Texas Art Trading Cards

Visual Art Gallery Art Trading Cards Workshop Update

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The next three VAL Art Cards Workshops are plannned for March 20th, May 22 and July 17, 2010. All VAL ATC Workshops are free and held at the VAL Gallery in Lewisville, Texas. Located just off Fox Road and the I-35 Freeway. Look for the Big Blue "ART GALLERY" sign. The workshop starts at 12 and goes till around 2 pm. Bring your favorite card making materials (2.5 x 3.5 blank cards and image making stuff). Some blank cards will be provided and sharing is encouraged. Card making and trading is on-going during the workshops. For more info contact davidmask@verizon.net

Call For ATC Entries for ZOOMORPHICA

2009-10-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

CALL FOR ART TRADING CARDS

ZOOMORPHICA, a nine card ATC show, opens 12/5/2009, closes 1/10/2010. The ATC Show is being sponsored by the Visual Art League of Lewisville, Texas (VAL). Entrants are asked to submit nine ATC's in a nine card plastic holder sleeve. Place the name of the artist, address, phone #, e-mail address on the back of each card. Also, submit a SASE so your cards can be sent back to you at the end of the show. The theme of the show is about animals morphing, changing, into something or something changing into an animal or derivations of that theme. There will be an art opening for this show in conjunction with other art shows for December. Artists and their friends are invited. As recognition, your nine ATC's will be placed on this Blog. Submitted ATC's must be suitable for family viewing. Any questions e-mail: davidmask@verizon.net

Send your ATC's along with an SASE to:

ZOOMORPHICA

C/O David Mask, Curator

1661 Chisolm Trail

Lewisville, TX 75077

New ATC Technique Shown at VAL Workshop

2009-09-20T18:27:00.000-07:00

Thirteen participants took part in the ATC workshop on September 19th at the VAL Gallery.

Quail Valley Child Development Center was well represented and led by their center director, Ms. Henri May. I hope what's learned at this workshop helps the students at the Center.

Other ATC participants were Liz Munoz, Sharon Giles, Olivia Stokowski, Dawn McCauley, Jane Graf, Joyce Tremethick, Joe Seiler, April Seiler, Emily Seiler, Wanda Grice, Ashley Eguia and Jaime Taylor. Tommy Smith was there documenting the event. Thank you to all the participants for spending part of their saturday at VAL. Everyone seemed to have a great time, too!

During the workshop, I presented different ways to make ATC's and I highlighted a technique that I use quite a bit. I took a large piece of railroad board 22 x 24 inches, gessoed it then had different ATC participants squeegee different colors on the board. After the large sheet was covered with the quick drying thin layer of acrylic, I placed 2.5" x 3.5" grids on the back, cut it, dated it and then numbered each individual ATC: 1/64, 2/64, 3/64...then distributed three ATC's to the attendees for them to place images on them or just keep them for trading later. This technique is useful in placing a colorful background (ground) on the ATC's plus it gives you over 60+ prepared ATC's. It's a quick and easy way to make ATC's.

A big thank you to Joe Seiler for his efforts in inviting new participants to the workshop. Stay tuned for a ATC trading session in the near future. Please check the blog for the upcoming free ATC workshops at the VAL Gallery. The next ATC workshop is on Nov. 21 from 12 to 2 pm.

At the top of the blog page are two ATC's made at this month's ATC workshop. They were done by Sharon Giles and Jane Graf.

VAL ATC Workshop Schedule till July 2010

2009-07-26T19:16:00.000-07:00

The Visual Art league of Lewisville (VAL) provides free bi-monthly ATC workshops for potential VAL members and folks interested in learning more about art trading cards. The workshops are held at the VAL Gallery on Saturdays from 12 noon to 2 pm. Bring your favorite art materials.

Free ATC cards are distributed to participants.

The upcoming schedule till Summer 2010 is:

Sept. 19, 2009

Nov. 21

Jan. 23, 2010

March 20

May 22

July 17

Thanks for Attending the 7/25/2009 ATC Workshop.

2009-07-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks to those that attended the recent VAL ATC workshop (7/25) = Joe, Emily, April, Wanda, Meg and Tom. It was fun. During that workshop, the workshop schedule for the next 12 months

was created and it will be put on the TATC Blog soon.

Art Trading Card Workshop July 25, 2009

2009-07-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

FREE ART TRADING CARD WORKSHOP

JULY 25, 2009 @ VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE

12 NOON TO 2 PM

ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE ART TRADING CARDS

Free Art Trading Cards 3/21/2009

2009-03-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

Free Art Trading Cards given away with participation in the next ATC workshop held at the Visual Art League Gallery in Lewisville, Texas. The next ATC Workshop is on 3/21/2009 from 12 to 2 pm. Please bring your favorite art materials. For more info e-mail david mask@verizon.net

McKinney Artists join VAL ATC Workshop

2009-02-21T19:08:00.000-08:00

The Visual Art League of Lewisville hosted an ATC workshop for three artists from McKinney, Texas. Artists Elaine Adams (also a member of VAL), Carol Kovacs and Pam Schultis, all from McKinney, joined VAL President, David Mask and VAL members Wanda Grice and Christie Minnis in a productive ATC workshop today. Samples of the ATC's made by workshop participants are shown above. The next scheduled VAL ATC Workshop is on March 21, 2009 from 12 to 2 pm.

