Gloria's Customized Paintings

 I bought oil paints to try them for the first time. I had never used them before and i wanted to use them because the majority of famous artists used them. they take a long time to dry so you can work around with the paint. I only bought 5 colors, red, yellow, blu, white and burt umber so I am really enjoying mixing my own palette I really like this new medium and I think I will stick with them for my paintings. This was for an art contest with the theme Around The World  Hospitals were requesting art to cheer the patients that couldn't have visitors due to COVID-19, so I sent this one in  these were the first two oil paintings I did. the one of the flag, I painted on the 4th of July, and the face I painted to get used to my new oil paints 

These drawings were submitted as illustrations for JK Rowling's new book, the Ickabog.  

That is me, reenacting The girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer shown below  That is me reenacting the painting called the sleeping gypsy. my dog as the lion.

 This painting was for the art contest called oceans without borders. it was acrylic on board canvas                This was for an art contest called don't mess with Texas. it was oil pastels on paper.

This painting took me a very long time to finish. I won first in opaque paintings and grand prize in junior arts  This is a picture of my chicken, Ruby. All I did was take a picture of her against the fence and I won second place! Now Ruby is an award winning chicken! This is done with calligraphy pens and pastels. It won first place in polychromatic art.   This is a self portrait that did not place at all.

My mom and I went to the Houston museum of Fine Arts and saw many paintings that I studied because of the UIL Art Smart competition. Last year I won first place and the 2020 competition is coming up soon. I saw paintings from both years. We stayed at the museum for 7 hours. First my mom's cousin's husband, James, who works there, gave us a tour.  2019 -Madonna and child with the infant St. John the Baptist painting that I like because of its bright colors 2020-The Adoration of the christ child painting has so many details it was neat to see them all up close. 2020 - View of the Dogana Santa Maria della Salute was really pretty and the water looks like it is actually moving. 2020- Mademoiselle Boissere Knitting 2020 - Sunset on the Lagoon Venice was painted with tiny dots called Pointalism that you can't notice without seeing it in real life. Mom loved the texture. 2019 - 3 Umbrellas 2019 - The Basket Chair was painted by a famous woman artist Berthe Mo...

 My church does a fundraiser for mission projects called Photizo. All the art done in services, and art donated by local artist is sold.  It was a super amazing evening and the first time was art was in an auction for sale. I was glad to be a port and look forward to more in future.

This painting is one of my favorites I've ever done. it was commissioned by my uncle and the canvas is 20-30. It took a very long time and the words on it are from Revelations 22:2.

This was my entry for a christmas card contest for my 4-H club. Mine won, along with 4 others. Each winner won $100! To order cards, click here . 

A birthday present for my friend who loves owls.   I decorated the youth chalk board at church for the promotion party for the 6th graders going into youth. A birthday present for my dad, who loves to take me fishing. 

 The winning pieces of the 2019 Treasures of the Texas Coast Art contest were displayed at the Texas State Capital building in Austin for a week in May. My family went to visit!  Here are all the other paintings that will be in the calendar as well.

 The Nueces Delta Preserve had its first annual Art on the Trails June 2019. Many artist came and created while families walked around and watched. There was fabric art, found things shadow boxes, leaf pressings and other painters.  My work in progress. I love nature so it was great to combine that with my love of art.

 This is the finished piece. It says, " He finished his mission...but we still have ours." The sermon was about what our mission is, sharing the good news of Jesus with the whole world.  I started with a black canvas but painted part of it white at home. Half way done. It took me both services to finishing the painting.

I entered the Endangered species contest. I drew an ocelot and talked about how important it is to save its habitat. I like that we both live in South Texas. You can see the winning art here. I entered the Art in STEAM contest at the South Texas Museum of Art . While I didn't place with my painting, Lydia got 3rd in photography for her age.   Every year Google has students enter into their Google Doodle contest. This year's theme was my hope for the future. I hope that all people will live in peace and love together. I didn't really put much effort in this one because it was a last minute piece. But next year, we learned to do the art on their entry form instead of trying to take a picture.