Saturday this and that

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - have a good one!

For 99 faces and Art Journal Journey, collage, I made a face and collaged the sentiment. I made a series of these monochrome, rather old-fashioned faces in various colours, this is the second one. I drew her with black ink and painted her with water-colours. The quote is from Marilyn Monroe.

 

The photos were taken yesterday when the sun was shining, and once again I saw lots of birds which caught my eye.

The cormorant was drying his wings, which always looks like he's greeting the sun - perhaps he is.

And the gulls have the last word again:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

A face and a collage

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already - where did the week go?

For Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Journey, collage, 99 faces and Kim's show your face I have a mixed media face and a collage.

The face was drawn with black onto printed cardstock. I added some random stamping, and painted the face and one of the flowers with water colours.

Then I used the face as part of a collage, digitally adding a document as background, a nude painting made many years back, some bird photos and a telephone . And I placed Leonardo's Vitruvian man onto the eye.

We had a cold and frosty day here, with lots of sunshine, and wonderful skies all day, so I ran round with my camera pointing skywards to catch some impressions. The photos here were all taken during half an hour before sunrise, with the colours changing in intensity and hue all the time.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by.

A face, sky and water

Hi Everybody!

The week is speeding by again, and I ask myself once more

where my time goes....

For Art Journal Journey, collage, and 99 Faces I have a face with some collaged elements. The background is an A3 brush-wipe page, onto which I did some random background stamping. I drew a simple profile with black ink and coloured the face with turquoise water-colour to tone with the background. I collaged the sentiment, some washi tapes, a butterfly and some paper scraps, as well as the pen nibs, which are also made from paper.

I am also linking to Kim Dellow's Show your face.

This morning was cloudy and misty, and then the sun rose up and dispelled all the grey

This doggie went for a swim and dozens of ducks and geese took off squawking very indignantly

The stream which flows into the Rhine is full so the water is nice and wild

And once again the gulls are the stars of the show:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

The colour blue

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, collage, I have another hybrid creation today. The background is a photo of a ship in the London docks. I grew up near the docks, but in the meantime it has all become a playground for the very rich. Back then, we could see big ships at the end of the street, a fun sight! Here I added my fave Mr Umbrella man, out for his evening walk, and a girl and her bike, both from a digital set called paper town. The moon is one of my photos. The stenciled sentiment is from Stencilry com.

For 99 Faces I drew a face on patterned cardstock with black ink, and painted her eyes, mouth and eyebrows with blue ink. I dribbled some blue and green ink at the top, sprayed it with water and let it run down the page. When it was dried I added some white to brighten it a bit. Also linking to Kim's Show your face.

And as today is all about blue, I am including the tag I made for Tag Tuesday yesterday, theme 'night sky'. I painted directly onto a manila tag using my scratchy brush, sprinkled it with fairy dust, and added some stars when it was dry. The houses were drawn with a stencil, and I mounted the tag onto 2 others cut slightly larger from blue Mirri card and gold corrugated card.

I didn't have much time for taking photos today, as I had a long appointment at the orthopedic specialist. In February I will be getting a shiny new knee joint.

The pictures here were taken early this morning - the sky was clear, the moon and stars were twinkling. I especially love the combination of the crescent moon and Venus

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!