Faces and flowers

Hi Everybody!
Hope your day is going well. This week has flown by again.
Thanks to all who asked about my dental work, my dentist did a good job,
and all is well.

For Art Journal Journey I have another A3 mixed media page. The background has been painted with gesso tinged with a little pink. I added some fragments of old letters round the edges. I drew the face, and used stamps from LaBlanche for the roses and leaves. I painted the features and flowers with water colours. The verse, 'Gather ye rosebuds' was written by Robert Herrick in the 17th century.
I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin; Mix it Monthly, flowers; Kim Dellow's Friday face fun and 49 Faces

I spent time watching the men at work at the Rhine, they were removing the detritus left over from the storms, so that it doesn't block the stream flowing into the river at this point 

And I spied more ships:

I love watching the horses, and seeing how friendly they all are to each other:

The sun came out for 5 minutes, and then disappeared for the rest of the day.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot fo coming by!

A Time for Everything

Hi Everybody!

Our time challenge at Art Journal journey will be finishing at the end of the month, but you still have a few days to join in!

My A3 Mixed Media Page today is meant for AJJ, Our 49 Faces challenge, and for Kim Dellow's show your face.

 The background was painted with gesso, and then I stamped into the wet gesso with a clock stamp. I coloured the background with Gelatos. The flowers and leaves, representing the 4 seasons were drawn or stamped and then painted; the rose is an image transfer with mod-podge.
I am also linking to Mix it Monthly, flowers.

Some photos from my walks:

And the sunrise from this morning:

Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

A face, an owl and flowers

Hi Everybody!

We had a lot of storms here in the past few days, and I'm happy to say things have quietened down again today. 

A new challenge is starting today at Moo Mania and More.

Black and White. I hope lots of you will join us with your black and white creations. Projects of all formats are allowed, and you have two weeks to link your work.

I made a large owl on an A3 page using a black India Ink pen.

I gave it clock eyes to fit in with our challenge at 

Art Journal Journey, time. The flourishes and branch were stenciled.

Recently I made this quick sketch of a lady sitting in the ice parlour. She sat very still, and just moved her eyes right and left, right and left - perhaps she was looking for someone.

I made three digital versions of my sketch, I think I like the last one best.

I am linking to our 49 faces challenge

The photos were taken at the weekend, today I spent my time at the dentist's!

This crow had a lot of white feathers:

I wonder if King Arthur owns the ship?

We had a rather pale sunrise today, but it was good to see the sun again after the storm.

 I love the wild flowers which grow along the Rhine:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!