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Thursday 18 May 2023

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Hi Everybody!

Today I have another piece for Aimeslee's flowers challenge at  AJJ, and once again it's with tulips. I guess I just like them. I had problems taking the photos, the light was so bad today, sorry.  The colours are darker and more intensive in real life. As usual, it's an A3 painting in acrylics.  The quote is from Rumi -'Let the beauty of what you love be what you do':










And a few moon pictures for Rain's TADD :









I made these faces 2 years ago, I think it was one of the taster sessions. They were painted with diluted acrylic on newspaper:








Then I put them onto painted and collaged backgrounds and had fun:










I am linking to Nicole's FFO and to  Gilena's Art for fun Fridays

Have a great day take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
 
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77 comments:

  1. ChristineThursday, May 18, 2023

    Lovely work for the challenges! Gorgeous tulips.

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  2. AnonymousThursday, May 18, 2023

    The faces were fun. The first piece amazing. The moon and flower shots wondrous.
    Hugs

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  3. AnonymousThursday, May 18, 2023

    Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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  4. peggy gattoThursday, May 18, 2023

    wow, glorious wonderful art to see!!!

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  5. ashokThursday, May 18, 2023

    Awesome flowers..loved rumi's quote!
    Moon clicks are stunning!

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks, Rumi's quotes are always very wise!

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  6. My name is Erika.Thursday, May 18, 2023

    What a fun post Valerie. Those tulips you created are beautiful, as is your page. Tulips haven't done well in my area this year, so those photos were great. And I love your faces and how you used them. This is a fun post. I hope your week is going well. hugs-Erika

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Erika! we have a lot of tulips growing here, I love seeding the fields. And when the tulips are done they plant sunflowers! Have a great day, hugs!

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  7. kathyinozarksThursday, May 18, 2023

    Your art is fabulous Valerie! loved the photos too-
    Hugs Kathy

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  8. AnonymousThursday, May 18, 2023

    Hi Val, good morning 🌄. Hope you had a good sleep. We're having a lazy day here, and will be ordering food for dinner later so I don't need to cook. Hope you have a relaxing day, too. Hugs from us all, Sarah

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Sarah. Enjoy your dinner! I'm going to the Pizzeria with Heike this evening, so won't need to cook either! Hugs!

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  9. MiaThursday, May 18, 2023

    Ι LOVE LOVE LOVE your faces, Valerie. And what a great idea to combine them with collage. You are very talented, my friend.

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Mia, those faces were such fun to make! Hugs!

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  10. Rustic PumpkinThursday, May 18, 2023

    Your Tulip painting is absolutely beautiful. The colours are perfect with each other. I really enjoyed seeing the bunches of tulips in the flower market too. Hope you're having a good week. Hugs Deb

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Deb! Tulips always looks so happy! My week is going quite well, although life is not easy these days. Hope you are well and enjoing your garden! Hugs!

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  11. NeetThursday, May 18, 2023

    I love what became of your faces in the end, What fun you must have had making them into such individual characters. I would love to try doing something similar in the future, it does look a fun exercise. Each one says something different to me, each one a character in its own right.
    Thanks for the lovely tulip painting at the beginning of this blog post. You have captured them so well and I do love the colours you chose.
    I was overjoyed the other day to see a yellow and red tulip with its head swaying in the breeze in our garden. Certainly provided me with a lot of sunshine when I just needed it.
    What pleasure flowers give.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Neet. I had great fun with the faces and just played about with cut outs from magazines, and it's fun giving each face a different expression and character. I will definitely do this again. Glad you found a lovely tulip. Look after yourself and hope you are feeling better. Hugs, Valerie

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  12. Kathy LeoniaThursday, May 18, 2023

    i am in love with this tulip art!

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  13. Lucyna DrozłowskaThursday, May 18, 2023

    Kocham tulipany są dla mnie symbolem wiosny. Piękne prace. Miłego weekendu😊

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      We all seem to love tulips. Have a happy weekend!

