Hi Everybody!
I was not planning on posting over the weekend, but then I remembered that every month on the 5th we start a new challenge at More Mixed Media. As always, our challenges are anything mixed media goes, with an optional colour which this time is brown - Autumn is coming nearer! You have 4 weeks to join our challenge and there are prizes to win, so hope to see YOU there.
I have made an A3 mixed media piece in my large journal, and was happy to start using autumn colours. I made a textured background using the method shown in my post yesterday , and splattered it with my brown, home made ink. I printed the face onto a book page but somehow turned it upside down! I added lots of textural spots round the face using a gold structure paste. The autumn leaves were added with pieces of a paper napkin and some doodling. And if you're wondering what the chess figures are doing there, well, they just happened to be flying around on my messy table!
I am also linking to Jo's texture challenge at AJJ
Oh, what a stunning art piece you did. I really love the colors. And so many of these photos are mesmerizing. I've never seen hops before. They're quite pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie. The hops grow wild everywhere in autumn. They make nice decorations in a vase, too. Have a great day!
DeleteReally gorgeous art and as always I love the photos from you walks too. I'm with you on the rusty gates, definitely appealing! Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Martha! The gates are lovely, and lead to a beautiful old park. Have a great day!
DeleteBeautiful art piece Valerie, and I always enjoy your walk, the photos have a cooler look about them today.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It has cooled off a lot, for which I am thankful! Have a great day!
DeleteLovely textured page and gorgeous photos today.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, enjoy your weekend!
DeleteYour work of art is beautiful, Valerie. I am also impressed with the natural scenery that you visit.
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend.
Thanks so much, have a wonderful weekend!
DeleteGood morning Val! This is a fantastic page, with a lot of symbolism in it, it's really good, one of my faves, although I love everything you make! Beautiful photos, too, nice to see the hops growing, too. We're all off to visit Mum this morning and after that it will be a visit to Mc D, save me cooking. Have a lovely day, take care, hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah. Have a fun time with your mum, and I'm sure the kids will enjoy McD! Take care, hugs to all!
DeleteVery creative VJ
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashok!
DeleteOne of my favorite stamps, yours of Lina Cavalieri is a bit different from mine. You certainly got a LOT of texture and lots of beautiful images, too. I love the crocheted lace and the chess pieces. They added so much to the page. Thanks for sharing it with us at Art Journal Journey, too.
ReplyDeleteI guess you KNOW my favorite photo from today's walk. Yep, those rusty gates!!!
Thanks E. Good you told me about those rusty gates, I wouldn't have guessed otherwise!
DeleteHi Valerie I always enjoy seeing your beautiful work and love the pics by the lake,stay safe my friend xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheryl, have a great Weekend.
DeleteGood morning dear Valerie: I love these technical terms as you describe the delicate, creative, cerebral process of your art, "and splattered it with my homemade brown ink." I think I could do that, I could be a splatterer, maybe even a good one. I could add this skill to my resumé, except that I am retired and have no need of a resumé, but I might write one just to have the satisfaction of using the term splatterer. I might even put it in capital letters. Some of my bird friends are without doubt the world's finest splatterers, the most proficient of all being gulls, and they will splatter any surface that happens to be handy, without consideration of form or design, letting their "homemade white ink" create its own designs. Between you and the gulls, I see that I shall have first class instruction. Can you imagine the impact my curriculum vitae will have when prospective buyers of my art note that I have been mentored by Valerie the Vamp and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. A paint splatterer will never have had such impressive cachet. I am now quite sure a whole new career awaits me and I shall embark on it without delay. Now, to put chicken skin and blueberries out in the yard to attract the gulls - I think that combination should make for a very interesting colour wash. Perhaps you should try it your self. In the meantime, enjoy the weekend in quiet contemplation of all these new possibilities.
ReplyDeleteThanks David. Well, there are splatters and splatters, and I'm not sure I want to work with gull splatters. But who knows? There are artists that paint with blood and one here in Germany who paints with cow poop....I thin I won't try it, though! Perhaps it would be better just to eat the blueberries! Thanks for ll these exciting, new inspirational ideas! Have a lovely weekend, take care! Hugs to you and M!
DeleteThat is a fantastic piece with so much texture Valerie. I love the brown dots. They made me swoon. and adding the lace trim is another wonderful addition. I hope this lady isn't too serious about these autumn days. It is great to have these crisp nights and mornings. And my husband's cousin would be thrilled to see the hops. He's a microbrewer. HAve a wonderful weekend and enjoy! hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika. At the moment I'm in sorry phase. It really feels like autumn Here, and I like it! There are lots of wild hops growing around here. I had them in my balcony once but they overgrew everything! Enjoy your long weekend.
