Art Trading Card Meet & Swap

Saturday was our 3rd ATC meet and swap.

 

If you missed it, you missed a great time!

Tables quickly filled and everyone really got into it.

 

We had a couple of decks of cards, paper, scissors, glue and a wide array of pencils, everything from 100% graphite through tinted graphite, charcoal, and many, many colored pencils.

 

The watercolor pencils proved very popular! They were precise but still allowed you to flow the pigments.

 

A lot of people got creative with scissors, and applied a wide range of papers to the cards for tinting and manipulation. The collage method of altering the cards was really fun.

 

The ladies from Charleston brought in a lot of sample which the rest of us found inspiring. Everyone was able to do several cards, so had some to keep and some to trade.

 

Pati Payne used watercolors to do a smashing little landscape, which was trading for before she was done! (sorry, went so fast, no picture!)



Cards made at swap

 

more cards from swap

Next Meet & Swap will be Saturday October 6, 2012.


 

 

 

Art and About the End of August

Friday August 24, 2012 

 

Pet artist Gary :Lapelle will open the Renaissance Art Gallery at Noon this Friday. Got a beloved pet? Gary is the person to talk to. He loves drawing animal portraits.

 

New Art and Artist 

New artist hanging work.

There is a lot of new art hanging in the gallery from our artists, in addition to a new artist, Bobby Marcum. Come in to see his work!

 



New display by Fern Christian

On Saturday, Pati Payne will be in the gallery. Pati is a well-known watercolorist. She is also starting a new class at the Renaissance in watercolor. Perfect timing with fall coming on. 

 ATC

Saturday will also be our 3rd ATC meet and swap from 1-3 pm. APC is the theme, Altered Playing Cards. This will help us all get into the mood for the 12th Annual National Miniature Exhibition in November. The original miniature were painted on the playing cards of the day in watercolor and gouache. So working with playing cards is perfect!  Drawing teacher Susan Tschantz will have lots of things for everyone to work on. She has an enormous stash of pencils!

 

And figure artist Linda Helgason will be in on Sunday from 1-4 pm.





Art Trading Cards

A samble of ATCs

We held our second trading party and swap July 14, and we had a blast! Along with seeing what others had collected, everyone got to make a new card. One person did her first watercolor painting! Fellow artist, Barbra Delligatti, shared her knowledge of watercolors with fellow ATC artist which lead to a successful watercolor trading card!

The next one is already scheduled for August 25, 2012, 1-3 at the Gallery.

Hot times in July at the Renaissance

"March Marigold" L. Moul

This weekend promises to be a scorcher! Over half the U.S. is in sever draught, and those of us who aren't, yet are still so hot it is dangerous!

Most outdoor activities are not going to be pleasent, but the Renaissance Art Gallery will be open, and air conditioned. Perfect day and weather to come in out of the heat and enjoy local original art.

Friday Photographer Laura Moul will host the gallery from 12- 4 pm. Laura is an award winning landscape artist. So is also an expert in digital photography. The perfect person to ask questions of about digital photography. She knows what all those little pictures on your camera mean!

Saturday Susan Tschantz will be in. Susan teaches beginning art and drawing at the Renaissance. She will be in working on her ATC for the upcoming August 25th swap. She would welcome the company and would be happy to show you how simple and enjoyable Art Trading Cards are.

"Fishing Buddies" Tinted Charcoal
S. Tschantz

Susan will also be in Sunday from 1-4 pm. Again, she will have all her drawing toys, um, I mean tools! Susan has been using the latest tinted charcoal from Derwent along with tinted graphite. These exciting new products make drawing a new artform again.

ATC Party

Friday Pati Payne, famous for her floral watercolors, is in the Renaissance Art Gallery. She is painting bookmarks, and you are welcome to join her.

Saturday is our first ATC Party!

What is an ATC Party?

It is an Art Trading Card party.

You came and create an original work of art, the size of a baseball card, or playing card (they actually started with playing cards!) You can do them all any art materials, made up of almost anything. We will have a supply of precut cards, in watercolor paper, pastel paper, even bamboo! Susan Tschantz will host. She has done these for years and has been part of several swaps across the country. Susan will bring in some of her own cards from artists across the country.

These miniature works are fun and easy.

We will have the supply, you come in and supply the artists!

This is a great activity for adults and kids,


We will have samples, drinks and other things to enjoy!

You can also pick up a prospectus for the fall miniature show. These are at the gallery, or on line at the Renaissance Art Gallery website:

The Renaissance Art Gallery

Laura Moul will be hosting the gallery Sunday. Laura is an expert in digital photography and has a great display of WV landscapes at the Renaissance Art Gallery.