Collage and Cards.

This was somewhat of a slow week art-wise.  I have been uninspired as of late and have only done art in classroom situations, except if it comes to doing something for a grandchild.  Maybe it is the soggy and gray days---Spring is coming---eventually!

I have two collage pieces one 5 x 7 in my sketchbook, and one on a 6 x 6 piece of wood. In Karen Sako's class we were to pick at random three papers from a magazine, old homework notebooks, a music workbook and maps and then proceed. We could add whatever else we wanted to after gluing down our papers.

I call this one "Finger Pointing".

In this piece I was inspired by the two arrows on the homework page.  Then I saw a brown bag with an arrow also.  That is my "Theme".

This is the card. The areas top and bottom are the table it was on. I wanted a square format, as I sometimes post to Instagram.  I made this card for my nine year old Grandson who also loves Pugs-two weeks ago I posted an elephant card for him.  The incentive for the card is a letter I received from him.  His class at school had to write a handwritten letter to someone, and then the school asked that recipients return a handwritten letter to the school, and the student will read it aloud in class.  If you enlarge by clicking, you will see the two old dictionary descriptions for the word "Dog" and for "Pug".  I got the photo from images on Google and coated the back and front with Blick Polymer Acrylic, so it would be less likely to wrinkle when glued down.  I also used "Yes" paste which has less water content, and that also helps in a smooth application.

Have a wonderful week and Happy PPF to you and a big thank you to our hostesses, Eva and Kristin.    

I always feel happy when you leave comments or ask questions...

 😀Gloria

Gloria J Zucaro's "Loop-D-Loop"

Laura Harms the hostess with the most-est over at I am the diva has introduced us this week to Margaret Bremner, also a Certified Zentangle Teacher.  Margaret gave us an example of one of her loop tangles and a link to it's introduction on her website in October.   

My example of an exterior looped tangle is below.  I drew it on a 5"H x 7"W greeting card.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site for more creative and colorful designs. 

Click on image to enlarge.

Gloria J Zucaro's "A-Pear-Rent-Lee"

Original Ink Drawing with Watercolor

5"H x 7"W Greeting cardstock, with envelope

May be used in 5 x 7 frame or mat to use in 8 x 10 frame.

Click on photo to see more detail

SOLD

This is my weekly entry into The Artist's Playroom hosted by Jennifer Mclean. http://www.justaddwatersilly.com/search/label/APR  Be sure to check in there and see what the other artists have done.  Our assignment, any type or style or media showing pears.  

Gloria J Zucaro's "Color My World"

OOPS!  If looking for Diva Challenge check further down the linky list, I put the wrong link!

4"H x 6"L Greeting Card done with Luminarte's Silks and Twinkling H20s, 

which are both luminescent acrylics.

$4.00 starting bid on Daily Paintworks auction

http://dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/73666

darker version- click to enlarge to see the glimmer!

Lighter Version

Although I am still very much "coldey" and have to go to the Doc in the A.M. because of fevers, I wanted to get something in to Jenn's Artist Playroom this week.  Jenn's prompt was paint something in your favorite color.  Well, picking one would be impossible!  I find I usually use an array of colors from the warm side of the color wheel and a few from the cooler side.  I tend not to like earth tones or very muted colors.  I am most happy with orange, yellows, roses, aqua, lime green, and emerald green. I also love sparkles!  I just got new paints listed above and they are a wonderful pigment filled with mica.  The originator of these fabulous paints is Leslie Ohnstad and the paints can be found here, LuminArte.  The picture doesn't do the card justice as far as the richness and sheen of the paint.  You can see it better in the darker version but the lighter version is more true to the brightness.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Favorite Summer Salad"

5"H x 7"W Ink Design with Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils

This is a greeting card with the painted design on the front.  When you open the card out flat, the recipe is on the top half.  There is an envelope to go with this card.  The inside is blank.

Click on photo to enlarge

SOLD

This is my challenge entry into this weeks The Artist Playroom hosted by Jennifer Mclean at  http://www.justaddwatersilly.com/search/label/APR.  We were to pick our recipe and create art to go with it.  This week I am also doing lesson one of Dion Dior's class through Joggles.com titled "Watercolor Pencil Workshop with Dion Dior".  I signed up last Friday thinking it started July 28th, but it actually started June 28th, so I am two weeks behind.  One of our projects in Lesson One is to make a simple line drawing with our pen and then cut it up into sections with a curving line running through it to make a sort of stained glass effect.  So I combined my two ideas.  The recipe and the project.  I am linking this to Paint Party Friday, also.  Go see all the other entries,too!  http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Gloria J Zucaro's "Stephanie's Thank You"

This is my final version of Stephanie's card.  I dropped some watercolor paint into the wet areas around the ink designs. Which do you like better, the black and white or the painted version?  Click on photo to enlarge for more detail.

This is how I started with Stephanie's Thank You card.

It is on 5 x 7 watercolor greeting card stock.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Infinity Folds"

My post today is a pen & ink and graphite drawing on a 4"H x 6"L greeting card.   It is my thank you card to my sister-in-law.  She gave me this gorgeous infinity scarf by Steve Madden for Christmas this year.  It is in one of my favorite colors, Turquoise.  It is so soft and snugly and really keeps my neck warm on these 20 degree days. 

This is also my entry into the Daily Paintworks Challenge for this week, called "Paint Some Fabric".