T stands for taking a walk....

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness,

I have another hybrid piece. I found this background paper in my stash, and added some stenciled leaves and flourishes to the centre. The heart, light and quote were added digitally:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so I

would like to extend a warm welcome

to all of the lovely ladies

of the T Gang.

Before we get something to eat and drink, you can accompany

me on my morning walk. I took some stale bread

and fed it to the ducks, who got

very excited about it:

 ''I saw it first - duck off''

''Over there, quick''

''It must be here somewhere''

I watched the ferry crossing, 

and cars driving off and on:

I walked through the back streets:

(Actually, I think we only have back streets here!)

The big building at the right is our skyscraper:

And this is the one and only supermarket:

I baked some delicious wholemeal bread:

And made some filled cookies, with bits of Mars bars and coconut

candy bars in them:

Go on, take a bite:

The bakery is filled with lots of tempting goodies:

And I decided to sacrifice myself and go in there

so that you all get to see it:

As I was in there I had to order something -

Cappuccino and spekulatius (spiced cookies) - help yourselves:

Hope you enjoyed your walk today!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

A spark of light

Hi Everybody!

I am sure most people are still very busy getting things

ready for the holidays. These days I don't

celebrate anything - saves  a lot

of work! I have baked enough cookies

to put into bags for the postman and others,

so I feel I have done my duty....

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness, I have a hybrid piece in which I combined a background photo with some stars (Itkupilli) and the 'paper town' images from Serif.

The photos were taken on my Friday walk through our little town,

except for the raven, who waits patiently every morning

for me to put out some food:

The tree stump is sprouting fungi again:

The ferry is on the other side of the Rhine. The restaurant 

is a popular place for Sunday afternoon coffee and cakes:

Looking along the tow path:

The next village down the Rhine, I hauled it in with my zoom:

The bridge up Rhine, taken from near the Basilica:

And here I brought it closer again:

The square by the basilica is one of my fave places, 

it really has good vibes:

The gull was waiting for its mates to come back:

The lovely flower shop:

It seems that they will be closing shortly, what a pity:

The old town hall:

Have a good new week, a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend this and that

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness, I have a hybrid piece,

using an old photo of a street corner in the East End 

of London, combined digitally 

with the grungy background:

I am sharing some more artwork from the K20 museum.

First of all, the one and only Marc Chagall:

This shows a Jewish man dressed in his 

prayer shawl (Tallith), and holding a Lulav 

( a bundle made up of branches of the palm, myrtle and 

willow trees) and an etrog, a sort of lemon,

symbolic fruits and plants which are

used in the Feast of Booths (Sukkoth):

 Ferdinand Leger:

And as a contrast, Joseph Beuys' 'Palazzo', where all of the 

objects in the room belong together:

I found it interesting, and I always love the white space,

but his assemblage is not quite my thing!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday art

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness, and for

Paint Party Friday I have another hybrid/ mixed media  piece. The background has been painted and collaged, and the figures painted with a home made template. I used a fancy mask to add it digitally to a water coloured background.

I am sharing some more pictures taken at the K20 museum

for art of the 20th century.

I love the spacious, white rooms. That climbing frame is 

supposed to be art, too....

Ellsworth Kelly:

 Jasper Johns:

 Kenneth Noland:

 An assemblage from Robert Rauschenberg called

'Inside out'

 Sam Francis:

Some general views of the room taken from the stairs:

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!