Lots of Strange

Hi Everybody!

This week went by really quickly again, and once again it is Friday. And tomorrow it is Halloween, so happy haunting if you have been invited to stir a cauldron or fly to the moon.

For Paint Party Friday I made an A3 mixed media art journal page. The central part is a hybrid mix of images made out of earlier creations and some digital add ons. The stone heads are from June at Dezinaworld and the Elizabethan gent  is a freebie from Foxey Squirrel. I painted round the picture using a mix of gesso, titan buff and ocker, and then further distressed it with pastel chalks, before adding some stenciling with DIs. I wrote various quotes around the edges, you may need to turn your computer, or stand on your head if you are athletic, to read them. Well, I called my journal page 'Strange'

For Art Journal Journey I have a hybrid page, using an altered photo I took last week as background, with additions from Dezinaworld and Itkupilli. I used an overlay with script over the photo before adding the various elements.

When I am on my walks I sometimes treat myself to a cappuccino at the 'Burghof', a restaurant, cafe and Beer garden at the Rhine. There is a collection of vintage cars there, all rusting in peace.

If you look into the windows you can see strange things, too:

(That's not a ghost, it's me taking the photo!)

The tables are made from long, thick planks cut from huge trees. You have to go into the Bistro/ wintergarten to order your coffee/beer or whatever you want.

There's a wonderful view of the Rhine from the terrace, that's why I like to drink my coffee there, so peaceful. (In summer, when it is packed, perhaps not so peaceful!)

If you look up when you go in to order your coffee, you see this scene:

And if you go through the bistro into the main part of the house, where the restaurant and gallery are situated, you see some strange sights in the hallway, too. And not just for Halloween, it's always like this.

And if you dare to venture into the Ladies' restroom, you can sit and admire the scenes on the ceiling and walls:

We do have lots of normal cafés and restaurants here, but this post is about STRANGE!

And I will leave you with a peaceful view of the Rhine:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Autumn and architecture

Hi Everybody!

Once again the day has run away from me and I don't have much to show for it!

For Art Journal Journey, architecture, I have 2 pages. The first one is a hybrid piece. The background is a photo  of the evening sky, taken from my balcony, overlaid with an old family document. The building is a freebie from Itkupilli, and the statue and wings are from Dezinaworld. The blue moon is the photo of the yellow moon, shown at the bottom of the post, with altered colours. The lady is also one of my creations, here with a colour change. I have been very fascinated from the wonderful night skies and moons lately!

This journal page, A3, mixed media, shows one of the houses near where I grew up. The houses have long been pulled down, and although it was a rather dreary corner in the East End of London, I still miss it. I don't know why the policeman was standing there....I wonder what was going on? 

A little café near here has these beautiful lamps outside:

Autumn colours everywhere:

And the moon last night was a huge, yellow disc - very spooky!

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Wednesday this, that and the other

Hi Everybody!

We have had wonderful, golden October weather here for the past 2 days,

so I was able to enjoy lots of walks outside.

For Art Journal Journey, architecture - which runs until Saturday at Midnight, when the witching hour starts! - I have 2 pieces to share today. The first one is a hybrid piece, made using my own photos with some additions. The background is a photo of seedpods, and the gull has been digitally cut out of the photo to fit in here. The statue, and the top hat she is wearing, are both from Dezinaworld.The overlay and lantern are both freebies from Foxey Squirrel via Algeradesigns

This journal page was stamped and stenciled onto a sheet of music paper and painted into an A3 sheet. Quick, easy and I think effective.

And as some people asked, here is a photo of my scratchy brush, called Jack:

For Wen's Neutrals I have made another collage of photos, all taken along the shore of the Rhine:

Yesterday and today started off with a wonderful sunrise:

I enjoyed being out in the colourful landscape:

Even the dead flowers have a beauty of their own:

The sunset at the Rhine was also beautiful:

This little gull looked hungry:

And something was fluttering across the moon last night - I don't know what it was, but very fitting for Halloween!

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!