A mixed media tag book and a sea scene

Hi Everybody!

I was happy to be able to get out and about again today after being stuck indoors for a few days - I need the great outdoors!

Today I have 2 pieces to share. The first is a mixed media Tag book made a couple of weeks back. The pages were covered with some DP that I have had in my stash for a long time. The head was made in a mold, given a coat of rust paint, and then embossed with Frantage aged gold and a layer of crackle glaze. The butterfly got a similar treatment. I distressed them both with antiquing paste from Deco Art Media. The front and back covers  were embossed with Frantage gold around the edges, and then covered with gilding flakes in autumn gold. I wanted it to look like an old garden with a statue. For the inside pages I printed out copies of some of the portraits I painted earlier this year, all copied from Modigliani. I did the edging in the same way as the front and back covers. I just used a few fibres in coordinating colours as embellishments. I am linking to Anything but cute, vintage garden. I had fun making this project!

This painting is one I made for Art Journal Journey, the sea. I was not happy with it, the lighthouse is wonky and the seal looks like a monster from the deep - but I tried!

The 'kids' were back again today, always peeking out from between the flowers:

I met the thirsty horses on my walk:

This is one of my fave corners in our little town:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Treble Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.

Today we start a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday - 'Crowning Glory'. You can make whatever you like as long as there is a crown on it. You can see some nice examples on our blog. The challenge runs for 2 weeks, as always, so hope to see you there.

I painted the background of my tag with acrylics and sprinkled it with Frantage EP while it was still wet. I chose roses are they are for me the queen of flowers and deserve a crown.The roses are rub-ons, and have been treated with crackle glaze and antiquing paste.  The other roses are the last of my real, dried ones, dipped into white paint and glittered. The wings and crown were also glazed and distressed, as was the butterfly. I mounted the tag onto a second tag made of peeled cardboard, painted with gesso.

I am also linking to Mixed Media Monthly, May flowers.

At Tag Tuesday our new theme is 'Down on the farm'. I used an image from Gecko Galz. I printed the centre part twice,  and crackle glazed the top layer. I added a duck pond and the farm dog with some plants along the bottom.

And last but not least, I painted another bottle for Moo Mania and More. I worked on black gesso mixed with a little blue for the background, and  drew the bottle with pastel chalks. The photos are not very good as I took them by electric light, which alters the colours.

This one was digitally altered

I had lots of feathered visitors today. The jays are my most frequent visitors:

But the magpie came by for a hand out, too:

The pigeon sat a long time in the tree watching before she decided to come for a visit.

By the time she got here, the bird seed had been eaten. I told her to sit still and I would get her a slice of bread.

She let me take her photos, and then flew off with the whole slice of bread in her beak - too funny!

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Monday Mixed Bag

Hi Everybody!

Hope the weekend is going well!

Today I have another piece for Art Journal Journey, the sea.

This was made with all the 'sea' remnants that were flying around on my table from other journal pages this month. I Made a background with tissue paper and mod podge, and painted it with gesso and then a blue-green for the sea. I made a collage of all the bits and bobs. The washing line was left over from something else, and the gulls were so obliging to hold the ends.

I wasn't able to get out for a walk today, as I was not feeling so good, but I did enjoy watching the three young jays on the balcony. Under the watchful eyes of their parents they came to get their rations. They are very fluffy, and rather straggly and very clumsy, but really delightful to watch.

Dad keeping his eagle eye on them:

And here are the kids:

Aren't they pretty?

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!