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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Gloria J Zucaro's "Tracy & Her Demented Friends!"

Another surprise!  A package arrived from Tracy Delisle.  In it was an abundance of fun!  A wonderful "Nevermore" plaque.  I love ravens, crows and other blackbirds.  But especially Ravens for Halloween.  I think she thought that "Demented" was missing his other friends in Delisle Land so she sent along Mister Raven to keep him company.  There was a little easel to rest Mr. Raven upon and I quickly put him up by "Demented".  They are a happy pair.  Some other special additions to the package were candies of all types, two glow-in-the-dark skellies, and some Dracula teeth for me to use on my still-human friends!




On Wednesday morning I took a "Chalk Paint by Annie Sloan" class at "Tattered Tiques" in Barrington.  What a great welcome was given to all the class-takers!  A goodie bag with notepad, pen, paint brush, decorated clothespin clip, a paint chart, a postcard from the store telling about Fall specials, a detailed handout of instructions to help us after we got home.some peppermints, some script in French for adding to possible painted pieces a picture frame, and 4 other pieces of raw wood for practicing the Chalk Painting techniques on while in class. 



This was the frame I picked.  It was just your ordinary medium brown wooden frame.  But we did a two color process on it and then distressed it and waxed it.  
It looks so cool now, a little "beachy".
The orange piece also got  orange Chalk Paint and two different types of wax, clear and dark. You can see the difference above.


This piece was the typical traditional 1970"s or 80"s gilt frame with ornate carvings.  Since many people no longer like that style of picture frame anymore, we did a one-step plus wax process to tone it down.  Doesn't it look neat!?

The last piece of raw wood is oak.  Oak has a nice grain so we did a one step process called "liming".
As you can see, I started to write my name on the wrong side.

Below is my first attempt at paper collage from Karen Sako's class.  I really enjoyed adding all the paper pieces to my moon and crow.

Up close view of papers

The 6" x 6" whole

I am linking this to Paint Party Friday, and Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

Have a great week,

Gloria




17 comments:

  1. Lots of wonderful pieces Gloria and love your new Halloween gift. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Thank you, Netty. I left you a message on your wonderful blog post ,too.

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  2. How striking! Lots of great things featured here--I wanted to keep looking at them all.

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    1. Thank you Beth. I really enjoyed your paintings this week.

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  3. What a fun little gift your received. And that candy corn with its mouth wide open, what a hoot, howl and good laugh that gave me.

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    1. Hi Erika, The "Demented Candy Corn" was made by Tracy Delisle. It stands about 8 inches high. She is on Facebook and Etsy. I enjoyed seeing your prep for the owl this week.

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  4. what a lovely gift in the mail. Looks like you had some great class projects too- nice art Gloria!

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    1. Thanks Linda. Your art card on your blog this time is super.

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  5. Love your paper collage. I wouldn't think it was your first attempt.

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    1. Thank you, Jo. It was such fun to so. I really love your post this week.

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  6. wow you have had quite a week... the chalk paint thing is fascinating and it looks like it was a great workshop...a great post...xx

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    1. Thanks, Tracy. I love learning new things. I enjoyed your very busy week as well and left you a comment.

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  7. Love the gilt frame, and the Crow is gorgeous!! Wow lots of fun here this week!!

    Hugs Giggles

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    1. Hi Sherrie,
      Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to. I wish you a peaceful, loving week in which to create.

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  8. Love love love your paper collage...i'm a sucker for the moon and ravens! :) Hugs! deb

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    1. Thank you, Deb. Your Halloween decor is toooo cule!

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  9. Your crow is awesome, great colors!

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