Time to Trade

Artist Trading Cards

A fun activity for all artists to participate in...

artist's trading cards. They work like this:

An artist decorates the card

(a standard baseballcard size, 2.5 x 3.5).

Then the card can be traded with another

artist, and your art goes all over the place!~

The cards are not supposed to be sold, only traded.

And anyone can do them...you do not have to be

an accomplished artist. And they can be any medium:

paint, collage, pencil, colored pencil, ink, etc. The

art shouldn't extend beyond the edges.

I would like to invite anyone to send me a card,

and I will gladly send one back to you! I am teaching

a workshop in January and would like to have some

samples besides mine! And it could be fun, so get out

your creative minds, and get busy. They can be mailed

to or dropped off at the gallery:

attn: Gail Shelton P. O. Box 1437 Winnfield, LA 71483

And I promise I will send an original card by me back to

you! Include name, contact info, and title on the

back of the card.

sheltongail@hotmail.com

gail shelton art

Pea Patch Gallery 109 S. Abel Winnfield, LA 71483

Studio Time

My recent remodeling job in the studio at

the Pea Patch is finished. It feels so good to

get it all done and in place.

I started with the floor, and painted a rug

design directly onto the old linoleum floor. There

was already a lot of paint on the floor, and I didn't

want to put down a real rug or carpet that would

only get paint on it too. So, I painted the rug, and

then sealed it with polyurethane. The new tables

and chairs finish off that space. (these are the

smaller children's set; we have larger ones for the

adults).

My new desk is lit up by the antique gas light that

my father had in his office back in San Antonio. I had

the electrician re-wire it, and hang it from the tall

ceiling.

The storage cabinets house some of my many art

books and some supplies. And the 3 computer cabinets

hide the computers I use to teach some computer

graphics classes.

I am pleased how it all turned out. Hopefully, I can

keep it clean and organized....a real struggle for us

right-brained people. If you are in town, stop by the

shop and I will give you a studio tour!

sheltongail@hotmail.com

Sunnyside Up

I finished up this sunflower design and

page today. I changed the vase to red,

the other one looked too "country".

I like it, but I like sunflowers. They always

look happy or cheerful.

There's a local man here who plants hundreds

of them along the highway near his home.

They are the large ones, and they are beautiful.

I have never been to Tuscany where they

bloom, or to the south of France where Van Gogh

painted his famous ones. Maybe soon...

sheltongail@hotmail.com

Fun in the Sun

I have been working on these sunflowers tonight,

and I am almost finished. The pot needs a little more

work, now that I see it in the photo! sometimes that

helps flaws show up. Anyway, I will do some coordinating

designs to go with this drawing, and then print out the

sheet for the portfolio I am putting together.

( I guess the "focusing"is working!)

I have started some more Greece art, too, and will have

some of that to post tomorrow.

I matted the give-away pastel today, and it is on display in

the cafe if anyone would like to see it. The matted size is

19 x 16. I will draw a winning name from among the list of

followers. And I will do it on Sept 1, so there is still time to

sign up as a follower. If you have any trouble doing that,

you can let us know, and we can do it for you.

sheltongail@hotmail.com

Fall Cleaning or (Very Late Spring Cleaning)

Most of you know that I own and help operate

the Pea Patch Gallery in downtown Winnfield.

I have a studio and a framing area as well in the

back of the building. This August we are starting

our 19th year in business! wow Anyway, I never

have had everything like I wanted it (what perfectionist

ever does?!) But I am a lot closer now that we all

have been working on organizing, installing shelves,

cleaning out, and arranging in the frame area and

the studio. I was able to get some shelving and some

other storage pieces, and move some things around.

And it is going to be so much nicer to work in.

( I certainly didn't do it all by myself...thanks to all my

loyal employees ( and some of Steve's) for helping!)

In the framing area, we added the shelves for the matboard,

my biggest storage problem. I re-arranged the set-up,

and it is very organized now. In the studio, we added the

storage shelves for completed artwork ( I literally have

about 100 pieces now arranged by subject matter: cityscapes,

landscapes, animals, still life, florals, birds, "Riddle Pics",

etc. I still have the classroom area, my computer instruction

area, and lots of storage for supplies and books. I am still

going to tweak a few things, and should be all finished by the

1st of September. I am thinking about having a "Studio Tour

Art Sale" ...art makes great Christmas gifts.

If you come by the shop for lunch or to shop, feel free to

walk through the studio area...I promise it will be clean and tidy!

sheltongail@hotmail.com
We do all kinds of custom framing, and have lots of matboard

and frame moulding to choose from. Bring your project by

for us to frame up for you. That always makes a great gift, too.