Deep in the magic woods

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your Easter weekend!

After the lovely, sunny day yesterday we had a wild,  wet and  windy day, but the sun did show itself for a few minutes and I managed a short walk through the fields.

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have another hybrid page showing the woods from their magical side again.....

For 99 faces  (number 93) I have another of my doodle faces, this time a Buddha variation:

The catkins were blowing merrily in the wind today:

The castle ruins are once again open, so yesterday I enjoyed walking through them again:

The blackbird is one of the residents there:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Easter

Hi Everybody!

I am still enjoying my lazy few days here, and today I was very happy to see that the sun had come out. It was great to watch the sun dispelling the morning mist and frost and inviting us to a day of blue skies.

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, Mama Bear is back again.

She has been hiding eggs for Easter, and then she sees that the chicks and rabbits have already found them all!

 This is another of my hospital doodles. I have another 2, but perhaps I will

make some more, as they were so relaxing to make, and I still have lots of empty pages in the journal. I am linking to 99 faces (Number 92).

I was happy to get out for a walk again. The skies and the Rhine were blue, and it was even possible to sit on a bench by the river and not turn into an ice cube.

I was even able to sit in the square and enjoy a cup of coffee.

Have a great weekend, Happy Easter to all who celebrate it,

take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Saturday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Today has been a wet and drippy day, so I stayed home, made some nice food, read, slept and kept my nose out of trouble, which was all very enjoyable.

I had fun playing with the stencils I made some time back for my 'Nanas', the wonderful, rounded forms immortalised by Niki de Saint Phalle.

I placed them on a rusty background and let them dance around with some lacy shadows. 

This is another of my 'hospital' doodle faces, which really helped me keep sane there - doing nothing is not really my thing!  I am linking to 99 faces (Number 91). By the way, somebody told me that the doodle faces don't really look 'real' - well, what a surprise!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have a hybrid piece combining lots of photos with digital elements:

The trees were dripping wet all day, tomorrow is supposed to be better!

Not even the birds were were in their tree.....

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Faces and places

Hi Everybody!

I've been busy resting yesterday and today, taking time

to put my feet up, read and relax, and

it's doing good!

Time is flying, and soon it will be Friday, so here is something for 

Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin.

I have made some hybrid Modigliani knock-offs, re-using paintings I made some time back and setting them onto new backgrounds. This background is made of large sheets of white packing paper, painted with stripes of acrylic and metallic paints. I got sent a present wrapped in a piece of something similar, which inspired me to make my own, I just find it so hard to actually use it! The quote is also from Modigliani:

I am also linking to 99 faces (numbers 89 & 90):

And I am showing another of the graphite stick drawings I made while in hospital, once again just faces and doodles, made to help the time pass when I couldn't move myself more than an inch or two.

The photos were taken yesterday by the Rhine, on my way to the doctor's office. It's still cold and grey, Spring seems to be hiding! I have a wheeled walker so I can walk easily and safely just now, and it is a big help for me.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!