ARTIST TRADING CARDS SET #5

These are the final nine cards of my five sets of cards from my weekly classes this past year. I smile each time I pass them in the studio. Every card is unique, some done by professional artists, some by people who haven't been painting that long. Each is a small but glorious treasure. Thank you for painting them and sharing them.

ATC SHOWCASE #4

Teaching others about making art is one of the very best 'jobs' in the world as far as I'm concerned. Yesterday the Queen City Artists Club held a mini morning workshop to learn more about YUPO. The group worked, no, actually played, with watercolor on YUPO with great results. Watching what each unique artist created was exciting for me.


These ATC cards from some of the artists in my weekly classes show great variety of subject matter, style, and technique. Each artist approaches a bigger painting with that same uniqueness. Can't wait for class to get here this morning!

SHOWCASE TRADING CARDS

Here is the third set of five of the artists' trading cards in the studio. The unique style of each artist is evident even in a painting so small. This photo does not do them justice at all...my apologies to the artists.

SHOWCASE #2

This group of trading cards again shows the diversity of styles and techniques each artist used. The cards are small - a little over 2x3." Each artist who gave me a card received one of mine, too, and I did some of them on YUPO with fluid acrylics:-) Painting small is not my style at all, so this was challenging.

There will be more to see in the next post, but now it's time to finish up the details before the portrait workshop here on Saturday and Sunday. Have a good weekend.

SHOWCASE #1

Over the past year, each of my weekly classes decided to create Artists Trading Cards, sharing them with the other artists in their class. The posts over the next several days will showcase the cards, although they are not necessarily arranged according to which class made them.

The mats came precut from Art Supply Warehouse in North Carolina. These make a great addition to my studio walls and are inspiring. I love the diversity of style and techniques used. Each artist trading card is unique, just like the artist who made it.

I will treasure these forever! More to come tomorrow.

TRADING CARDS

The six of us who went to Italy are part of Wednesday morning's class. Before we left, I gave each person in class a package of watercolor trading cards to paint. Everyone was to exchange cards when we had our Italian celebration upon our return. The actual size of each card is only about 2 1/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches.

The posts here show off the creativity and diversity in the class, as each person selected their own theme or subjects for their cards. Almost everyone in class completed 14 cards to exchange, which was a considerable accomplishment. There are a couple of artists who are presently finishing their 14 cards to hand out next month at our Christmas party. Some of the other classes would like to have a shot at making trading cards to share, too, so we may attempt that after the holidays.

It was fun to guess which cards each class member painted. Can anyone guess which row of cards I painted? Can you tell which rows of cards have been painted by the people who went to Italy? (Two of the Italian travelers are in the process of creating their cards, so they're only 4 rows of Italy travelers' cards shown.)

Mary Jane Noe also has a row of beautifully painted cards that you may be able to recognize after looking at her work on her blog - see side bar. I keep hounding the others to start an art blog. Maybe they will soon. Click on each set of images to enlarge. (Thanks, Rhonda and Dawn, for a heads up about how to be sure they enlarge.)