Van Gogh, mushrooms and birds

Hi Everybody!

Today I have another Van Gogh imitation to share with you. I just love painting in his style, with the swirls and movement. The smaller painting in the middle was placed on an A3 page where I continued the painting and  added the birds with a Dina Wakley stencil. I painted a shadow-man walking by in the foreground, who is not obscuring the view but has become part of it.
I am linking to Art Journal Journey, through my window.

At this time of year the mushrooms and toadstools are springing up everywhere:

The Egyptian wild geese were down at the Rhine again:

The starlings are getting ready to fly away:

The cormorant was keeping watch:

And more fungi I saw on my way home through the park:

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

Woman at the window

Hi Everybody!

Another week has flown by, and it's Friday again.

I have another journal page to share, and am linking it to Art Journal Journey, through my window and to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin. Next week we will be starting a new challenge at AJJ, but you still have a few days to join in with Corrine's lovely theme.

I made an A3  mixed media page. The background was gessoed and then painted with layers of various blues and turquoise shades. I left the space for the window white, and then painted over it with yellow to give the impression  of a lighted room. The figures were made with Dina Wakley's stencil. I drew the fence and coloured it with some white pastel chalk to make it a bit blurry and  indistinct. Then I collaged the moon and added the verse and that was it.

For 49 Faces and for Kim Dellow's Friday Face fun I have another journal page.

I made this one some time back for another challenge and never got round to posting it, so here it is, half feminine and half masculine.

A little colour change:

The hawk is back again - haven't seen him for months.

The horses are mostly well wrapped up:

The seagulls seem to enjoy it being cold and wet:

Mushrooms and toadstools are sprouting everywhere:

The wild geese flew over the house this morning, making an enormous noise, as always:

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

Faces in the window

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well!

For Art Journal Journey, through my window, and for 

49 faces, I have another journal page. I tried to do 2 simple line drawings, but I think the one on the right turned out better than the one on the left, who looks like she let a bad beauty doctor treat her mouth and chin! Or perhaps left is before and right is afterwards? What do you think?!
I am also linking to Kim Dellow's Show your face

Love the name of this ship, which often passes by here:

Some photos of a neighbouring village and  Schloss Kalkum:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!