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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Gloria J Zucaro's "Some Catching Up"

I have been tending to other life matters aside from my art, so haven't posted in a couple of weeks or visited other's blogs either.  I had a little time today so thought I would show you some tangles and swap gifts received from other artists and some collage done a couple of weeks ago.
I did this drawing in February on a greeting card.

This was done about two weeks ago 

This Card was drawn yesterday.  
All of these cards were drawn from prompts suggested by Laura Harms at http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/  The one above uses two different but similar patterns called Flux Maria and Flux Rick.  Maria and Rick are the originators of the Zentangle  craze.


I was intrigued by this shadow all away across my yard and driveway in front of the house this morning.  It first came to my attention when two Robins were hopping along and then for some reason began to fight!  I guess they are territorial!  Notice how different the shadow shape is from the actual tree shape.  It (the shadow)makes the tree base much thinner and the limbs closest to me much larger.


This is a wonderful March Swap I received from Lisa Crail all the way from Australia.  She not only sent me these two paintings done with some collaged papers in back of the portrait but the painted and charcoal drawing of a bird, and a decorated envelope and small ink drawing of a figure.  See Lisa's Facebook page at, Lisa Crail-Painting From the Heart. These swaps were through Community Thrive.


Many of you may have seen my collage work on Facebook.  I really enjoyed a workshop led by Karen Sako a couple of weekends ago.  
We got 4 pieces accomplished.
They are below with a little explanation of the process.

Three birds from the same reference, different size and shape of paper. Then a house/landscape collage from a reference. All from Karen Sako's most fun Mixed Media Workshop. 
Number three Bird-just let loose! Different shape and feather arrangement!


Bird #2- stencils,ink,clear gesso, collaged paper, paint and pastel. — at Mainstreet Art Center, Lake Zurich, IL.


Number one Bird. More Traditional, drawing,stencil,paper prepared from magazine page, clear gesso, paint, pastel.

Hopperesque! Paper handmade sky, paper house, paper shadow on house, paper foreground. Painted smaller shadows and sheets on the line. Marker outlines, and dog.

Well, that's it, Folks!
I am posting today, early for Paint Party Friday, and somewhat late for I Am The Diva!

Have a Good Week,
Gloria















12 comments:

  1. Nice work. I really like the collages!

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    1. Thank you so much. I am really enjoying doing the collages, too.

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  2. Good to see you back, Gloria!! I like all you have shown here and the Flux zia is beautiful.

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    1. Thank you, Anne. Right now I am with my Mom in texas again. But I know that Laura may not be posting a tangle again this week. I hope all go well with her family in Calgary.

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  3. Oh Gloria, I love your tangled cards, but your birds and the house at the bottom of your post are just divine!

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    1. Thank you so much, Antinine. i am really starting to enjoy mixed media and all the ways it can be applied with acrylic, watercolor, and pastel, as well as oil over the top.

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  4. A lot of beautiful art in this post Gloria. I love them all and keep looking at your birds. I can imagine the beauty of the shade made by the tree in your yard, It would be a great string to tangle. Your tangled cards are great.

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    1. That is a great idea about the tree string, didish. Thank you for leaving a comment.

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  5. These are wonderful pieces...so inspiring! Love the cubine tile especially...it is so surreal. Look forward to seeing more.

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    1. Thanks so much, Lynell. I was hoping for that effect with cubine.

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