Gloria J Zucaro's "The Morning Grind"

My entry for Paint Party Friday this week is a pastel I did while up at The Clearing in August.  

I never got around to posting it.  This is from life, a still life set-up done down at the Old Schoolhouse where we usually have our studio.  I always think of it as more like a chapel because of the high ceilings and tall windows.  

You can see two photos of the schoolhouse (from their website) below my painting.

 Isn't it beautiful!  If you ever want to take a great workshop, this is a great place to go.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Quit Yolkin' Around"

8.5"H x 10"W  Original Soft Pastel on Acid Free Archival Sanded Paper.

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The is my painting in response to Carol Marines' "The Broken Egg Challenge" on 

the Daily Paintworks.  Since I just got back from a pastel workshop with Bonnie Paruch at The Clearing Folk Art School  in Door County, Wisconsin and still had all my pastels within easy reach, I thought I would use them, instead of my oils.  I love my new appetizer plates so chose a color that I thought would go well with the colors of an egg.

Gloria J Zucaro's "A Bird on the Bod is Worth?!"

7"H x 5"W Pastel on board

$65.00 unframed/$10.00 S&H

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The inspiration for this painting is from a photograph of a statue in Florence, Italy taken by Lee A Brown and offered for the April challenge on his website called "A Day Not Wasted".  I am hoping that even though I just posted, that this got in just under the wire! My artist friend Judy and her husband just got back from Arizona.  Judy is a pastel and watercolor artist. So when she is in town I try to do at least one pastel painting a week. We will be joining Bonnie Paruch for a "Flowers and Gardens of Door County" workshop in August at The Clearing Folk School. It is a great week of all day painting, and eating fabulous home cooked meals with 18 painters,18 woodworkers, and 18 poets!  We have a party on Friday night to show and tell all our works accomplished for that week.