Artist Trading Cards: The Eyes Have It

Eyes ATC, Phillip Hoyle 2018

A few months ago (or was it a year or so?) I collected some photos of faces with a variety of expressions from some old magazines given me by a friend. I thought of them when “Eyes” came up as the ATC topic. Luckily I found the folder and in a couple of hours made eighteen cards. I collaged them onto grounds made from old paintings adding a few lines. I was pleased. The cards traded quickly.

Eyes ATC, Phillip Hoyle 2018

Sometimes I wish I could show the pieces I traded for, but perhaps they are in someone else’s blog. I do keep them in books sorted by artists, collections that serve as inspiration for my art. They are my own art galleries to visit when the weather is bad.

Eyes ATC, Phillip Hoyle 2018

Artist Trading Cards Galore

Leaf prints came about in my effort to clean up my studio.
I couldn't just throw the pressed leaves in the trash. These
prints resulted and many more similar ones, most of which
I traded with other artists. Perhaps I was longing for
spring that we have actually been enjoying since then.

     After a several month's long delinquency I am returning to this art blog. I have no real understanding how I got lost in the cyber world, but I may pretend it was something more sophisticated than plain old being old! 
     Ever since I got back from my Christmas trip to Missouri I have been unable to get into this blog and seemingly too confused to figure it out. My work on another blog helped me see the light yesterday, so here I am. I'll not post everything I've done in the four-month absence, but I have had good art fun! Hope you, too, have been having a good time. 

Sorry for the angle, but these were made at a workshop.

Figures suggested by Bubble Prints. Lots of bubble print U-tube instructions

A set of Trading Cards from the latest workshop and swap. Another
artist tore things out of magazines for me to work into collages.
Great fun challenges.

Take time to do some artwork or to visit a gallery or museum.
Get together with other artists. I do it several times a month.

It's good to be back online with this blog.