More challenges

Hi Everybody!

Today we have a new challenge starting at TIOT,

'Use a stencil'

As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to get creative and link your work.  There are lots of great examples on our blog to inspire you! My journal page is also meant for 'Time' at Art Journal Journey.

I used one of my own backgrounds which I scanned and printed and placed on an A3 page. I used pan pastels in yellow and red to colour the edges of the paper. I used 2 different alpha stencils for the lettering, and one of Dina Wakley's people for the floating man, who I painted in white. The dragonflies and clock were stamped. I used a die cut flourish, painted and sparkled with Stickles,  but used it first as a stencil which I outlined with a white Signo pen before gluing it to the page. The butterfly was in my stash, and fussy cut before fixing it to the page.

Our challenge at Tag Tuesday is correspondence. I made a quick tag with some stamping and Mr Umbrella Man, who has been dressed in postage stamp look, the newest trend.

Today I am showing the rest of the photos from my Sunday walk.

This Egyptian goose was having a doze in the sunshine:

I walked back through the fields

The ramshackle shed is still standing: 

And the brown cows were not interested in anything apart from grazing and chewing the cud:

I love how the apples are growing over the wall here:

The tree mushrooms are getting bigger and bigger:

The moon was shining bright again in the dark sky

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Time is relative

Hi Everybody!

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

Today is day 3 of our 'time' challenge at Art Journal Journey.

I made an A3 mixed media page. The background was gessoed and stenciled in red and black. After adding the images I added some colour, and had fun giving Einstein a red tongue!

We had great weather today, warm and with almost no wind. I enjoyed watching the ships on the Rhine:

Loved the name of this ship:

I walked to a neighbouring village

And visited Schloss Kalkum again. It was really surreal, the reflections on the water were so clear that they  looked more real than the reality. I was so fascinated that I almost walked into the moat as the reflection was so deceptive:

Here it was also hard to say what was real and what was the reflection:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Time is flying

Hi Everybody!

 Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

For Art Journal Journey, time, I made a mixed media A3 collage. I pasted lots of vintage papers and my image onto the page, and then gave it a coat of gesso when the mod-podge was dry, not enough to cover the background completely, just enough to mute and soften it. I did some background stenciling with cogs and gears (CWS) using rusty hinge DI before I added the next layer. The quote I added at the end is from Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), one of the most celebrated poets of ancient Rome.

This was the bottom layer before painting over it:

In the past few days we had changeable weather with wonderful skies:

On one of my walks I admired the mobile hen house, and was surprised to see goats there, too - do they lay eggs these days as well? Or are they there to keep an eye on the hens?

The cows were on the next field:

I love these buds:

The people on the ships are always busy:

The full moon on Friday evening was fantastic, even if it did keep me from sleeping!

The sky on Saturday morning just before sunrise:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!