Things with wings

Hi Everybody!

The week has flown by, it's Friday already!

For Art Journal Journey, Things with wings, I have a large painting to share, although I am not really sure if it is finished. I am trying to decide if I should leave it as it is, or add some more to the background....Yesterday I wanted to add more, today I want to leave it as it is, let's see how things continue....It is very large, about 90x70 cms. I discovered some large sheets of paper while clearing up this week and decided to use one of them. The quote is from Luciano de Crescenzo, 'We are each of us angels with just one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another' I just wrote the first part on the painting. I used some tubes of water colour over gesso to paint with.

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin, and to Mix it Monthly, angels and saints.

This picture is one made in 1991, on an A2 sheet, using prismalo water colour pencils. I found it today while cleaning out my 'Bottomless pit' AKA hall closet. My preoccupation with ducks and birds is evidently not new!

Just a few photos today, I have spent most of the day clearing out and sorting stash, books etc.

Have agreat day you all, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by

Leonardo. flight and dragonflies

Hi Everybody!

Another day has sped by, where does the time go?

Today I have another journal page to share for Art Journal Journey. The background is  a Leonardo da Vinci drawing from an old calendar page, lightly gessoed and colour-washed. I painted the flowers with water colours, and then stamped and embossed the dragonflies onto it.  Then I painted the dragonflies with twinkling H2Os and added some fairy dust for good measure. The quote from Da Vinci is one of my faves.

I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, a touch of clover, Fashionable Stamping Challenges, colour between the lines, and Artist Trading Post, spring (mixed media)

I was woken early this morning by hailstones rattling against my window. The clouds and the sun  battled each other all day, but we did have another wonderful sunrise:

Here a plane has just taken off from the airport

I met the usual crowd down at the Rhine

And this little thrush was hopping about in the spring flowers:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Blackbirds

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are having a good day, and that the weather is not being too unkind to you!

For Art Journal Journey, Things with wings, and for Moo Mania and more, blackbirds, I have made another journal page. I used a print out of one of my backgrounds, and added more colour with gelatos. I stamped the sun (Hein design) with Color Box chalk ink, and used the same stamp for the globe on which the raven is standing, just altering the colour a bit. I used lots of background stencils from CWS, home made  and Dina Wakley for the patterns, numerals and birds. The raven (LaBlanche) has been stamped with archival black and heat embossed with extra fine EP. I used coloured inks to add colour to the raven. At the moment I am having fun going mad with lots of colours. The quote is from Salvador Dalí.

 I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, a touch of clover.

After raining for hours yesterday the sky cleared in time for us to see the evening sky and the moon.

This morning the sun tried to break through the clouds and mist, and was able to show itself for a few seconds, but then the clouds prevailed.

Over the clouds

Here's wishing you all a great day! Take care,

and thanks a lo for coming by!

Double Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Happy Tuesday!

Today is double Tuesday, which means a new challenge at TIOT and a new theme at Tag Tuesday.

At TIOT our new theme is 'Pearls for Girls' - now let your imagination run wild and make some pretty, pearly, feminine projects - you have 2 weeks to join in, and all sorts of projects are allowed.

 For TIOT I made a 6" card with loads of glitter, bling, pearls and feathers.

The image is a vintage coca cola image, matted with some lavender card and a glittered transparent foil mat. I added a row of pearls along the bottom, feathers to her hat, and some clear gemstones to the roses and her necklace. 

Our theme at Tag Tuesday is 'anything but paper'. I used a strip of my antique linen - my neighbour says it looks like something from a mummy's tomb! After fringing the outer edges I used my new sewing machine to decorate them.I used Dina Wakley's moon faces again, stenciled with Viva-color Rust. Her hair has been made from fibres, and I added a button for decoration - that was it.

And just a few photos from today, from my balcony and my walk along the Rhine.

We had 2 hours of sunshine this morning, and then it rained and rained....

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!