Friday again

Hi everybody!

Hope you are all well and fit.

We had a couple of days with quite nice weather, so that was good, and today is passable, too.

I have another Journal page for the 'Living beings' challenge at Art Journal Journey. I painted over an old calendar page, you can still see it 'in the sky' but it doesn't worry me, and I do not like to waste such nice, large sheets of paper. I painted a rural scene for the characters of Beatrix Potter, using acrylics, water colours, oil pastels and prismalos. Some of the characters have been painted, coloured and fussy cut, others are vintage scraps. The sunflower has been cut from a serviette. The girl at her desk is a digi-stamp from Gecko Galz.

I thought it looked like Beatrix Potter as a girl, sitting at her desk and dreaming up her creatures. I know the proportions of the characters are not right, but this is supposed to be fantasy, and not biology or anatomy, so please bear with me....

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday and to Moo Mania and More, recycling

Here are some of the living beings I met along the Rhine today, I enjoy being there and watching them so much.

Today a heron was sitting on the rocks:

And the horses were enjoying being sociable:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by

Texture, the colours of autumn and more....

Hi everybody!

The week is flying by again, and today we were blessed with sunshine and pleasant temperatures.

Today I recycled an old canvas (8x8") that had seen better days. I used all the colours of autumn, and tried to put in lots of texture, by heating and bubbling the metallic  paint, with beads sprinkled into the wet paint, with fairy dust and with Frantage EPs in bronze and gold. I added a textile sunflower, some leaves, and some textile and dried flowers. Thew insect is an old brooch from my Mother. I glued a few stars on, too. All items had been used before on other projects.  I am linking to Art Journal Journey, living beings, Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin,  The three Muses, colours of autumn, and Simon Monday Challenge, Bold (bold colours and texture) and Moo Mania (recycling)

I put together the photos I took yesterday, and made a collage, also for Art Journal Journey.

Today began well, with the sun dispelling the mist over the fields:

And I had fun taking pictures of beautiful shadows:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

More Beatrix Potter and living creatures along the Rhine.

Hi everybody!

I can hardly believe it, but today was sunny and friendly all day - great!

Today I have another piece for 'living creatures' at AJJ. I made a collage of some of my favourite illustrations from the Peter Rabbit stories - the kittens looking into the shop window, cunning Mr Fox persuading silly Jemima Puddleduck to go with him, Mrs Rabbit in her little shop, and the delightful mice. Beatrix Potter drew all her creatures with an astonishing love of detail, and set them in the beautiful landscape of the Lake District that she so much loved. There is also an online archive where you can read all of her books here. I fussy cut the photo of Beatrix Potter and set it into the collage, and added one of her beautiful quotes. I added some lace and beads as embellishments.

My walk this morning was most interesting. I saw three cormorants down at the shore, which looked like they were sunbathing, with their wings spread wide, a wonderful sight.  One stayed put, one flew off, and one flew up onto the red and white pole. To my left the swan was busy with her morning toilet, and the ducks were pottering about the beach looking for food - a little piece of paradise. I could not get closer to take the photos, and as I do not have a good zoom, they are a bit grainy, but it made me very happy to see those beautiful birds there, as they are quite rare here.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing the living creatures I saw today.

Thanks a lot for coming by, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Double Tuesday

Hi everybody!

We had another cool and misty day, but this afternoon and evening we saw some patches of blue sky, so I  hope that's a sign that things will soon get better!

Today is new challenge day at Try it on Tuesday and Tag Tuesday.

At TIOT our challenge is 'How does your garden grow?' This made me think of the rhyme 'Mary, Mary quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

And little maids all in a row'

As you can see, I have been using lots of white painted cardboard again....

The challenge runs for 2 weeks, so you have lots of time to join in - hope to see you there!

At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'Silhouettes', and these tags also fit the TIOT theme.

The images are from Gecko Galz, and have been printed onto some Prima DP, and matted with light blue card stock.

And some pictures from the sky and clouds in the course of the day:

Have a great day you all, hope the sun shines for you! Take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!