Our adventure started in Rome, an amazing place with lovely people, even the air smelt beautiful! So many stunning churches, paintings, sculptures, fountains, shops. We even saw the Pope without knowing he'd be there at the Vatican, sat on his chair doing a talk (like you do!) Everywhere were things to please the eye. My eye anyway. and to feed the soul.
Once we'd planned our route back home to the UK, (amidst the stress!) we enjoyed an unexpected day in Paris.
Wow! I feel like I just took a mini vacation myself. Your pictures are not just lovely, but they seem to really capture the essence of the places you visited. Thank You so much. It is raining and dreary here today. I really needed this. Cenya
Wow what lovely photos! We're heading to the UK very soon and spending a week in France, I must check out those street artists looks like a fascinating place :0)
beautiful photos!!!So,all the volcano-ash experience,even if stressful ended up with extra-beautiful memories!!Eeeeeeh,I miss Paris;as for Rome is for long time ago on the''next''plan:but i can understrand that nowhere is better than home!!!So,welcome home!!
Wow, Jess! such beautiful pictures! You're so lucky to have been stranded is a magical place like Rome... and Paris as a bonus?? I suppose there was some good in that trip after all, right? :))
This week's word for Illustration Friday is 'snow'. Now available to buy in my Etsy shop . :) Wishing everyone a very happy christmas filled with lots of LOVE ♥ xxx
I like to make pictures that aren't a conventional landscape, so that the ground and the sky are interchangeable, dreamlike, floating. These paintings are done using my Tombow dual brush pens, the watercolour effect is made by adding water to the pen marks with an ordinary brush. This next one below is painted in watercolours and the black is done in waterproof drawing pens. Next is a picture made with my coloured pencils that I've had for ever. They might be ancient but they still do the job! Oh. And my black pentel brush pen and a gold gel pen. I love a bit of gold. And finally here's a cute little cucumber that Middle Daughter grew in her garden. It looks like a lemon doesn't it? It's about the same size as a satsuma and I think they're called lemon cucumbers but let me assure you they taste like a very tasty cucumber. Have a great week!xx
That's what they used to call out on the bus after it had broken down, "All change!" and then my heart would sink as I realised I'd have to wake up from my daydream and comfortable position, to shuffle along the aisle of the bus with all the other people then stand in yet another cold queue for the next one, knowing there'd be a fuss with the new driver over whether my ticket was valid ot not. "Where is my ticket??!!" There's been a lot of change in my house this week. Now my son's left for Uni, his younger sister has her beady eye on his old bedroom! There's been sanding and sweeping and scraping and cleaning. And lots and lots of painting as it begins its journey to a new personality. I shall keep you posted with the results!
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Cenya
Thanks for sharing all this beauties.
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(Sorry my English)