Modigliani, geese and dogs

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are having a good day whatever you are up to!

I think the Meadows looked a little less flooded today, let's hope the water is really receding.

For 'Inspired by the Masters' at Art Journal Journey I have once again chosen Modigliani as my inspiration. I have one more finished, too, but it is hard to stop - the more I look at his paintings, the more they fascinate me! I used a large sheet of black card for the background, a little larger than A3. I must have used it at some time as an underlay sheet while painting, as it had spots and streaks of colour all over it. I added  more  colours with pastel chalks, and left the green streaks at the bottom as decoration. I painted the lady, Jeanne Hebuterne, with water colours and pastel chalks, and then glued her to the background. Then I had a little mishap with some drops of coffee that splashed onto her, but okay, it's art journaling and not for the family portrait gallery! I wrote the quote from Modigliani underneath this time, as it was too long to go around her head. I have had great fun this week spending time with Modigliani!

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin, and to Moo Mania and More, anything goes.

The ducks and geese are really enjoying the flooded meadows by the Rhine:

And these 2 dogs had great fun chasing each other through thewater and splashing around!

 A lot of the trees are covered in toadstools:

 The fire/grill place is a bit too wet to use just now!

Have  a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

More Modigliani

Hi Everybody!

Yesterday went by quicker than I can think, where does the time go?

For 'Inspired by the Masters' at Art Journal Journey I have once again been inspired by Modigliani. His very expressive portraits have really got me in their clutches just now! I used an A3 brush-wipe, smear, spray  and drip page for the background. The page was rather crinkled, as it had been squashed under something else, so I ironed it. Now I have the good feeling that I really did some ironing this week! I drew the portrait onto paper, painted it with water-colours and pastels, fussy cut it and glued it to the background. I added some more pastels round the head to make it blend better with the background. I love the quote of Modigliani that I have used here. I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin.

This morning started off well:

This blackbird is always the first in the queue for breakfast:

The hawk was dosing in the tree:

Met this thrush down by the river:

The water is wide and getting wider:

I'm glad I'm not standing by the pole taking my pictures:

And I love this lamp in the middle of the trees:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Modigliani, Moo Mania and More

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day was good! The river is still rising here, so I am hoping it will soon be less. The ducks and geese are loving the flooded meadows by the Rhine, so t least they are enjoying it!

For Art Journal Journey I was once again inspired by Modigliani. I prefer his earlier works to his swan-necked ladies, although this lady does have a rather long neck. She is called Maude Abrantes. I started out with a background which was gessoed, and onto which I had stamped some autumn leaves. I added more colour with water colours and pastels. I drew Maude onto white paper, and painted her with water colours and pastel chalks, and glued her to the background after cutting her out. She looks to me neither happy nor healthy. I found a fitting quote from Modigliani again.

Moo Mania and more's new challenge is 'Anything goes', and I used a stamp from Crafty Individuals to make some triple stamping. Well, if you count the fussy-cut thistle on top, it was quadruple stamping! You can link up all sorts of projects, not just Moos, so hop over and join us there. Remember - anything goes!

We had a nice sunrise this morning, and the first half of the day was cloudy but dry.

Dark clouds were blown along by a fresh wind.

The Rhine has got wider and made new lakes:

On my evening walk I took a picture of our beautiful flower shop.

My way home lead me through 'Narnia', aka the path through the park which was once the moat.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks for coming by!

Inspired by, Divas and too much water.

Hi Everybody!

Another cold and blustery day here, and the water in the Rhine is still rising!

Hope things soon get back to normal. 

My inspiration for today's piece at Art Journal Journey is again from Mondrian. I looked at some of his works which are not so bright and colourful as those in primary colours, and tried to make something similar. After giving my paper (A3) a coat of Gesso, I used a stencil from CWS to draw the shapes, which I coloured in using felt pens. I thought this would be quick and easy, but drawing all those tiny squares was not something for someone with so little patience! Perhaps I should have used a smaller page this time! I wrote 2 quotes of Mondrian around the edges.

At Tag Tuesday our theme this week is Diva. I'm not quite sure that this lady is a diva, but she seems to be going in the right direction. I used corrugated card for the background, painted with gesso and edged with molten Utee gold. The image is from a Gecko Galz collage sheet. I used some fabric, flowers and fibres as embellishments. I used the white roses because my Great Auntie Fanny once told me that Divas were ladies who wore lovely dresses and always go bouquets of white roses....

The water in the Rhine is getting higher and higher, and lots of parts of the shore and meadows have been flooded.

The geese and ducks are enjoying their new playgrounds

The trees have all got wet feet

The jetty is almost on a level with the towpath, so I'm hoping the waters will start receding.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!