sparkly shoes and a new tiara

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. We had a mild and sunny day here,

with temperatures which feel more like spring than winter.

For Art Journal Journey, collage and for 99 Faces, I 

made an A3 mixed media piece. I had a brush wipe page onto which I had stamped, but it was a bit too bright, so I gave it a coat of gesso to tone it down. I was recently given a sheet of Dylusions quotes, and the one I wanted to use read, 'I am pretty sure that with sparkly shoes and a new tiara she could conquer the world'. So I painted a face to go with the quote. Her tiara was made with gold leaf and some pearls, and the sparkly shoes were cut from a magazine

Yesterday I went into the Basilica to see the crib, which changes for

each week in Advent:

The windows are always worth looking at:

 At the back of the church is a little exhibition showing the history of the building. The old carved eagle is very impressive, too-

On the right is the golden shrine where the remains of St Swidbert, the patron and founder of the town:

I saw the flowers and the copper beech in the garden of an 

old complex of houses:

I love this door with the wreath:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

This and that again

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy!

For Art Journal Journey, collage, I made a page using one of the images I 'found' when I cleared off my table recently. I glued the lady in the middle of an A3 page, and made a mosaic using lots of tiny scraps that I found in the Christmas box. I painted round the edges with a warm red, and then added some gilding flakes while I was at it. This was a nice, sticky job, and I was able to empty another box.

For 99 faces I have a hybrid page, in which I combined a face, a background and a zebra (Gecko Galz freebie). I called it wild face.

More photos of my 'visitors' and the birds I visited on my walk:

The gulls are always sitting on the railing at the jetty:

And this beautiful sheep has the last word today, she looks as if she is not amused:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday mix

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already, so the weekend is almost here!

For Art Journal Journey, collage, and for Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin,  I made a mixed media A3 collage. I made a torn paper background, which I painted with gesso. I added some more prospect cut outs, and lots of bits and bobs from my various boxes. I wrote some journaling at several places. I added some colour at some places as the white looked too, well, too white.

This is a hybrid collage , also meant for Art Journal Journey and 99 Faces.

The background was painted with acrylics, stamped and embossed. I added my drawn face digitally. The quote is from Buddha.

And here some photos from my corner of the world:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!