New challenge at Moo Mania and More

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at 

Moo Mania and More - CROWNS

As always, you have 2 weeks to join us, and projects of all formats are allowed, not just Moos, so don't be shy, come and play along!

For my piece I digitally altered a  mixed media canvas made last year. I changed some of the heads, and gave the largest man a crown. I added a freebie building from Itkupilli at the front. I like the way this one turned out, with the contrast between the figures drawn with charcoal and the noble heads. I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, Inspired by autumn colours.

At Wen's 'Simply neutral's' challenge I have once again made a photo collage:

The autumn colours here are still vibrant, but the leaves get less from day to day:

This tree blooms in autumn and winter:

Here the slug was having mushrooms to eat - that Bovist should last it a long time!

And soon the last leaf will fall.....

Down by the Ferry at the Rhine I watched a group of fire-men discussing tactics for saving people in the river:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lo for coming by!

Tuesday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well!

For Art Journal Journey, inspired by autumn colours, I made another
hybrid journal page. The background has been collaged, painted and scanned.
The lady and the statue are both from June at Dezinaworld, and the curtain from Itkupilli. June showed a painting on her blog as inspiration for a challenge, and I digitally cut the lady out, turned her round, and placed her in the picture, so I am also linking to June's challenge.

Our theme at Tag Tuesday these week is 'secrets'.

My tag was distressed and stamped with DIs before using a stencil to write the quote from Benjamin Franklin. I love his black humour!

Today is also Elisabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so hello to all the T Gang.

Michelangelo's David is once again in the centre of interest. I wanted to invite him for coffee, but he turned up with his tea-egg and said he prefers tea. The coffee cup was digitally removed from one of my photos and placed on the hybrid page. The twigs and leaves are from Algeradesign. Anyway, help yourselves to coffee and Amarettinis!

I always enjoy the hour before sunrise, even though I sometimes wish I could sleep a bit longer.

I love the shadows on the wall when the sun shone through the window:

These huge and heavy chunks of masonry are still on the shore directly under the castle ruins where they have been for more than 2 centuries:

Autumn is still showing her colours, but most of the leaves are now on the ground.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Autumn colours

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all had a good start in the new month.

For Art Journal Journey, inspired by autumn colours, I have a hybrid piece to show today. The background has been painted and then scanned. The nude is also one of my drawings, and the horse is a photo, which I changed to blue as I thought of Franz Marc. The armchair, birds and head are digital additions.

For Elisabeth's '2nd on the 2nd' I am re-showing a face made for autumn some years back. It was drawn with India ink, and coloured with  prismalos and a water pen. I am also linking to Kim Dellow's 'Show your face'

The horse's red coat makes a nice contrast to the trees.

A little visitor to the castle:

I love the red creeper:

The new railings are almost finished and some of the benches are back:

Sunset at the Rhine is always beautiful.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by

Inspired by Autumn colours - New Challenge at Art Journal Journey

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at
Art Journal Journey

-Inspired by Autumn Colours-

I hope to see lots of you joining in, using the beautiful colours which autumn shows us. Susi Fröbelsternchen is our hostess this month.

I made an A3 mixed media page. The centre part is a hybrid page, using one of my old documents as background. I stenciled the TH clock and cogs, the butterfly on the right is a mod-podge transfer and the other elements were added digitally. I painted the edges of the paper in warm, Autumn colours and stenciled over it using various stencils with rusty hinge DI.
I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, autumn colours.

I made a collage of autumn photos to get you in the right autumn mood and give you some inspiration.

And some more photos from today's walk:

This little boy was having a whale of a time jumping up and down in the leaves and throwing them up into the air:

The first view of the sun this morning:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!