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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Gloria J Zucaro's, "Frida Herself".

Tonight I have my portrait of Frida herself, not of me playing Frida.
This project was led by Mystele Kirkeeng for the Creative Jumpstart 2016.
Mystele started with a stucco applied surface.  I didn't have stucco so used modeling paste by Golden that I applied then rolled with a brayer. It made a very interesting tree-bark-like surface.  I let it dry overnight. The next step was to collage on some papers.  I had two with leaves and two with text from an old dictionary.  We were then to draw our outlines with pencil for Frida's head and face.  I also found some paper I wanted to use for her shirt/top, which I glued in place after drawing her head and shoulders.  The rest of the painting was done in layers of paint with ink and gesso in layers.  I used pearlized paint for part of her headdress.



And the final

Have a great day tomorrow, and leave a comment if you are so inclined.
Gloria




3 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Gloria - I love the texture that you achieved - and the colors are glorious.

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  2. Amazing - love the texture and your painting.!

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  3. so cool, gloria!!!

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