Saturday 29 August 2015

From Dawn till Dusk

Hi Everybody!
It's weekend - enjoy!

For Art Journal Journey, time; 49 faces and Kim Dellow's Show your face
I have another mixed media A3 journal page. I gessoed the page,  drew and painted the face, the roses were stenciled using red structure paste, and the butterfly, clock and quotes were stamped. I sprayed some red and green round the edges.








I was up very early today, and sat watching the dark sky grow light and the sun rising - always a very beautiful time








The shadows  on the curtains


The midday sky


And the evening sky with the rising moon:




Wishing you all a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday 28 August 2015

Faces and flowers

Hi Everybody!
Hope your day is going well. This week has flown by again.
Thanks to all who asked about my dental work, my dentist did a good job,
and all is well.

For Art Journal Journey I have another A3 mixed media page. The background has been painted with gesso tinged with a little pink. I added some fragments of old letters round the edges. I drew the face, and used stamps from LaBlanche for the roses and leaves. I painted the features and flowers with water colours. The verse, 'Gather ye rosebuds' was written by Robert Herrick in the 17th century.
I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin; Mix it Monthly, flowers; Kim Dellow's Friday face fun and 49 Faces









I spent time watching the men at work at the Rhine, they were removing the detritus left over from the storms, so that it doesn't block the stream flowing into the river at this point 






And I spied more ships:




I love watching the horses, and seeing how friendly they all are to each other:




The sun came out for 5 minutes, and then disappeared for the rest of the day.


Have a great day you all, take care, 
and thanks a lot fo coming by!

Thursday 27 August 2015

A Time for Everything

Hi Everybody!

Our time challenge at Art Journal journey will be finishing at the end of the month, but you still have a few days to join in!

My A3 Mixed Media Page today is meant for AJJ, Our 49 Faces challenge, and for Kim Dellow's show your face.
 The background was painted with gesso, and then I stamped into the wet gesso with a clock stamp. I coloured the background with Gelatos. The flowers and leaves, representing the 4 seasons were drawn or stamped and then painted; the rose is an image transfer with mod-podge.
I am also linking to Mix it Monthly, flowers.








Some photos from my walks:









And the sunrise from this morning:



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