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Art TRADER m a g a z i n e A Trade Story The cards and poem displayed here were created by David Diamond (Morning Walk) and Pamela Vosseller (The Rose), artists who trade at IllustratedATCs.com. In November, David saw a beautiful flower card displayed in the Illustratedatcs.com gallery titled “The Rose” by Pamela Vosseller. He asked for the card in trade, and promised a custom card in return. Pam happily sent off “The Rose” to David just as David’s wife, Irene, became seriously ill due to cancer complications. David’s wife passed away in late January, and David asked Pam for permission to incorporate “The Rose” into a memory tribute card to give to people attending Irene’s memorial service. “The Rose” was printed on watercolor paper and included a poem to Irene on the back. David keeps the card now on an altar in his bedroom dedicated to Irene. Just recently David was able to begin working on his art once again. His first project was to finish the ATC for Pam. He knew he wanted to create something extremely special, and “A Morning Walk” was the card he created. “A Morning Walk” was chosen as IllustratedATCs.com Card of the Month for February 2009. -6-
Art TRADER m a g a z i n e Design 911h by Andrea Melione The impact of color is tremendous: Not only does color have an emotional impact, it also has an impact on your design and the composition of your artwork, be it an ATC or a large mural! Color has the power to attract the eye, take attention away from an element in your work, move the eye around the composition, and make the artwork more exciting to look at. In this issue, we’re going to look at how to use this power to enhance the design of our personal artwork. To Draw Attention Around an Image Postcard by Andrea Melione -7- Color is a powerful tool to move the viewer’s eye through a piece of artwork. You can easily guide the viewer though your composition, using color. This postcard has a lot going on. Though there appears to be an explosion of color, the color is in fact carefully controlled. The text “Peace for All’ is a very light green, and green, of course, contains yellow. None of the other areas of color within the image contain yellow; they are either purple (red and blue) or blue. In addition, the light green is also the lightest color in the composition, adding the very important element of contrast. The light green word “Peace” seems to drip down through the rest of the lettering, and on down around the left hand, leading the viewer’s eye completely through the image. Color Composition Tip: Before adding color to your artwork, take a sheet of scratch paper and test the color you want to use first. Some shades of color work better together than others. If you do not have experience in color theory, it is a good idea to plan color first. As you gain experience, you will gradually learn to use color intuitively; but in the beginning it is best to make decisions based on experimentation, rather than random choices!
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Art TRADER<br />
m a g a z i n e<br />
A Trade<br />
Story<br />
The cards and poem<br />
displayed here were<br />
created by David Diamond<br />
(Morning Walk) and<br />
Pamela Vosseller (The<br />
Rose), artists who trade at<br />
IllustratedATCs.com.<br />
In November, David<br />
saw a beautiful flower<br />
card displayed in the<br />
Illustratedatcs.com gallery<br />
titled “The Rose” by Pamela<br />
Vosseller. He asked for the<br />
card in trade, and promised<br />
a custom card in return.<br />
Pam happily sent off “The<br />
Rose” to David just as David’s wife, Irene, became seriously ill due to cancer complications.<br />
David’s wife passed away in late January, and David asked Pam<br />
for permission to incorporate “The Rose” into a memory tribute<br />
card to give to people attending Irene’s memorial service. “The<br />
Rose” was printed on watercolor paper and included a poem to<br />
Irene on the back. David keeps the card now on an altar in his<br />
bedroom dedicated to Irene.<br />
Just recently David was able to begin working on his art once<br />
again. His first project was to finish the ATC for Pam. He knew<br />
he wanted to create something extremely special, and “A<br />
Morning Walk” was the card he created.<br />
“A Morning Walk” was chosen as IllustratedATCs.com Card of<br />
the Month for February 2009.<br />
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