DeleteThis work of art is beautiful:) Have a nice day:)
DeleteThanks Martyna! Have a great Weekend!
DeleteVery pretty mixed media piece. I love the addition of the feathers. She kind of looks like you. Hugs, Teresa
ReplyDeleteThanks, I Wish I was so pretty!
DeleteAbsolutely stunningly beautiful piece of art...love it!!!
ReplyDeleteAlways gorgeous photos but I must agree with you...I am in love with those rusty rusty gates!!! Wish they were mine :)
Hugs ☕
Thanks Jan. The lovely gates lead to an enchanted place with old,Victorian buildings, you would love it.
DeleteDas ist eine schöne kreative Arbeit, toll!!!
ReplyDeleteSchön wieder dein Spaziergänge mit all dem erlebten wie der anschauende Ast oder diese rostigen Tore gefallen mir auch.
Ich wünsche dir ein schönes Wochenende!
Lieben Gruss Elke
Danke, liebe Elke! Dir einen schoenen Tag, pass auf dich auf!
DeleteWow, such a gorgeous page! I love all the texture that you created, the background and gold stencilling look amazing 😁. Loving that rusty gate too! Thanks so much for playing along at Art Journal Journey and I hope you're having a lovely weekend! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo, you have a great Weekend, too!
DeleteWow! That's a gorgeous page Valerie, and a lovely Autumn quote too!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, I love the rusty gate too.
Happy Saturday,
Alison xx
Thanks Alison. Have a wonderful weekend!
DeleteYou have a varied environment for your walks. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteBeautiful. The woman looks so pensive. Maybe trying to hold on to Summer a little longer. Oh,wait, that’s me. I’ve never seen solid hops. 😉 Enjoy your weekend
ReplyDeleteI know you Love your Summer! Most people prefer their hops fluid!
DeleteThat girl in your art has such a beautiful face.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, have a great Weekend.
DeleteI'm always amazed by your creativity. I love this piece - there is so much to discover. I think the addition of the chess figures is very clever.
ReplyDeleteThat rusty gate is wonderful - I would have taken photos of that as well. Your potos of your walks are enjoyable and remind me a lot of my life back in Germany.
Thanks Carola! Have a good weekend, stay safe!
DeleteGorgeous art work!
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Thanks Monica, enjoy your weekened!
DeleteTwoje prace są zachwycające. Lubie tu zaglądać. Miłej niedzieli i dużo zdrowia:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lucyna, be safe and well! Enjoy your Weekend!
DeleteThanks Laurie, l am looking forward to autumn. Stay well!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Valerie, Autumn is such a pretty season, perfect for your walks as long as the light stays with us. Take care and have a great week, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue. There's still plenty of light, that will change with the clocks in October! Have a great week!
DeleteHope you've had a good weekend, we actually had a BBQ with not too many wasps!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing your art and thought the chess pieces just added a slightly different look, it was great!
Fabulous selection of photographs, I always enjoy seeing them.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, glad the BBQ went well!
DeleteHi Valerie, thanks for all of your good wishes for my eye. I am playing catch up with blogging. I like your new banner. The thing that really stood out to me on your art are the yellow dots. I just love those. I too like the rusty gates. Great photos for sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole. Have a wonderful week!
Deletegorgeous art and photos! have a wonderful week. xo
ReplyDeleteThanks Michele, have a great week!
DeleteBeautiful piece of art! Although I'm so not ready for fall. *LOL*
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm looking forward to autumn! Have a great week!
DeleteI love this work, so unique!
ReplyDeleteThanks Natalia, have a wonderful week!
DeleteBeautiful Work!! and lovely photos too. Stay well!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ira, you too!
DeleteWow, Valerie, so much texture. Love the girl and all your special additions but especially the lace and dots. The words add so much to the feel as well. Beautiful art. Wonderful pictures too (even the toes are fun and I think that stick is looking at you - lol). Hugz
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy! I'm in a dotty phase just now and so glad you liked my toes that sneaked onto the photo! Have a wonderful week, stay safe!
DeleteI always think Cavalieri looks very sad. Maybe her colourful love life is haunting her. Lovely page, full of texture, the feathers remind me that I have some in a book I brought home yesterday from a walk in the caravan park. Love the texture you have got from the embossing paste - it really shows in those spots.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos, especially the hops by the lake - wonderful photography again.
Hugs, Neet xx
Yes, she does look sad and pensive. I love playing with embossing past, nd this was a special from Lidl, so very cheap to buy. Have a great week, take care!
DeleteA beautiful journal page Valerie, I love the image and the fantastic textures.
ReplyDeleteLate here as usual, but I enjoyed the catch up.
Stay safe.
Yvonne xx
Always good to see you Yvonne! Have a great week!
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