Thursday this and that.

Hi Everybody!

We had a warm and sunny day here, not too hot, not cold and no rain - 

just great.  I enjoyed my walk along the Rhine, watching the hay being

harvested and baled, and the ships chugging up and down the river.

For Art Journal Journey, masculine-feminine, and for Moo Mania and More, numbers, I have another journal page. I used an A3 sheet, painted with gesso, and then covered with frustration scribbles in blue and pink Gelatos. I blended them with a baby-wipe and then used various stencils to make the patterns and numerals to give it all a bit more depth and interest. The picture is from one of my old magazines from the 1950's, I fussy cut it, and added some paper scraps and flowers around it. The bird is a water-colour painting I made of one of 'my' jays, scanned,  printed out and fussy cut.

The day started with a beautiful sunrise and sky:

I enjoyed seeing the fields and watching the men at work again:

And there were lots of Ravens walking fearlessly through the fields looking for tidbits:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New Challenge at Moo Mania and More

Hi Everybody!

Today is the begin of a new challenge at Moo Mania and More -

Numbers.

The challenge will run for 2 weeks, as always, and you are welcome to link up projects of all formats, not just Moos. For my mixed-media DT page I pasted some pieces of newspaper onto an A3 background and painted over it with gesso. Then I used a large TH stamp with numerals all over it. I used shabby shutters and soot black DI for the stenciling, once again with lots of numerals. The image is from the Graphics fairy. I printed my strong man out and transferred him with gel onto my page. The quote was found on Google, and written round a plate. And finally I made him into the Number 1.

I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, masculine-feminine, and to Anything but cute, masculine

This young Jay came later than the others for breakfast, so I gave him some bread, and he sat in the tree and enjoyed it. They all really love white bread.

I enjoy watching men and their machines working down by the Rhine:

The hay harvest is in full swing:

Some places the grass is taller than I am

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Pink and pink and orange

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well!

The new theme at Kristin's SOC Challenge is pink+pink+orange.

I made a journal page, also meant for Art Journal Journey, masculine-feminine. I used my lady with hat who has appeared on my blog before in various guises. But I do think she looks best in pink and orange. I painted the background (A3) with gesso, and then gave it a coat of diluted orange. When it was dry I spritzed it with the darker shade of pink. I fussy cut my lady and collaged her before painting her with 2 shades of pink. The quote from Marcus Aurelius was written with a stencil.

I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, anything goes - our new challenge starts tomorrow, so come over to find what it's about!

At Tag Tuesday the theme this week is 'out of your comfort zone'. I decided to use one of my photos for the tag, something I am not really comfortable with. Perhaps I should do it more often. I mounted it onto pale pink, orange and peony cardstock.

An just for fun, I looked for flowers in pink and orange in my photo stash:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks for coming by!

Monday Mix

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a good start in the new week!

For Art Journal Journey, masculine-feminine, I made a journal page using an image of Mahatma Gandhi. I used a brush-wipe page onto which I sprinkled some brushos and water for the background. I drew my profile of him with charcoal, gave the head a coat of diluted white paint to make it a shade lighter than the rest, and placed the printed image, (clipartsfree.net) inside my head. I drew the glasses etc with charcoal and used a bit of white paint on them, too.

I recently read in some texts from Qumran a sentence which stuck in my mind, and inspired me to collage the quotes of Gandhi as part of his dress: 'Clothe yourself with wisdom like a robe, put knowledge upon you like a crown, and be seated on the throne of perception'. The quotes were computer generated; I have written them again here to make it easier for you to read them.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Where there is love there is life

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony

My life is my message

The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is an attribute of the strong

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, anything goes, Mix-it-monthly, facial profile, Kim Dellow's Blog for Face art, and anything but cute, Masculine.

Today I enjoyed a summery walk with sunshine and a heavenly breeze. I walked through the fields and long the Rhine, and enjoyed it very much.

The farmer was busy making hay while the sun shines....

 The horses are in the old moat just now:

The path along the wall is almost grown over:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!