Hi Everybody!
Today we are starting a new challenge at AJJ. Thanks to Michele who was a wonderful host in May with her lovely theme of birds. This time the lovely Mia of Craftartista is hosting and has chosen 🐟🐠fish🐡🐟 as her theme. All are welcome to join in, but please read the rules on our blog.
I got a bit carried away and made a huge scene (20" x 14") with fish under water and birds in the sky, strange mermaids, floating eyes and everything merging together. I used some tissue paper from Jane Davenport to liven it up, and really had fun just going a bit crazy with adding strange things:
Today and Thursday Rain has her challenge, this time the theme is colourful June /pink. I found some older journal pages with some pink on them, and I will also be linking to Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd tomorrow:
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And 2 funnies/thinkies:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
That is one HUGE first entry for Mia's theme at AJJ. You put a lot of effort into it and t shows. So many things to see. I see something new each time I scroll back to look at the overall spread. It is amazing. Thanks for this first entry, Valerie.
ReplyDeleteWonderful examples of pink. I certainly remember several of these, and they will make great second looks on the 2nd. A couple will even be first looks for me. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks E, glad you like my underwater world and the pink things. Had to publish it all today as I have appointments tomorrow. Have a good month, take care, hugs!
DeleteHi Val, good morning. Hope you had a good sleep. I love the new theme, and your fabulous painting with so much to see, wonderful. It must have taken you many hours to get it all together. Have a great day, take care, hugs from us all, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, it did take long time, but I didnt do it all at once, I just kept working on it in between other things. Hope all is well at your end of the world, hugs to all!
DeleteSuper page with lots to see for Mia's theme, and lovely flowers photos. Take care, hugs Wendy
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy, have a great week!
DeleteGood morning, Valerie:
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how you manage to keep track of all these challenges and themes and create appropriate items for them. This time you really went to town. Maybe next time a whole sheet of plywood will be your medium! It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with for this fishy theme. I might make creamed salmon for lunch and that will be the closest I get. Yesterday the temperature climbed to an abominable 32 degrees here and we made a Southwest Salad for dinner, just the thing on a hot day. The patio is shaded by the trees in our yard so we ate en plein air and it was very pleasant. I had no wine in the house, but a gin and tonic over ice, with a squeeze of lemon was very agreeable. No fish, but I could pretend that Miriam was a mermaid. On Saturday I will be giving a presentation at the Huron Fringe Festival. They pay me a handsome stipend, expenses and provide accommodation for the night. Not a bad gig! I expect that now COVID has become manageable there will be more live presentations from September onwards, and I am looking forward to getting back in the groove. Enjoy the rest of the week. Hugs and kisses. David
Hi David, sometimes I wonder myself how I keep up, and bringing three challenges together on one blog is rather exhausting, but needs must. Today I am having a azy day after a sleepless night. Its windy and stormy outside, so a good time to stay home and paint. Creamed salmon sounds very agreeable, as did your lovely salad with a G&tT on ice! No alcohol for me these days! Miriam as mermaid, hmmmm, the mind boggles! our hot weather wil probably be coming to us in a few days, not my fave weather, my apartment gets so awfully hot. Good that you will making some presentations and getting money for it, well done! I had to read your text twice, I thought it said Hairon Fringe....Have a great day, be happy, enjoy your food. Big hugs!
DeleteGood morning your post is sooo beautiful Valerie. Your fish theme page I really love, and enjoyed your other page too and the photos Happy mid week hugs
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy, I had fun with the fishy theme! Hugs!
DeleteI do like your giant fish and other animal life scene. It is lots of fun. And I love that you still added dots too. Plus it is nice to see and see again those pretty pink pages for Rain's Thursdays and also Second on the Second. Color is a nice choice for Rain's Art Date and makes it easy I think. Happy June to you. I hope you have a very good month head, and of course, have lots of fish in your life, or at least your art life. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika. Since I started on these fishy pages I have been craving fish and chips....You have a great, new month, too, have fun in your new art paradise! Hugs!
DeleteLove the colors of the sea. Though pink is not my color, it looks very nice on the dollies. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Pink is good for dollies and babies, not for me!
DeleteI really liked the fish and birds art. It looks like so free, flowing, and fun. Just love it. Gigi-Hawaii
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! Have a great month!
Deleteyour art always amazed me:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy, take care!
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DeleteBeautiful art today, love how you put all the various pieces together to make such a lovely page. Have a good June, all the best, Carrie
ReplyDeleteThanks Carrie, enjoy your week!
DeleteOh! You don't do things by half Valerie! Oh no, you do things by double and in doing that you have created a most wonderful creative story! So many fantastic details! I love your pink pages too! Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, you are funny, but there's something true about it! Hugs!
DeleteBeautiful pages for the themes. Love all the pink. Fun thinkies.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, have a great week!
DeleteOh my, Valerie! Your "Dance to the Song of the Sea" is gorgeous! Surely you will frame it and hang it somewhere! And I enjoyed your pink pieces. You create such compelling faces. Marcus Aurelius is so right! Your fish reminded me that I have a framed piece of art of my own that has some pink. Now I have to go photograph it, and add it to my pink post for Friday. I'm so excited. Take care!
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise, glad you like it. I need more walls in my apartment before I can hang up more pictures. Yes, post your art for Friday, that would be good!
DeleteYour fish page is wonderful, Valerie! I like your pink themed pages too.
ReplyDeleteLove the quote by Thich Nhat Hanh!
Funny cat meme. lol
Enjoy the rest of your week,
Serena x
Thanks Serena, have a great day, take care!
DeleteI love, love, love all the pink throughout. So pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivy, pretty in pink! It was my daughter's fave colour!
