Art journaling class

Hello Everyone!

Last week, I had the pleasure to teach art journaling using some of Anna's (Finnabair) techniques. The participants in the class asked me to post my journal pages on my blog so they can put the final touch to theirs.  So here they are...

Technique using tea (Anna's):

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod - The Creative Cellar

This is the page I made during the class, using the same technique:

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod - The Creative Cellar

Technique using stains (Anna's)

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod - The Creative Cellar

 

 

Again, this is the page I made during the class, using the stain technique:



Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod - The Creative Cellar

And finally, the techniques I teached using modeling page, gesso and inks.



Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod - The Creative Cellar

 

This was a short post, but I hope you enjoyed it :)

Cheers, 



A new passion: Art journaling

When I took a class with the great Finnabair last June, the proposed project was to make an art journal using mixed media techniques.  Every one of us created a beautiful art journal using a Prima mixed media book cover and the coordinated pages. 

As I said in a previous post, this experience was a revelation for me!  I had some much pleasure creating with cover, and the result still blows me away!  Everyone in the class created a gorgeous art journal cover, and they were all so different from one another!  Here is mine, a mix of green, teal and gold.





I ART YOU
Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod, inpired by Finnabair

 The class with Anna also included techniques to create art journal pages.  We used tea to stain our pages, as well as distress ink, stains, gesso, stamps, etc.  Awesome!!

Here are the pages I made using the Finnabair techniques shown in the class.

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod, inpired by Finnabair

 

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod, inpired by Finnabair

 



This experience made me want to try doing more by myself.  I created my own art journal pages using all kind of medias, including modeling paste, gesso, Dylusions, stains, burlap, lace, etc. 




Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

 

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

 

Created by Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

It felt wonderful creating these pages and I am so looking forward to making more.  Let me know if you like them!  I could post more... :o)
Ciao!



Inspiration a la Finnabair

As many of you know, I had the privilege, along with over 60 other ladies, to take a class with an amazing artist, the great Anna Dabrowska (aka Finnabair). This event was organized by Scrap en Masse and was a huge success. Meeting such an inspiring artist was one of the best experience in my life!

I always wanted to try mix-media art. When I started painting a few year ago, I added Saran Wrap and Newspaper to my art so it would have more relief. But this was not satisfactory to me, I really wanted to add a third dimension to what I was doing. Taking Anna's class allowed me to try mediums that always intimidated me, which kept me from taking the leap. I had no technique or method to use the mediums, pastes, sealers, etc. During the class with Finnabair, we created the cover for an art journal, which I will show in a future post. This was a reveal for me; it opened the door to another world that I want to explore more and more.

So yesterday, I created a sign for my scraproom door, my Creative Cellar. 

The Creative Cellar, Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

I took one of my unused canvas and started by applying modelling paste with a mask to create a flowery background.

The Creative Cellar, Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

I applied a mix of pigments and glimmer mist to colour my canvas. The elements I used come from my own stash, but I also include an old key that my Dad had in his 'treasure box' (aka his mancave), a button that used to be on my hubby's military uniform, some dragonflies my friend Diane gave me, as well as lace and corrugated board. As a finishing touch, I applied the beautiful LuminArte Silk glaze and covered the whole canvas with a gloss protective sealer. So I did what Finnabair teached us, but added my personal touch to the mix!

The Creative Cellar, Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

I love this new mix-media style and will probably create more and more. And now, I have a lovely sign to walk by every time I enter my scraproom :)

The Creative Cellar, Nathalie Noreau-McLeod

Happy creating!