Looking in and out of windows

Hi Everybody!

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

We had a definite nip of Autumn in the air here over the weekend,

but it was great weather for walking, and for spending an afternoon at home reading.

For Art Journal Journey, through my window, and for our 49 faces challenge, I made another face in a window, and added some shutters. Sometimes I think it might be a good idea to have shutters or blinkers to shut out things we don't want to see! She was drawn with pastel chalks and India ink pens. I used some stamps from Darkroom Door for 'enter here' and 'look within'. I am also linking to

Kim Dellow's Art it Friday

The horses were  out enjoying the fresh air when I passed the riding stables:

 The castle ravens

I visited Schloss Kalkum and saw that the Egyptian Geese have lots of goslings again, I didn't realise they had young ones at this time of year.

The Canada goose was helping to keep watch over the littl'uns

I love the beautiful autumn colours of their feathers:

The heron was looking for dinner in the field:

This lovely window is in a door I passed:

And this small, stained-glass window was right up under the eaves of another house:

The interior decorations shop was reflecting the opposite side of the street:

And the wonderful window decoration in the bicycle shop - I just love this one!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Through the castle windows

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend is going well.

I was able to visit the K20 Museum today, which houses a wonderful collection of art from the 20th century.

The Museum features a fantastic selection of 20th and 21st century art and was founded 50 years ago. Among the undisputed highlights are key German Expressionist works, as well as paintings by Picasso, Kandinsky, Pollock, and installations by Beuys and Nam June Paik. There are also numerous outstanding examples of classic modernism, of American art after 1945, as well as major installations and photographic, film and video works by contemporary artists.

We only managed to visit the 20th century part today, but I hope to go back another time and see some more!

For Art Journal Journey, through my window, I made another journal page. I was inspired by one of the photos I took of the castle ruins here. My page is very simple - the A3 background was made with left over blue paint. I used structure paste with a CWS stencil to make the 'stones' of the castle. I drew the birds and a bit of greenery, and that was it.

And today I took these window photos while passing by the ruins.

Narrow slits for shooting at unwelcome visitors:

Large ones with wonderful views over the Rhine and the surrounding land:

And I love this entrance, and often go through here just for the fun of it:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sitting by the window

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, enjoy!

For Art Journal Journey, through my window; our private challenge 49 Faces, and for Kim Dellow's Friday Face Art I made another journal page. I drew the face using a blue fine liner and did the shading with water colour. I stamped the bubbles (from Ryn Tanaka) onto the 'window' using tumbled glass DI. I wrote the little verse for it, 'Sitting by the window, watching drops of rain, watching them run downwards, on the window-pane'

At the moment I am enjoying using monochrome colours and keeping things a bit simple.

This was just with reversed colours, I like how the colour change changes the whole feeling of the picture.

I woke up very early again this morning, when it was still dark, and saw the morning star shining bright between the 'V' in he middle of the branches:

And some more windows from my little town:

Enjoy the view from your window!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!