Blue

Hi Everybody!

Another day has sped by, and I do not have much

to show for it.

For Art Journal Journey and 99 faces I have another A3 mixed media page, once again in blue. Recently I squeezed much too much paint out of the tube, and used the surplus to make several backgrounds, which accounts for my blue phase. I spritzed the page with some inks in blue, brown and white, sprayed water over it and watched it move, and I find the effects quite interesting. I drew  the face using a home made face template, and used water colours to add colour to her lips, eyes etc. I collaged some strips of old letters, a feather, some fibres and a couple of stars. The quote is from Dylusions and has also been collaged.

Some more photos of the wonderful sunset at the Rhine:

And the sunrise the day after:

Today was just wet, wet, wet all day, so didn't take any new photos.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Christmas at Moo Mania and More

Hi Everybody!

A quick post today - did this, did that, and the day was gone!

Today we are beginning a new challenge at

Moo Mania and More -

Christmas.

As always, projects of all formats are allowed, and you have 2 weeks to join in - hope to see you there!

I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, collage

I made 2 pieces. The first one is a hybrid piece and has a painted and crackled background 

The gingerbread pair have been placed on an airmail envelope:

The stamp shows the mince-pies I made last year:

And I made a hybrid face using photos and eyes from one of my painted faces for 99 faces and Art Journal Journey, collage. If I counted right this is face 33. The fish is from Itkupilli.

Yesterday afternoon I had an appointment at the dentists's and walked home along the Rhine enjoying the wonderful sunset:

Destiny chugging towards the sunset:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

This, that and the other for Tuesday.

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, collage, and for 99 faces I made a hybrid collage using 2 heads I painted and digitally cut out. I placed them onto a collaged background, added 2 of my bird photos -  balcony visitors - and the sentiment, part of a Dylusions set. The clock hands symbolise the transition of time from young to old.

I recently took part in an online petition, where we were asked to make a picture of ourselves taken with some food, to protest about the tons of food that shops and supermarkets throw away daily instead of donating it to people who can't afford to buy good things.

The above food collage fits well to Elisabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so welcome to all the T gang. I also baked some walnut and raisin buns, which are very delicious. I like to bake small cakes as they can be frozen individually, and taken out one by one - this prevents waste and the necessity to eat them all at once to save them from going bad! Anyway, help yourselves

And my drink is, as always, cappuccino.

Today I am sharing some photos of the beautiful windows in the Basilica and town.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Blue and grey

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend, and wish you a good start

in the new week.

For Art Journal Journey, collage, and 99 Faces I made a face collage on an A3 background. I painted the background with diluted colours left over from another project, sprinkled it with water, and then mopped off the drops with a paper towel to add some interest. The face is just an outline drawn in black ink. I just added some colour to the eyes, mouth and eyebrows, and some gold pen as 'eye-liner' . I collaged some paper scraps, and added some birds and stars which were flying around on my table. The piece of yarn was there, too, so it also had to be glued on.

Today was a wet, grey and gloomy day, although the water birds seemed to be enjoying it:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!