DeleteA fabulous page for the new AJJ theme Valerie, it must have taken you ages to create a scene this size.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are well.
Yvonne xx
It did take a long time, but I had fun working on it! Have a great weekend!
DeleteWonderful creations. Have a great week. Anesha x
ReplyDeleteThanks Anesha, take care! Hugs!
DeleteHi Valerie! How are you feeling? I have been thinking about you!!! And WOW! I absolutely love the beautiful scene that you made for Mia's "Fish" theme this month at AJJ. I couldn't take my eyes off of it and loved seeing all of the wonderful under the sea creatures including fish. I can see them all "dancing to the song of the sea!!" And I really like your pretty examples of pink! The funnies at the end really made me giggle, too! Thanks for making my day, Valerie! Hugs, Sharon
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon, I had fun working on this one and couldn't stop. Thanks, I am slowly feeling better, but it's still not easy. Stay safe and well, hugs!
DeleteI am thinking about you, even though I don't comment all the time, Valerie! I will continue to keep you in my prayers. I can only image now "not easy" it still is.
DeleteSome beautiful pinks Valerie
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much💛love
Thanks Gillena, have a happy day. hugs!
DeleteBeautiful art Valerie! I really love your underwater page with those fabulous fish.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison, have a great day, hugs!
DeleteYour Dance to the Song of the Sea is beautiful. It deserves to be hung up some where. Your Pink for Girls is also lovely. (Why does it remind me of the Handmaiden's Tale? It shouldn't).
ReplyDeleteI smiled at your funnies. The grumpy car is a bit like me sometimes in the morning (although I'm not a coffee drinker, I don't 'do' mornings.)
Happy Second on the 2nd,
Hugs,
Lisca
Thanks Lisca, my walls are all full! I am not a morning person, I like to start the day slowly with coffee! Have a great day!
DeleteOhhh Valerie these art pieces are just amazing. I love the fish theme and your pink girls. Have a great day today.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole, have a great day!
DeleteI love the blues and greens in your sea theme. Those are my favorite colors. But pink is okay too, and you did a really nice job with it for Rain's TAD.
ReplyDeleteThanks Leigh, I always love blues and greens!
Deletewonderful artwork as allways!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rika, take care!
ReplyDeleteFabulous art, I liked everything :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thanks Jan, much appreciated!
DeleteWow this is fabulous, I love your fish, and you can't beat a bit of Jane Davenport! Your grumpy cat is so right, this sums me up perfectly! Take care and have a very happy weekend, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteThat grumpy cat is me, too. No life before coffee! Hugs!
DeleteLovely artwork, Valerie! The fish scene is so wonderful! It shows that you were really having fun creating it. I hope you are doing well.
ReplyDelete-Soma
Thanks Soma, glad you like it. I am slowly feeling better!
Deletelots of wonderful fish/ocean art. Gave me a few ideas :) :) I did have a fish half finished. :) Maybe I finish it.
ReplyDeleteYes, Monika, finish your fish and show it! Have a great weekend!
DeleteWow, that is a big painting. So much to see and explore with you here. I do like the way the mermaid on the left has her hair - I can just imagine it floating like that in the water. And I love the tail on the other one. You have captured "flimsy" perfectly, just like a real fishy tail,
ReplyDeleteThe whole page has so much interest, it is good to read that you had as much fun making the page as we are having viewing it.
Hope you are feeling well. Have a lovely weekend.
Hugs, Neet xx
Thanks Neet, so glad you like it. It's always good when I have fun making something. I am slowly feeling better and getting used to the heart problems. Hugs!
DeleteI always enjoy your beautiful art, Valerie! And you always inspire me! You are a great artist, my friend. And I LOVE your huge page with fish! Thank you so much for joining my challenge at AJJ. Kisses!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mia, glad you like my fishy page! Hugs!
DeleteDon't know what I've been doing and nearly missed these beauties. Somtimes it works to get carried away! I think I need more coffee! Have lovely weekend. Angela xXx
ReplyDeleteCoffee is good, but I mustn't drink so much just now. Have a wonderful weekend!
DeleteWhat you added to your creation wasn't strange ... more like exotic and all in all an awesome, uplifting piece. Then we move on to your pinks. ... I love your faces and the lady with the hat is so "20's" and the quotation so honest. Your flowers are beautiful ... so much talent, Valerie. Love the Asian Wisdom ... so true and so profound. And, finally, I don't know anyone who couldn't relate to the cat ... and the coffee. Sadly because of my BP issues, I can't rely on the caffeine buzz anymore, so though it is decaf for me, I still seem to be able to function ... surprising, huh? Love it all, as always :)
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Thannks Andrea. I have had to cut my coffee consume since the heart attak, but I'm allowed 2 cups in the morning, after that its decaf, but it tastes good! I love just playing about and dong things as I like them. And FISH is a fun theme!
Delete"Fish" will be a fun challenge! And I really like your happy pinks. It's such a great summer colr.
ReplyDeleteHave a marvelous weekend!
Yes, Pink is a good summer colour. Fish is realy fun! Hugs!
DeleteValerie, your "fish" creation is just gorgeous!!! I LOVE the colours and the images! Wow! ☺☺ And I love your pink roses and your pink lady with the hat, awesome! Your "thinkie" is a good one! ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks Rain, glad you like my fish, I had fun painting her! Have a great weekend!
DeleteFab art and funnies/quotes. The flowers are super pretty and the fish, mermaids and eyes are very artistic and cool. The mermaids you used are very interesting and add alot. Inspiring, Valerie, as always. Hugz
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy, this was an ongoing project over several weeks. Have a great weekend!
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