More on Scratch Board

After the exciting and workshop class in scratch board art it seems that this followup is in order.
Wet Canvas sent out a Scratch board special today ... right on time.
the following picctures are from thier "Hall of Fame" for scratch board art ... find it here... there are some great pieces posted:

http://wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=602100

............. and you must go to You Tube and watch some of the many videos.... demos of techiques, color and much more....

http://wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465191

You may have to register or join Wet Canvas to read some of the very informative articles but it is easy and free.

http://us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=4u1ms3vh7fd4l

Well we hardly scratched the surface on this one... there is so much good info out there... go for it

Mon 26 Apr 2010 Scratch Board Class - Marg Leslie

Marg Leslie promised and exciting and rewarding scratch board class and she delivered it in good order.
As a reminder, scratch board is a reductive technique wherein a white board is coated with india ink. After the ink is dried images are produced by scratching the black surface to allow the white to show through. the white may be colored with ink, dye, or paint... or left white . the scratching may be done with a sewing needle; razor blade; exacto knife; dental tools; tools especially made for scratch board techniques; a nail; your finger nais or whatever you find works best for you.
Marg provided pictures for reference or the students brought their own. As always in these classes everything was provided... the students only needed to show up for an entertaining and lively learning session.

Once the class got started there was dead silence and intense concentration as you can see in the following fotos:

Remarkable finished art work in just a couple hours.

April 23 Meeting with Marge Leslie

Marg Leslie showed up this week to demo how she makes all those wonderful scratch art pictures. She brought a couple of her originals that people love so much. During her demo she sent around the room a sample to allow everyone to take a try at scratching something. :-)
During the session Marg gave us a brief bio and answered questions.





I love doing these cats.



Me and this cat have something in common... I couldn't help scratching this one.




.... a couple of favorites

It's easy... just do this....

that's right... just scratch it there...

Everyone was captivated

Samples of trading cards were presented ... y'all git those trading cards ready for the big swap this year.....

Vickie enjoyed the meeting

Anne enjoyed the meeting

Ron enjoyed the meeting .....

Everyone enjoyed the meeting... if you didn't make it be there next time... they keep getting better all the time.

These are the results of the last Monday FREE class sponsered by the CVAA ... aren't they great ... and those folks had a ball. Please check out the Monday in the park classes... you won't be sorry you went.