Architecture at AJJ

Hi Everybody!

It's the first of the month, and that means  time for a new challenge at
Art Journal Journey

-Architecture-

Sheila of Orange Esmeralda is our hostess and will be delighting us all with her examples during the month, and the first one is on the blog today, so hop over and have a look if you haven't already done so. As always you have a whole month to link to us, and we are looking forward to seeing your entries. Please read the rules, too!

I made an A3 mixed media piece. The background was painted with gesso. After placing the picture in the centre, I painted the edges using  DecoArt transparent yellow iron oxide and titan buff to match the colours of the photo, and added the birds with my Dina Wakley stencil. The quote is from Norman Foster.

We had a cold but sunny day here:

This is a boutique near here. No, they do not sell pink horses, just ladies' clothes.

Blue sky means blue water

These dogs had big fun chasing each other along the Rhine

My shadow accompanied me everywhere:

Bottle top art. I was not intending to have my feet on the photo!

And some architectural pieces from our little town:

Have a great day you all. Take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Last day of Through my Window at Art Journal Journey

Hi Everybody!

Today is the last day of our 'Through my window' challenge at
Art Journal Journey, which Corinne has been hosting. Many thanks to her for all the journal pages she made and all those visits she made to comment on everybody's blogs; it takes a lot of time and effort, and she did a great job!
If you want to know what the new challenge is, just come back tomorrow....

I made a collage of all my entries again, and I am always surprised when I see them all together. It was a fun month.

This was a journal page I made and forgot about, so here it is before the challenge is over:

And a few photos taken out and about:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

The face of autumn.

Hi Everybody!

Lots going on today, so I'll get started straightaway:

Today we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT - autumn colours/ leaves.
Projects of all formats are allowed, and you have 2 weeks, as always, to link your autumnal themes to us - looking forward to seeing you there!
I made a mixed media A3 page. I drew the face on the gessoed page and coloured it with water colours and metallic paints. The birds were stenciled with Dina Wakley's stencil. The quote is from John Donne.

I am also linking to 49 faces and to Art Journal Journey, through my window, and to Kim Dellow's Show your face..

At Tag Tuesday our theme this week is Nature's Bounty, so I made a tag in autumn colours, with gold embossed leaves on a painted and stenciled background. I added a mix of dried seed pods, glass beads, buttons etc as embellishments, and some fibres as tie. I stitched it to a backing of corrugated cardboard.

Today is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so welcome to all the gang. I baked a bread pudding this afternoon, using left over whole wheat bread, raisins and prunes soaked in Brandy (to disinfect them!), ground nuts,  lots of mixed spices, brown sugar and cinnamon. I sprinkled some roasted sesame seeds on top to make it nice and crunchy. I have a visitor coming Tuesday afternoon, so I have to keep my fingers off it till  then! But you are welcome to try it! This is something I often make in Autumn and winter, as it tastes good hot or cold, and is also delicious with vanilla sauce or ice-cream!

My drink is Coffee Latte today, I made it extra to share with you!

The pigeons were all sitting in the tree this morning waiting for breakfast:

I saw this huge sunflower in the grouds of the hospital, next to the house from the 12th century:

And I nearly had a photo of a kingfisher, but he flew before I could press the shutter - but the stream is still nice!

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