Time for chocolate

Hi Everybody!

We had a lovely day here, warm and sunny, and I was able to go for a long walk, which I enjoyed.

For Art Journal Journey, Time, I made a mixed media journal page featuring the Milka cow. Milka is a German chocolate brand, and the lilac cow has been used to advertise it for many years. The A3 background was gessoed, sprayed with lilac, and then I collaged the cow with mod podge. The clock was added with a stencil, as was the text. Tomorrow I will be back with face number 5.

 And as I like to fit my photos to my theme, my walk led me today to the white cows, and I took some photos of them. Several of them were standing by the fence, munching contentedly on a bale of hay:

And here is Milky, my kitchen cow in her cow-coo clock home. She comes out and moos every hour.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Time now and then

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend already, have a good one!

For Art Journal Journey, time, my private 49 Faces challenge with Susi,  and Kim Dellow's Show your face I made another face. 

This time I tried for something different, as lately I have been making a lot of sweet and flowery stuff, and sometimes I need a change.

I had an appointment at the doctor's this morning, and saw  the inspiration to this face in a magazine. I didn't have my camera with me, so tried to memorize it as well as possible, and made a sketch as soon as I got back. Then I used a black Edding pen to draw it onto an A3 page. I coloured it with water colours. I went over the glass with some white chalk to make it look glassy. The verse is from ! Corinthians 13, and I thought it fitted well to the time theme:

Now we see through a glass darkly,

Then we shall see face to face.

The  sculpture in the park is almost covered up by the plants just now:

The restored chapel:

I love walking through the fields along the Rhine. The grass was freshly mowed, and the crows were out in force to get their share:

And I can't resist beautiful shadows:

I was awake very early, and sat on my balcony from 5.30 onwards watching the  sky brighten and the sun rise.

Can you see the plane coming down by the rising sun?

Shadows on the curtain:

Here's wishing you all a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Take Time Out....

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already, this week has galloped by again.

For Art Journal Journey, time, and for Paint Party Friday I made another A3 mixed media page with a rather masculine touch. I am also linking to 

stamps and stencils, time flies.

The page was gessoed and then sprayed with vintage leather from my tattered angels. I stenciled some diamonds and a clock and cogs with vintage photo. I collaged an eclectic mix of bits and bobs. The two gentleman were created with a home made stencil.

We had wonderful weather today, warm and sunny and not too hot, so great for a long walk. 

I walked down the road to the next village, and saw this vintage car:

And a few yards further I looked over the fence and saw this lovely scene:

The headless couple were still sitting in front of the café:

When I turned down towards the Rhine I was pleased to see that some of the lovely old houses are still standing - so many have been pulled down and replaced by soulless concrete blocks:

The old couple are still sitting in front of the little old house next to the memorial.

The other 2 seem to be real, as they were walking!

The text on the house means 'our little old house', written in the local dialect.

I will show the rest of the photos another day!

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!