Once again, we had a wonderful vacation cruise with Windstar Cruises.
We started off in Lisbon and ended up in Barcelona, with some beautiful, amazing sites along the way.
Odd things catch my eye. Where ever we go, I love the cobblestones.
This time, I got to watch a fellow laying them outside a restaurant where we had dinner.
It was fascinating and he is an artist and probably doesn't realize it.
Newspapers also always jump out at me. I love the look of the foreign languages on the printed page.
So when we got home and got a bit rested I had an idea.
I glued down scraps of Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and Moroccan papers
Added some transparent paint.I covered it with plastic and pressed into the paint.
Then I drew out my cobblestone pattern on poster paper, cut each stone out and placed them on
the dry paint. I then rolled with an ochre to get the spacing between the stones
Whenever we travel, I look forward to seeing them again.
It is always good to be home. My orchids seem to thrive while I am away. On return my weirdest orchid, dendrobium spectabile was blooming. What it lacks in "beauty" it makes up for in scent. It has a wonderful light scent.
6 comments:
Such cleaver art this week. Love it.
Your cobblestone painting with the different languages is fantastic, love it. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
How clever you are! This is wonderful...I just adore what you did.
What a wonderful idea, your travel cobblestones are fantastic! I think your orchid is beautiful.
Beautiful inspired work, glad you had a lovely trip.
oh wow, I love this idea! What a great way to remember your holiday. Thanks so much for telling me about the you tube-video's from Gerda Lipski. I never heard of her, but I just love what she's doing. I'll be watching all of her video's now :-) I always forget about the technique with the plastic wrap, but it is indeed a great way to get some awesome textures.
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