Red Hair and Red Riding Hood.

Hi Everybody!

For Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin, and for 99 faces, I have another Modigliani 'knock-off'. The original is called 'woman with red hair'.

I painted her on her chair with water colours and pastel chalks, and then fussy cut her and pasted her onto a dripped and sprayed A3 background.

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have another hybrid piece, mixing painting, digital images, and photos. The illustration of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf are from an old book I have here, the birds are from my balcony.

As I didn't get out to take any new photos this week, I am showing some taken on this day last year. The Rehab/Boot Camp is going well, 7 days down and 8 to go - I'm getting there! One of my readers wondered yesterday how I manage to find so much time being creative when I am supposedly working hard at the Rehab....Well, I don't. I prepared all of the things I have been showing in the past weeks in advance, by working really hard.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Oooooops!

Hi Everybody!

As some of you may have noticed, yesterday was the start of a new challenge at 

Moo Mania and More,

and I forgot to post my post about it - sorry!

The theme is 'Use newspaper'. As always, projects of all sorts are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to join us! I made a mixed media piece:

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, 

I have another hybrid piece. This time I made a few alterations to a beautiful painting from Ivan Shishkin, 1889. The bears are out and about again.

No photos today, I am just so tired I can't sit here any more - Boot Camp /Rehab was haaaaaaaaaaaaard!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Wednesday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Today was Day 5 of the Rehab /Boot Camp. Hard. hard, hard, but it is bringing results, and that is the main thing. 5 days down, 10 more to come!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have a hybrid piece made with 3 different photos layered together. The lovely text is from Robert Frost:

For 99 faces I have the second variation of Modigliani's Max Jacob. Here I placed the painted head onto a hybrid background, a combination of a grungy wall and a Hebrew text.

It was fun to watch the sun fight its way through the mist this morning:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by.

Strange picnic

Hi Everybody!

Today was Day 4 at Boot Camp. Hard, but hopefully good!

The metal staples were removed today, the wound is healing well, and it feels better without all that heavy metal!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I 

altered a painting from Thomas Cole, (1801 - 1849). I have placed a few characters and things which don't really belong there, I am sure you will find them all.

Today is Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so a big hello to all of the T gang. My drink is, as always, coffee, but there does seem to be a lot to eat and drink spread out at the picnic, too.

This morning we woke up to a white and snowy world. The traffic slipped and slithered in deepest chaos, the drive to the Boot Camp was loooong!

But it did look nice, even if it disappeared after a few hours:

Have a great day you all, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

If I were a bear.

Hi Everybody!

The weekend has gone by very quickly. On Saturday I had a pyjama rest day, and today I got dressed and went out for a walk on my crutches. It was cold and frosty but sunny, so good to get out in the fresh air for an hour!

On Monday it will be back to Boot Camp/Rehab!

Today I have another hybrid page for Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods. I used a poem I wrote some years back for a little anthology of children's verse. The background is a photo taken from my balcony, and overlayed with script and 2 other digitally cut out photos, as well as Nat and Nora snuggling in their lair. I made 2 versions, one with the text and one without.

I slept better last night, for which I am very thankful, and when I woke up the sky was a rather greeny colour, and I enjoyed watching the sun chase away the mist and the thick frost on the fields.

I went out for a walk, and the ducks came fluttering by to get some bread:

Then I walked in the other direction to the tram-stop. Not usually a Sunday walk I would choose, but it was great to be out and about again!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

In a cottage in the woods.....

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I am enjoying a day of rest today, and I NEED it!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have 

another hybrid piece:

And here the other inhabitants of the cottage in the woods:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!