Faces and famous buildings

Hi Everybody!

I have another A3 mixed media  journal page for Art Journal Journey, architecture. The background was a brush-wipe page. I collaged the lady - an image from one of my old magazines from 1899, printed onto book paper and fussy cut. Then I used lots of stamps to decorate her hat, and I am sure you will recognise the buildings. I embellished her hat with a flourish and some flowers. and added a quote from Sir Winston Churchill.

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin.

And I am joining in with Elizabeth's '2nd on the 2nd', which is a second look at an older post. I chose this journal page which is a copy of Modigliani's Maude Abrantes, made for a challenge some months back. It was worked with water colours and pastels for the face, and acrylics, brushos and pastels for the background. I am linking to 49 Faces and Kim Dellow's Friday show your face.

I love the autumn leaves:

Today started out with wonderful colours and Venus, the morning star:

And some architecture from here:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

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!