Thursday, November 15, 2012

Tools of the Trade Show Pt.1

Our sales rep team in Seattle got us into the 31st Annual Tools of the Trade art supply show. It was at the Duck Store which is the book store at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
 
 
We had a tiny space right inside the front door. Even so, Hilary was able to sit and draw and do calligraphy. People really loved watching her do that. It helps that we developed the tripod base.
RP was at the "Official" booth farther back in the store. Cindy Black of KC Sales Group in Seattle helped out and thanks to her.
The featured artist of the show was a watercolorist named Ron Stocke who was there with his wife Ursala. Ursala is an oil painter. Check out their works and check out the video on Ron's Workshops/Videos page. Ron did the painting for this year's poster in the first picture.
Ron has been featured in the national magazines and on videos for Graham watercolors. His work is full of life and light and really draws you in. I was going back time and again to watch Ron work. Ron and Ursala often travel to Europe and Ron will usually paint en plain aire. His sketchbook is really something to see.
 There was a 25% off sale during the show and we stocked up on paper. There was a giant pile of Aquabee paper in the middle of the floor including a nice paper made of hemp. Well, this is Eugene.
 
Calligraphy instructor and author Marilyn Reaves was right around the corner from us. She is an expert on pointed brush calligraphy and was working mostly with gouache.
It's always a real pleasure to watch a real master at work!
 
Ok, that's part one. Part two is in the works and our crack web team is on it (well, it's really me, Muggins here that does it so maybe crackPOT is a better term).
 
Stay tuned...
 

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