Knobbly trees and faces

 Hi Everybody!

Another day has raced by, It's still cold here, the heating hasn't been repaired, so I've been keeping myself busy with my art and even did a bit of the dreaded - and sorely necessary - housew**k. And I gathered all of the papers and instructions etc that I printed off for the Lifebook taster courses, and put them all into a ring folder to get them safe for further perusal, as there were some ideas there that I would like to repeat. While making holes in the paper to file them, I accidentally got my lovely silk scarf caught up and made several holes in it, sigh. But I have gained lots of silk for crafting other things....

Today I am sharing 2 more lessons from Lifebook. The first one is a lesson from Kassi Martin about 'the knobbliness of trees'. Kassi is a wonderful person and therapist, and shared lots of valuable insights on living and how we (should) see ourselves. I also enjoyed painting my knobbly tree. I made a textured A3 background and painted my tree onto it, adding a sparkly hologram glaze at the end:

The second piece I am sharing was made after a lesson from Andrea Gomoll

about plant spirit girls. These are both painted on A4 watercolour paper:

I am linking both pieces to Chris' 'hold the line' challenge at AJJ

And here are the rest of the photos taken this week in Ratingen:

The lion is the heraldic animal of Ratingen:

I loved this decoration with the old wash stand:

This sculpture is in the remains of the swine herd tower on the town walls;

The stream is the old moat:

 

Have a great day, take care,

and thank a lot for coming by!