FREE VAL ATC WORKSHOP 2/21/09

2009-02-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

The next Visual Art League of Lewisville Art Trading Card Workshop is on February 21, 2009 from 12 noon to 4 pm. It's FREE and all artists are invited. David Mask will present the workshop and he will give away a free ATC to all that attend the workshop. Trading ATC's at the workshop is encouraged. Please bring your favorite art tool(s) and materials. Sharing ideas, techniques and materials is the norm at these workshops, so come to have fun. For more information e-mail davidmask@verizon.net

VAL ATC Workshop 9/20/2008

2008-09-20T18:33:00.000-07:00

An ATC workshop was held at VAL in Lewisville Texas on 9/20/2008. It was a wonderful experience with over 27 ATC's made by participants. Participating in the workshop were:

David Mask (presenter), Breanna Mask, Nell Elliott, Wanda Grice, David Schulze, Bob Myers, Robert S. Myers, and Dale Griffin. Some of the ATC's made at the workshop are shown above.

Highlights of the workshop were the sharing of techniques to do ATC's, showing how to use unique materials and demonstrating individual methods. Thanks to all that made this workshop a success. The next workshops are planned for January and March 2009 at VAL.

Free ATC Workshop at Visual Art League

2008-08-24T16:51:00.001-07:00

The next ATC workshop is on September 20 (Saturday) 2008 at the Visual Art League in Lewisville, TX. It's from 12 to 2 pm and it's free. Bring your favorite art supplies to make 2 and half by 3 and half inch art cards. Above I'm displaying art cards that were completed at the last ATC workshop held in Lewisville. Please come and make ATC's. Trading will be held around 2 pm.

ATC sleeve done in June 2008

2008-07-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

I usually do about 20 to 60 ATC's in a session. Each session is about 2 hours. Many of the ATC's are completed then or they are prepared for another level of application. This means I'm going to draw or paint more into it and this session was only getting it ready for something else. In the set of nine shown, these were experiments where I put drops of paint then squeegeed them down the ATC. Five of them were done using that technique. It was fun. Thanks for looking.

Mask Produced ATC's at 7/19 Workshop

2008-07-21T13:11:00.001-07:00

ATC's created at the Workshop

2008-07-21T13:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all that attended the ATC workshop on 19 July at VAL Gallery. It was very successful with new and young folks attending. The trading was especially good this workshop. Some of the cards I traded are shown here. The next FREE ATC workshop is on Sept. 20th from 12 to 2 pm.

FREE ATC WORKSHOP

2008-07-13T11:32:00.001-07:00

Free ATC Workshop
Are you interested in making or trading Art Trading Cards? Join Visual Art League (VAL) members for a two hour workshop to be held at the Visual Art League from 12 to 2 pm on Saturday July 19, 2008. VAL is located off Fox and I-35 in Lewisville, TX in the Lewisville West Shopping Center. The address is 701 S. Stemmons Blvd. #115 Look for the Big Blue ART GALLERY sign. Leave a message at VAL office at 972-420-9393

Art Trading Cards Made by David Mask

2008-07-12T07:47:00.010-07:00

This a set of nine ATC's all done in the same session. The ATC in the lower right hand corner is made from sandpaper and so is the one above it. Some of the figurative ATC's are from the Tribal ATC series.

Robot

2008-07-12T07:47:00.009-07:00

The robot ATC was made using an inked piece of foam from a meat tray. A drop of red acrylic paint is used for the circle/heart. D. Mask

My first ATC's

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Using a sports card, I sanded the entire card except for the head. Then I gessoed the sanded part then painted the image. It was a good beginning. I still look at them in my 3-ring binder.

Action Cards by David Mask

2008-07-12T07:47:00.007-07:00

Using a Jackson Pollock paint splattering technique, here are samples of three different ATC sessions. Action painting with ATC's is fun. I usually do about 30 to 50 cards at once by taping them together on a table. It's easier to plan and direct the paint that way. Plus, the product is usually sensational. D. Mask

O Fish

2008-07-12T07:47:00.006-07:00

O Fish is an ATC completed using a section of product box. The O was kept and the rest of the box surface was sanded then gessoed. The O was used for the eye of the fish. The rest of the fish was painted covering the gessoed portion of the box section. D. Mask

Core of the issue

2008-07-12T07:47:00.005-07:00

This year, I did an ATC project using apple cores given to me by various people. I did about 5o drawings using these apple cores. It got some interesting responses when I did it. Most good. From these drawings I did eight ink drawings on blank ATC cards then I painted around that inked drawing with cardinal red acrylic paint. These eight ATC's were used in a sculpture. The sculpture was submitted in a VAL gallery show and won a prize. David Mask

ATC's by David Mask

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I'll submit an original ATC or more every day.

I plan to attend the VAL ATC workshop, too.

Free ATC Workshop

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Are you interested in making or trading Art Trading Cards?
Join Visual Art League (VAL) members for a two hour workshop
to be held in Lewisville, TX at the Visual Art League from
12 to 2 pm on Saturday July 19, 2008.

VAL is located off Fox and I-35 in Lewisville, TX
in the Lewisville West Shopping Center.
The address is 701 S. Stemmons Blvd. #115
Look for the Big Blue ART GALLERY sign.

Leave a message at VAL office at 972-420-9393

Texas Art Trading Cards

2008-07-12T07:47:00.000-07:00

Howdy and welcome to Texas Art Trading Cards Blog.
Display your original ATC's and art comments on this blog.
Art Trading Cards or ATC's are small works of art.
One rule: The size of the art card needs to be
two and a half inches by three and half inches.
In metric that's 69 mm x 84 mm.
Paper type varies along with mark making material and style.
My paper use varies from recycled paper to store bought acid-free paper.