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  14. Divers and SundryThursday, May 18, 2023

    The tulips are gorgeous, I love the faces, and your moon photos! I wish I could get such good shots :)

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks. You need to use a tripod to keep the camera steady.

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  15. Carol LThursday, May 18, 2023

    Beautiful tulips in photos and paintings! Thanks for sharing all those fun paintings on newspaper - each one is so much fun! Have a great weekend!

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks Carol, those faces are really fun to make!

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  16. JeanieThursday, May 18, 2023

    You're rocking the party scene today! The tulips are gorgeous -- all of them, both your art and the photography. And love the faces!

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  17. crafty-stamperThursday, May 18, 2023

    Love the beautiful tulips- my hubbys favourite flower
    Carol x

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  18. David M. Gascoigne,Thursday, May 18, 2023

    Great use of the tulips, Valerie, guaranteed to bring happiness to all who see these gorgeous flowers of Spring. The annual tulip festival in Ottawa is about to get underway and no doubt tourists will arrive from near and far to bask in the joy of it all. As for those faces, a few of them are downright scary! I could imagine that's what a poltergeist might look like! We met a good friend of our this morning and enjoyed wonderful birding together. If you have a free moment google Scarlet Tanager. Two males and a female cavorting in front of us for several minutes was the highlight, but just being together roaming through the woods was reward enough. There are people for who the concrete boundaries of a city are their life, and for them I feel truly sorry. Miriam made focaccia bread and we had it for lunch with cheese and tomatoes and it was nothing short of heavenly. It's a lovely sunny day and I think I'll go out for another walk. Hugs and kisses - David

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Glad you had such a great time out birding with your friend, I will Google that bird when I have finished writing this reply. Your meal sounds heavenly indeed, a meal in the fresh air with a good friend is something very special. I went out for dinner with Heike, and we enjoyed ourselves, too. And we had tartufo ice and cappuccino afterwards, the simple pleasures of life are the best . This evening I have been watching the pigeons creating, and there are some very jealous males out there. Have a great day, hugs! xxxxx

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    2. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Just had a look. What a beautiful bird, no wonder you were so happy! xxxxx

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  19. DVArtistThursday, May 18, 2023

    Ohhh the Tulips are so pretty as is your art of them. My neighbor has Tulips growing in her yard and this year someone came in the night and cut them all down. She was so sad and angry. Ohhh I love all of the faces. Each one has so much character. Thank you for linking to FFO. Have a lovely day.

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  20. CatyThursday, May 18, 2023

    OOh your Art journal page is absolutely gorgeous Valerie ! The background is so beautiful, as the tulips. I love tulips . Thanks so much for sharing those lovely photographs. I adore your faces, and how you have combinated them on the pages, that´s just Great !
    I wish you a lovely Friday and Weekend,
    Big hugs, Caty

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    1. Valerie-JaelThursday, May 18, 2023

      Thanks so much, dear Cati! Have a great weekend, take care, hugs!

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  21. Carola BartzFriday, May 19, 2023

    Those faces on printed paper are gorgeous and even better when put into a collage! I also like your tulip painting - of course it has to be tulips! They are such beautiful flowers. Did you ever go to the Netherlands to see the fields of tulips?

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Thanks Carola. Yes, I often went to see the fields of tulips in the Netherlands, but we have lots of fields of tulips here, too, some I even pass when I go to Lidl. I love to see them. And the fields of rapeseed are fabulous just now, too. Hugs, Valerie

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  22. ChrissyFriday, May 19, 2023

    Beautiful painting of your Tulips Valerie, love the colours and al the added details, beautiful..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Thanks Chrissy, have a great day, take care!

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  23. Soma @ InkTorrents.comFriday, May 19, 2023

    Everything looks amazing, the tulips and the moon photos and specially your tulip painting! Happy Weekend!

    -Soma

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Thanks Soma, tulips are so beautiful. Have a great weekend, hugs!

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  24. TomFriday, May 19, 2023

    ...of course I LOVE your colorful array of tulips, but you have a fabulous collection of faces. I gave up trying to choose my favorite.

