Thank You Card for Grandson Enzo

Today I have the finished card to give to my grandson.  I have been giving him personal "thank you" cards for several years.  He is almost 12, so I am not sure how he relates to them at this age.  But I will continue, as I believe that the little things that stay the same as you go through your teen years may be important.

He gave me two gifts at Christmas. He always gets to pick what to give, even though his parents pay for them.  I got a beautiful Finchberry soap that has fine glitter in gold along the top edge, and an adorable ceramic snowman to add to my collection.  

It is done on 5' x 7' cardstock.  I drew it in pigma ink pen, colored it with Derwent Inktense Pencils, wet the pencil colors and added glitter clue and painted the sky with Liquid Watercolors.

Have a nice day,

gloria

Re-Entry

Hello, artist friends at Paint Party Friday,  I haven't posted in almost a year.  I was preoccupied with going for a knee replacement, which was scheduled then canceled and rescheduled.  I finally had it about 5 weeks ago and PT is going well.  I did hardly anything but sketches and tangles on cardstock this last year.  But here are Zentangles I did recently.  

Have a good week.

Gloria

Gloria J Zucaro's "Three Down, Two to Go"

This week I finished three small projects and got two others started.  I finished "Rope Jumper". Here she is below with her rope.  I watched a champion rope jumper on You Tube to see the handles in her hands and how the rope would drape.  I gave her a face and took away her chunky forehead.  I also added more paint all around her.  This painting is Oil on a gessoed board and is 7"H x 5" W.

We finally had our family Christmas on Sunday the 11th.  On Monday I wrote my thank you notes.  I made a special one for my 7 year old grandson, hoping he would take notice.  He called today and he was so impressed!  I got a big kick out of it!  I had drawn with black ink the two presents that he had picked out for me especially.  One was a new wallet.  He had given me one the year before last and it was shot.  he knew that and picked a new one.  He also gave me a little cache pot with a young boy kneeling near a cross.  I printed his note rather than using script.

 

Before I forget..My friend Polly who lives in Anacortes, Washington gave me the neatest "altered" book.  It has 96 multimedia pages and was made by "slow art studio & bindery" on Lopez Island, WA .  It also has two little pockets on the front and back inside covers.  And look at the neat covers!!!  

Front

Inside Front

Inside Back

Some Pages

Back Cover

I also did a Zentangle for the first time in quite a while.  I did it on a 4 x 6 card.  The prompt was from Laura Harms at the "iamthediva.blogspot.com" website.  It is Laura's 200th post and she asked us all to do a monotangle.  We were to use just one design, our pick.  I used a pattern called "Stiricles".

The card is sitting on a journal page that I am doing for Community Thrive, a new group I joined to learn more about journals, collage and art forms other than painting.

One of the two projects I started but haven't finished is a pen drawing of an impromptu music concert at The Clearing Folk Art School in Ellison Bay, WI a couple of years ago.  I plan to finish it in watercolor.  I think next time I will need to use a different pencil for the initial drawing. This one is too smudgy.

The reference below

And finally the last item this week.  An oil painting of a mission church in Arizona just barely blocked in in some areas.

The initial steps of the painting, with the reference below.

I am linking this post to iamthediva.blogspot.com, Paint Party Friday, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Community Thrive.

Have a good week and check the Zentangles and paintings done on the sites mentioned.

Gloria

Gloria J Zucaro's "Glub, Glub"

Last week on Jennifer Mclean's "The Artist Playroom" we were to paint something with pairs.  I started this greeting card on Thursday with a wet watercolor wash.  I let it dry completely for two days because I had thoroughly wet both sides of the card.  On Saturday morning I had planned on finishing my entry into the challenge which ends at noon.  But "life" intervened and I did not get back to the design until Sunday.  As you can see, my "pairs" are two nosey goldfish and a pair of goggles   I did the design in black ink with a Sakura Micron pen # 01.  Then added Silks Acrylic Glaze for the other colors.  The two fish are highlighted with gold.  I finally sprayed the face of the card with Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist by LuminArte 

5"H x 7"W   Comes with envelope as a greeting card or may be framed in a 5 x 7 frame.

$6.00  To purchase go to  Daily Paintworks and PayPal

You can see the "sparkle on the photo below.

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