Gloria J Zucaro's "Pokey's Pals"

8"H x 8"W Original oil on Panel
 $105.00 Framed  S&H to your ZIP
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I had a lot of fun with this Daily Paintworks challenge because as you may have noticed, I love the color orange!  Apparently the designers have designated "Tangerine Tango" as the color of the year.  Our challenge was to paint a picture with the color of the year predominant.    My friend Ann Feldman beat me to the orange vegetables, so I raided my grandsons' toy box in my basement.  I kept calling "Pokey" " Gumby", until someone reminded me that "Gumby" is a little green rubber man, and this is his horse" Pokey"!  The fire truck is broken with its' ladder missing, but "what the hey"!  I like the weird little cross-eyed ball, too.


Below is a photo of "the beginning", my value study and start of putting in color.

Gloria J Zucaro's DPW Pig Challenge "Penelope Goes To The Beach"

8"H x 9.5"W Original Pastel Painting on Canson Paper

This item is for auction at the Daily Paintworks site starting bid $50.00 and the money will be donated to The Africa Challenge for starving children presented by Carol & David Marine.

Penelope's beach day started with a reference photo I had taken in 2009 in Fredericksburg, Tx while at a workshop with Cheri Christensen.  She was in a farmyard setting, but I knew where Penelope really wanted to be!

Gloria J Zucaro's "Cirquital & Munchin"

3.5"H x 3.5"W Original Pen and Ink on Zentangle Tile.

$5.00 Unframed.  $7.00 Framed. 

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This Zentangle tile has the two patterns known as "Cirquital" and "Munchin".  The challenge from the http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ site this week.  We were to use only these two patterns in our design.  Not an easy challenge, as there is the temptation to add in some filler designs, and thereby defeat the challenge purpose. I had never done either of these designs before.  Aparently the "cirqu" part of the first design refers to circus.  With that in mind, I thought of Cirque du Soleil and red and white circus tents.  The balls tumbling across my design, are to represent the tumblers in Cirque du Soleil. And the Munchin could represent the high wire acts?!