Julie Fei Fan Balzer’s Jump Start

Today’s JumpstARTer is my friend Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. I can’t say enough wonderful things about her – she is an amazing artist, awesome teacher and I love her personality. Spending time with Julie is the best 🙂 And therefore…I would love to share with you some time with Julie today!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed media artist and painter.  She lives in New York City in a small apartment with a big art studio.  She has had artwork and articles published in multiple books & magazines (including her column in Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine), hosts the TV show Scrapbook Soup (PBS) and the Adventures in Arting podcast, designs products for art-making, and blogs six days-a-week at balzerdesigns.typepad.com .  Her yet-to-be-titled book will be released by Interweave Press in 2013.

She made this fun video on how to use Stencils 3 different ways for you

Password for the video – please copy and paste – case sensitive – no spaces!!!:

BalzerDesigns

if you cannot see the video in this browser – here is the link: https://vimeo.com/54902998

But wait – there is more- Julie also has a giveaway for you!!!

“You can win a seat in one (your choice) of the twelve workshops I’m offering as part of “Getting Started”: a collection of online classes intended to educate and empower.  “Getting Started” is all about getting you started with a wide variety of mixed media techniques and supplies. I have chosen a collection of my most-used supplies and techniques to share with you. These are the tips, tricks, and materials that I use virtually every day in the studio!

Each mini class is hosted on a private password-protected blog and your classroom access never expires.

As the moniker “Getting Started” indicates, these lessons are intended to cover the basics of each topic for those with little to no experience with the topic.  Lessons are always a mixture of technical information (why this glue, why the paint works like that, etc.) mixed with my own personal taste and tips on how/why I use certain products and/or techniques.  From design principles to gesso, there’s a class to answer all your questions.”

Here is what you have to do in order to be able to win this giveaway:

Leave a comment here for Julie on how you liked her JumpStart video

Good luck! The winner will be chosen randomly with a number generator picking the a number out of the comment entries and will be announced the first week of February.The website address with all giveaway winners will  be sent out with a newsletter. You have to be of the age of 18 to enter. Comments have to be posted till February 1, 2013 midnight Central European Time as this is when the Creative Jumpstart 2013 officially ends. Double entries will be deleted! All comments received after the February 1, 2013 will not be eligible for winning. You must be signed in for the Creative JumpStart 2013 Newsletter to be eligible for the giveaway. 

You can find more about Julie here:

Blog: www.balzerdesigns.typepad.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/balzerdesigns

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Balzer-Designs/150748641642690

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/milkcannyc?feature=mhee

I hope you enjoyed todays Jumpstart

Nat

Thank you for participating and making this year’s Creative JumpStart special!

Again this year we’re able to bring your Creative JumpStart Summit 2013 free. A lot of energy and love went into this event, and the work has been nonstop for months.

If you would like to help offset these costs and support me in my effort to keep Creative JumpStart free, you can donate here. It is completely up to you if you donate and how much or how little you give.

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