I was painting with my friend Sonja the other day and started this, she probably would not recognise it now as it has radically changed since she went home :-) It is only 20x20 cm and painted in acrylic on canvas.
The photo's are close-ups from summer, never got around to posting because of all the upheaval in my life and my new Moo frame that I really enjoyed putting my all Moo cards into.
Please click on this picture to see it larger. I have been on a model drawing course. This type of drawing is called croquis, quick and sketchy drawing with a model with times from 15 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 7 minutes, 10 minutes and when we were very lucky 15 minutes. We had classed 3 times a day and believe me I was drawing in my dreams a few days after the course :-) The top yellow drawings are 3 done in 3 minutes, the pink in 1 minute and the rest are approximately 15 minutes. Below is a 15 minute drawing.
... and finally a 15 second drawing ... phew!
I was staying at an Art School situated on an island called Ærø. Don't even try to pronounce Ærø if you are not Danish :-) Spelt Aeroe in English but it is nothing like the pronunciation. It took an hour drive and two ferries to get there, 6 hours in all and I enjoyed the trips to and fro. I took the car on the ferries with me.
This photo looks oldie worldie taken at the harbour at a place called Marstad, many people use bicycles in Denmark.
The Art School was old and quaint and had a few buildings attached to it, their homesite is here http://www.kunstaeroe.dk/index.html. They have long term courses in English (mainly young people) and short courses in Danish. We were people from different areas in life. Young, middle aged and people at the pension age.
This bell was rang before every delicious wholesome meal!
...and this windmill was on a hill overlooking the school.
The view from on top a a hill nearby, in the distance there is the water. Ærø is only a small island, it is 22,000 acres and has a population of 7000.
One day I was out driving a little trip with another woman from the course and we came across this message. Translated it says ... "Warning, dog without a leash, if you meet the dog lie on the ground and wait for help. If no one comes good luck" :-) Oh dear, we were a bit scared but later asked about it with the owner, who had a mischievous look in her eyes while telling us she had no dog ... he he.
Blue is one of my favourite colours and I love blur photo's when they turn out well. I was at a drawing course othe week before last and I will post some of my work soon, it was an intensive week with lessons 3 times a day and I enjoyed every single minute. I was ill last week and not fully well yet but getting there :-) This is one of my homemade cards done months ago.
My Mother died on the 8th June, she was 85 years old and was happy until the last couple of days. She was a wonderful person, my best friend and I miss her. This year has been a difficult year for me, my relationship with my partner has broken up, my cat died in June and I have been attacked at work a couple of times. Many people write their way out of this on their blog, my reaction has been to close down for a while and go inward. I love doing my blogs and it has been strange for me that I have not had the need or the surplus energy to express myself, definitely this post is one that I have not been looking forward to writing. I have neglected posting and looking through your inspiring blogs, I am very sorry for this.
The picture above is from one of my journals, done in early summer.
Here are a couple of photo's from my garden taken in the midst of this colourful autumn. It has really been wonderful this year and I have enjoyed all the motives that have appreared while driving, really wanting to capture them all on camera.
Flowers from my garden, they are such a delight!
I created the tag last year, I thought it matched perfectly with the photos .-)
My cat Trisha has died, she lived to be 15 years old and was not well the last month. I had her at the vet three times but in the end she died of kidney failure. I will miss my little fur ball.
I have been away in England sorting out help for my Mum in various ways, she is getting old and has had her 85th birthday on the 17th June. This is the reason why I have not blogged for a month, havn't had time! I try to get over as much as possible and I ring her twice daily now.
This is an amazing flower field about a 3 minutes drive away from my home. I was in heaven when I first say this and it still has the same effect every time I pass it!
The colours are much better in the original photos. I reduce the file size in Photoshop and get them just right and then when I upload them Blogger ruins them by converting them again ... sigh!
The above picture is a card I created for a good friend's birthday. The bottom card I call 'Healing Tree' and I have used as a motive for a mandala that you can find posted here ... http://mandala-art.blogspot.com/2009/05/healing-tree-mandala.html. It's always satisfying developing my work further :-)
I love crystals, and everything shiny :-) Here is a close up of an angel statue and an Indian Statue of Krishna ...
Birds in the nest collage which I will make into a booklet. I have used a stencil, a German sticker and Danish stickers that are a collectable item especially by children. I have also painted with golden paint to highlight certain areas.
I brought this back from England, it is a closeup of a table mat that is old and sctratched but I love it.
...and the inside cover of the booklet.
I have been working on hand made mandala's. The two pictures at the bottom under the circle are finished, the rest are not. The painting is not finished either, there is lacy blob on it has to be glued on the painting in another area.
I am knitting a scarf, I was lucky enough to buy the yarn cheap in Bury Market last time I was in England. It is going to be nice and warm when it is finished.
I have been working on an evening shift, when I got back home I was delighted to hear a nightingale singing it's heart out, one of the joys of living in the countryside :-)
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