Woweee! Available now .... !!

Ooooh I have been very excited about sharing 

this news with you all :-)

So many of you have e mailed and asked if I would offer on-line classes for art journaling, and I was thinking about it, I was ........ But then Traplet Publications (Craft Stamper Magazine UK) asked if I would be interested in making some art journaling DVDs. My first reaction was to run screaming from the room ... ha ha ha ... but then I got a grip and thought .... why not? 

So, now these DVDs are ready :-)  In DVD 1 - 'Art Journaling - Right from a blank page' - you see me discussing colour theory, demonstrating equipment, and then preparing several backgrounds in my journal in real time. Because this is in real time it means that you can play along at home, and then rewind and play along as many times as you want to! I show you several different ways to make backgrounds including finger painting (my fave!), blending colours with a brush, scraping colour with a credit card,  and spraying with ink sprays. You know how much I love colour and layers? Well, it's all here in this DVD.

In DVD 2 - 'Art Journaling - There are no mistakes in Art' -  I complete the pages that I prepared in DVD 1, again all in real time. I show you how to look for images on the internet, ideas for placing them on the page, how to use stamped images on your pages, and lots more!! I feature lots of fabulous collage artists and stamp manufacturers including Stampotique, Tumblefish Studios, Crowabout Studio B, Itkupilli, Rian Designs, Lisa's Altered Arts amongst others (links to all of these can be found in my sidebar). You see me painting with Dylusions, Golden Fluid Acrylics, and spraying with Dylusions ink sprays and Adirondack colorwash. You even see me journaling on the pages :-) Lots of ideas for journaling and all my background secrets revealed!!

You can buy DVD1 and DVD 2 singly, or as a box set. They run for aaaaages - and it's all delivered in my finest Yorkshire accent LOL!

If you want to know more or purchase the DVDs have a look at the Traplet shop here, and keep an eye out on my blog over the next few weeks as I'll be offering freebies. I'll also be setting up a Flickr group for anyone who would like to share art journal pages completed after watching the DVDs so watch this space...

Here's what Traplet has to say:

Whether you’re new to art journaling, or want to find new ways to let your imagination and creativity flourish, you’ll find Kate’s enthusiasm, skill and knowledge inspirational in this double-disc Art Journaling box set.

More information

In ‘Art Journaling – Right from a Blank Page’, discover the equipment you need to start mixed-media art journaling, with a guide to the journal itself, as well as paints, inks, pens, stencils, rubber stamps, useful ‘junk’, and anything else you may need. Learn how to prepare your journal pages for mixed media, and how to handle and blend acrylic paints. There’s also a handy guide to colour theory where you’ll learn which colours go together and which don’t. Lastly, Kate shows how to add depth to your backgrounds by adding layer upon layer, with more acrylic paint, colour washes, ink sprays, stencils and rubber stamps. 

In ‘Art Journaling – There are no Mistakes in Art’, discover techniques for adding focal images to pages, finding and using images on the internet, digital collages, rubber stamped images, collaged borders, grounding the images and unifying the page.

Learn how to journal on the page, what and how to write, places to look for inspiration and a gallery of Kate's work.

I am ALWAYS interested in any feedback, so if you do purchase my DVDs, then feel free to e-mail me (there's an e-mail button in my sidebar) and let me know what you think.

Hope you enjoy!