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  25. Gene BlackFriday, May 19, 2023

    The faces are great, I love the eyes. Tulips are one of my favorite flowers. I really enjoyed seeing all of those.

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Thanks, tulips are really beautiful. Have a great weekend!

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  26. Elkes LebensglückFriday, May 19, 2023

    So schön dein Journalseite mit den Tulpen und all die Gesichter klasse und fantasievoll deine Arbeiten. Die Fotos sind wunderschön!
    Ich wünsche dir ein wunderschönes Wochenende!
    Lieben Gruss Elke

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Vielen Dank liebe Elke! Dir auch ein schönes und erholsames Wochenende!

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  27. CJ KennedyFriday, May 19, 2023

    Such fun faces. The tulips are just beautiful and the moon photos very eerie. Enjoy the weekend

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  28. gigi-hawaiiFriday, May 19, 2023

    Interesting faces and what you did with them. Have fun.

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  29. PantherkaFriday, May 19, 2023

    This is beautiful, very beautiful.
    I also really like tulips.

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  30. pearshapedcraftingFriday, May 19, 2023

    The Tulips are beautiful (great quote too) There can never be too many Tulips. Love those faces and what you did with them - definitely giving me an evening smile, Have a great weekend, hugs, Chrisx

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    1. Valerie-JaelFriday, May 19, 2023

      Thanks Chris, glad you like my faces, have a great weekend!

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  31. Felix the Crafty CatFriday, May 19, 2023

    Gorgeous tulips and love the moon photos. Great collection of faces too. Take care and have a lovely weekend. Hugs, Angela xXx

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  32. Aimeslee WinansSaturday, May 20, 2023

    Wow, a ton of fabulous art today! Your tulips and faces are gorgeous! Thanks for linking up at AJJ and I hope you are feeling good! xoxo

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    1. Valerie-JaelSaturday, May 20, 2023

      Thanks so much Aimeslee! Have a happy weekend! Hugs!

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  33. craftytrogSaturday, May 20, 2023

    Wonderful art, and the tulips are gorgeous Valerie.
    Have a lovely weekend.
    Alison

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  34. Andrea @ From The SolSaturday, May 20, 2023

    Tulips in all their glory ... your painting is awesome and they are what you love and what you did with them. Even your photos are magnificent. So sad that tulips have such a short duration in the spring. Your Moon shots are great ... Blood Moon? You surely have a great camera :) I think my favs are your faces on the news papers and what you did with them. All of them capture the daily expressions that fit perfectly into the collages of our daily lives. A great exercise in fantastic reality :) Love it all, Valerie ...

    Andrea @ From the Sol

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  35. Debra She Who SeeksSaturday, May 20, 2023

    Love those faces painted on newsprint and love even more how you used them in collage work! Very unique and inventive!

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    1. Valerie-JaelSunday, May 21, 2023

      Thanks Debra, things like this are such fun! Hugs!

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  36. Gillena CoxSunday, May 21, 2023

    Your tulips are divine your faces amazing
    Have a wonderful weekend

    Much💖love

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  37. Gillena CoxSunday, May 21, 2023

    Hi Valerie i'm inviting you to Sunday Smiles at my Lunchbreak blog
    Happy Sunday
    HERE

    Much💖love

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  38. Fundy BlueSunday, May 21, 2023

    Your collages are fabulous, Valerie, although I do find the one with the webbed hands disturbing. It's probably because I am fascinated by selkies. Your tulips are gorgeous. I saw a huge display of tulips in Target yesterday: a wagon load of brilliant yellow tulip bouquets and vibrant white bouquets. I wanted to buy one of each, but I had already spent too much this week. Have a lovely week, my friend!

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    1. Valerie-JaelMonday, May 22, 2023

      Yes, those webbed hands are not nice, really scary! I'm glad I'm not the only one who spends too muc h! Hugs!

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  39. Let's Art JournalTuesday, May 23, 2023

    Your painted flowers and photos are gorgeous! Loving that quote too, we should all do more of that 😊. Those faces are fabulous and it looks like you had fun reusing them - perfect! Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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