Another autumn face

Hi Everybody!

Had a busy day today. I had an appointment at the cardiologist for

some examinations, so had to be up and out early. I prefer my usual morning routine of take it easy.  I will be getting some new medication which should make me feel better. Getting old sucks, but the alternative - not getting old, is definitely worse!

For Art Journal Journey, inspired by the colours of autumn, I digitally reworked and changed an 'old' face and made it into a new A3 mixed media journal page. I am also linking to 99 Faces

I didn't have time to go for my Rhine walk today, so these are from yesterday, a very blustery day. There are still men at work repairing the footpath along the river:

And there are always people delivering goods, which is a problem in our little town, as the streets are old and narrow, and sometimes there are traffic jams. Of course, people living in big cities would laugh at the idea of ten or eleven cars being a traffic jam, but that's the way it is here!

Most od the trees are now bare, but some still have colourful leaves:

 Down at the Rhine the leaves stay greener longer:

Have a lovely day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Wednesday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Today a new challenge is starting at Moo Mania and More -
*Lots of layers*

I made a hybrid piece using 4 different layers - a collage as background, my painting of the nude, a mask, and then the window. The window is one of the photos I took last week in Düsseldorf; I digitally removed the glass, as it had too many reflections. I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, inspired by the colours of autumn.

Here is the original photo:

For our 99 faces challenge I have a hybrid face. I tried to draw Leonardo's 'Leda', and it did not turn out so well. I placed it into the background of the page, together with some leaves. The face on the right is a freebie, as are other elements in the background. The head is one of 'my' heads. The sentiment is from Teresa

For Wen's Simply neutrals I made a collage:

Some more lace and embroidery:

And just to compare - the new railings and the lovely, old and rusty ones:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Tuesday this, that and the other

Hi Everybody!

Lots going on today, so I'll get started.

For Moo Mania and More, crowns (last day today!) and for
Art Journal Journey, inspired by autumn colours, I made a hybrid page. The background has been painted and collaged, and has some added digital elements ( from Foxey Squirrel, Itkupilli and Dezina World). The lady on the left is kissing a frog - I wonder what will happen next?

 At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'Hand lettered'. In view of the events in Paris I made a simple tag with the word 'Peace', and wrote 'Shalom' underneath it.

Today is half time at 'Make a scene' at TIOT. For this and for 

Elisabeth's 'T stands for Tuesday, I made a scene, and would like to welcome all the T Gang to take a seat and enjoy a drink. The hybrid page has been made from many elements - the background photo is from one of the beautiful old buildings in London. The bird heads and the seated lady are from Itkupilli, as is the golden screen. The statue is taken from a photo made a few weeks back at the castle I visited near Kettwig. I digitally removed her from her photo, where she was standing in the garden, and brought her inside in the warm. She is serving a cappuccino from Café Burghof. The 2 girls standing at the back (My Mum as a child and Erika, a distant relative) have also been released from their photos, and are standing there wondering what is going on. I also added the lettering. The cherub at the front usually sits on my window ledge.

Here the originals:

 Found these nice grungy, rusty and mossy bits today:

On my walk through the town yesterday I took pictures of the nicely decorated shop windows with reflections of the houses opposite:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

The leaves are falling fast

Hi Everybody!

Hope you have had a good weekend.

For Art Journal Journey, inspired by autumn colours, I have an A3 mixed media page. The centre part has a background which was collaged and painted. I added David, the leaves and other images digitally. Then I added it to a brush-wipe page, which I darkened a bit to fit the colour scheme. I added the birds, clock and cogs with stencils, and wrote the text by hand. I thought it would be good to show this one before the last of the leaves fall!

For 99 faces I have a hybrid face. The face is my drawing, and has been added to a painted and collaged background, which I embellished with a brush. The bird and sun are my photos.

Today was cloudy and  windy, but not cold:

It was extremely windy along the Rhine, but I enjoyed my walk.

The canon is not used these days.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!