Gloria J Zucaro's "Changing Season's"

8"H x 8"W  Original Oil on Raymar Panel

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I painted this from life.  It is a bronzy orange metal pumpkin that is open in the back for a candle, and has a beaded stem and some embedded rhinestones or beads in the pumpkin body, along side a large lush sunflower.  The sunflower closes out our summer season in Illinois and welcomes in the Fall.

Gloria J Zucaro's "The Seeds Of Life"

12"H x 6"W Original Oil   $115.00 Framed
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This my early entry for Paint Party Friday, since I will be busy for the next few days and wanted to wish you a happy Thanksgiving with this painting.  I painted this Indian woman with a pumpkin and a sunflower from  a still life set-up of two objects that I put out for my Thanksgiving decorations.  I also have the male Indian and both a male and female Pilgrim.  I decided on the title after thinking about the fact that our native Americans did not always have turkey at their disposal so enjoyed seeds sometimes instead for their protein, fat and carbs.   

Gloria J Zucaro's Pumpkin Challenge"Up Close & Personal"

6"H x 6"W Original Oil on Raymar Panel

Unframed.  This pumpkin painting may be found on the Daily Paintworks site up for auction starting bid at $35.00 or purchased here for $65.00.  10% of the proceeds from the sale go to Kimberly Conrad's Club 47 to raise money for Breast Cancer Research.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Shadow Cat"

6"H x 6"W Oil on Raymar Panel

$95.00 in Floater Frame
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I love this little stack of a carved-look pumpkin, black cat and a crow.  It was sitting on my kitchen windowsill for the month of October.

Gloria J.Zucaro's Ten Minute Pumpkin Challenge

Two side-by-side 6"H x 6"W Raymar Canvas Panels

These may be bought as a set or individually for $35.00 each.  The money from the sale will go to Feed the Children Challenge on the Daily Paintworks site after this weekly challenge ends next Saturday.

These pumpkins are the second 10 minute challenge from Carol Marine.  The object is to paint one still life object 8 times.  Each time you do it you are allowed 10 minutes to paint the subject.  When your timer rings, you must stop.  As you can see from my pumpkins, each time you paint it, you have made decisions about what you want to accomplish or change in each one.  I started quite large and ended large.  I changed some colors along the way, too.  By the end I pretty much knew what I wanted to say.  Does this mean I must paint everything 8 times before I get a satisfactory painting??  No, it means though that I should paint as much as possible and really analyze my still life for its' shapes, colors and values before I jump into the painting.  I mixed my pools of color before I started the timer so that I wouldn't waste time experimenting.