Been walking in the woodland nearby today, I needed to get out and clear myself of some problems I have for a while. The sun was on it's way down and the light was wonderful. I had my camera with me so I snapped away, this is the best picture.
I have woken up and realised that I have only posted 3 times so far this month. A symptom of a garden that needed working on and I am not finished yet, the weeds have been growing extremely well this year! Oh dear! We have really had a wonderful summery spring so far and the garden is far ahead than normal in it's development. Unfortunately there are heaps of greenfly out there ready to ravage all greenery and not a ladybird in sigh yet.The rape field behind has now gone almost green, I thoroughly enjoyed it while it lasted!
This year there seems to be even more rape fields than usual, probably because the farmers are growing them for bio diesel production. I love them! Denmark is not spectacular in it's scenery but gentle, flat in places and in other areas undulating. They are no grand mountains here (I miss 'em) but it is so green, there is lots of coastline and the light is always wonderful near these. This weekend we had a long trip into the countryside and fortunately I took my camera with me, so here are some of the pictures. The first one is at the back of my garden, I am really enjoying this field in all it's moods, the yellow changes colour at different times of day.
These pictures are oldies done with coloured pencil. 
I love butterflies and it is so lovely and warm now in Denmark, so they are appearing. It is very much like summer here and today we were walking with the children in the woodlands, eating our lunch there, returning around midday so the children could rest and sleep. We have been in our big garden in the afternoon .... such a lovely way to experience a working day! But we had better enjoying it while it is here, it could well be raining next week :-)
An Artist Trading Card made with watercolour, a rubberstamp, acrylic irridescent paint (Old Holland New Masters),Embossed Fusable webbing, pen, laser cut out, 'Edelmetal paint and a flower stud. Painted on acid free card.
This is a journal page I made last year, Do you know the feeling :-)?
I found a beautiful blog yesterday State Of The Art, Jeff Hayes paints realistic with oils and has some good information about his palette here. He reminded me of the art training I have received here in Denmark and how I gradually over the years gone into different directions, maybe it is time to get back to doing some of this ....
I love doing the cards, the journals, textile art, atc's etc. too and they keep the creative process going in me. I have recently started working with acrylics on canvas again but these paintings are not fully realistic either. Maybe it is time to combine my style now with some of this and see what happen ... let's see :-) Somehow I felt as if I had lost something when I saw Jeff's blog but I also really love abstracts, love mixed media art and love using bright and bold colours! I have been thinking recently that I should be specialising down one lane and you know every time I get that thought another loud NO resonates within me, I guess I am afraid the fun would go out of creating.
Using watercolour, rubber stamps, embossing, crackling medium, coloured gold leaf, copper paint, coloured pencils.yarns, 'diamond studs', inks, zigzag braid, lace material and relief medium.
On the back of the bottom tag I have written 'Life is an a adventure that I have created'. I realise more and more that my world is created by my positive and negative emotions. When I feel fear and lack, I see this emerging in my life, closure happens and potential is lost. When I feel self assured, clear, following the inner intuitions, then this manifests too in my life. If I was 20 years old now and had the life experience that I have now my life would be very different! These opposites still are prevalent but now I know that I can consciously change my life by working on my beliefs, my fears and by opening up to courage. Please believe me it is so difficult at times and I sink into my restricted fear based mentality and have to drag myself up again! Challenges have a way of appearing out of the blue! At the same time it is so good to know that I can change my life's perspective by changing my feelings and my thoughts and acting upon my inner impulses. What do you do to find courage?
These two cards are 10x10cm and I love working on this size! I have used acrylics, pen, inks, rubber stamps, lace and on the card on the top I have embroidered in lurex. I started on this size when one of my contact on Flickr AileenClarkeCrafts sent me a card in this size. I was so fascinated but knew that getting envelopes in this size here in Denmark would probably be impossible, so I wrote and asked where she bought them in England and sent off for them together with my friend next door who loved them too.
Flutterflies :-)
Vibes
& Wallpaper Rubbing
More work done while in England. These are small sketches done with coloured pencils. On the first two I have used punches that I bought while over there and I just couldn't wait to use them! I always seem to enjoy myself in their art and craft shops, using far too much money! Their selection is wonderful and this time I was in a town called Skipton in North England. In this town there are two craft shops and one just outside that has lots and lots of patchwork materials as well. They are such a joy to look around. I am usually only here once a year and it is such a treat.
The wallpaper rubbing is my favourite and it is just that. My Mum has some wallpaper with relief on it and I just couldn't resist experimenting with it. I think I will do more next time.
This was done while in England visiting Mum at Easter. I have used Prismacolor pencils (my favourite pencils) and a little punch at the bottom. I don't have all that many artist materials over there. I was actually enjoying myself experimenting here. It would be difficult for me to go anywhere without having the opportunity to create. Sometimes I shoot lots of photo's as well.
