for the book, talking about inspiration, where to find it and so on.
Here you can watch the interview she did with me:
The challenge that is going on is called #strollchallenge. You can not only play along in the photo challenge but you can also participate in a free class room were other participants share their photo's and art work based on them and there are also free videos from the artists in the book showing where the inspiration came from and how it was used. Fun, fun, fun!
The challenge started May 10 but you can still join in and catch up if you like, or just join for the last 2 weeks. The idea is to go out in your hood and take pictures based on a list of prompts and then let the pictures inspire you to create something.
Just go to Nathalie's blog, sign up for the free workshop here and have fun!
Today is my turn to share my process with you and I made a project based on the word "pattern". The photo where my inspiration came from is one I took while strolling through NYC with Nathalie in March when I visited her. It's a manhole and it caught my eye when I walked over it. I thought the pattern was neat so I took a picture of it.
In my project I used the actual photo. Here's a little sneak peek:
Want to see the whole project and how made it? Then sign up now and be inspired!
And last but not least, now you of course NEED that book too! :)
So hop on over to Amazon and order your copy today!!
Happy strolling!
Love,
