New Challenge at Art Journal Journey

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at

Art Journal Journey -

'If Music be the food of love....'

Our hostess for the month is the lovely Hazel.

This theme gives you a wide scope - music, love, things you love and cherish,

or of course, a combination of all of them. Let your imagination run riot, think of something that makes you want to burst into song, 

and then link your creations to us.

I have made an A3 mixed media page, pasted with vintage book pages, hand-written texts and some tissue tape, and then washed over with gesso. I drew the face with a permanent marker, and then coloured her with water colours and gelatos. Her ear looks like the dog chewed it, but never mind, I gave her bright and colorful hair to make up for it.  I am also linking to 99 faces.

Yesterday morning:

Today -  what a difference a day makes!

Hope your day is great, whatever the weather!

Take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Last Day of Winter Wonderland.

Hi Everybody!

Sunday is the last day of Winter Wonderland at Art Journal Journey, and Chrissie has been a great host this month - thanks!

Please call back on Monday to learn about the new challenge and who is hosting it.

I made a collage of my pieces from the past month:

This blue lady was painted some time back and was hiding in the wrong folder, so I'm redirecting her to 99 faces.

We had a wonderful early morning, which soon dissolved into dark clouds and pouring rain:

And the birds have the last word today:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Winter wonderland is nearly over....

Hi Everybody!

Only one more day and then our winter wonderland challenge at

Art Journal Journey will be over, and on Monday a new challenge will be starting.

Here I have a hybrid piece, using one of my snow photos and some digital elements. The haiku is from Matsuo Bashu.

And here a beautiful happy mail letter that dropped into my mailbox this week from Donna:

A wonderful collaged card packed into the cutest envelope. covered with flowers and pretty tape with music notes, and inside 2 little heart shaped notebooks!

Thanks so much Donna!

This gull was busy having a little snooze:

I wonder what these ones were thinking about?

The dried seed pods look beautiful against the blue sky:

This one is specially for Yvonne:

Bath time for the birds:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday this and that.

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, winter wonderland, I have another hybrid page,
mixing painting, marbling - the head - and some digital items to make a magical winter piece. I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin.

On Tuesday we had a wonderful orange moon again, which inspired me to show this moon painting (18x18") which I made at the last 'orange moon' a year or 2 back:

And I have been busy marbling these past 2 days, using up the last remnants of marbling ink I had. I made several of 'my' heads, which I cut out beforehand - one I showed yesterday, one today, and the others will be shown bit by bit when they have been built into other journal pages or painting. I also marbled some scraps of paper. These will be used to make covers for tiny notebooks.

I am linking to Moo Mania and More, use your scraps

I have made one already, using some handmade paper for the pages and sewing i together with white twine:

Mrs Blackbird is still the best eater on my balcony:

We had some nice dawns again this week:

The weather has been sunny and mild, and the first daffodils are blooming along the Rhine by the castle ruins.

One of the banks was covered in snowdrops:

And of course, the gulls were out in force:

The little flower shop has a tempting array of spring flowers:

And last but not least, Mrs B just LOVES peanuts:

Have a good day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!