Photo editing/journal page

Yesterday I noticed that my photo editing programm was loading pictures extremely slow...

Help!

 

Fortunately our home computer expert is with us in Spain, so we were able to find the reason behind this problem: a printer that is without an ink cartridge and has been put offline for the time being (cartridges we bought in Europe do not work, so we had to order from the States..)

 

By choosing a virtual printer as the default one, the photo editing software was working properly again and I am a very happy camper...!

 

So in a spare moment I made the little storyboard below from one of my former journal pages. I made several of these journal pages before I discovered my present passion:

 

Collage

 

But, in my point of view, I already see the collage technique, in fact I don't see much difference...

 

and I even wonder: what is the difference?

 

(note to self: another item to look up online)

 

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Regina

Nashville

 

 

 (image is clickable)

 

Nashville

digital collage

 

 

Today, for some reason, I was thinking about our visit to Nashville during the summer of 2012

 Looked up the pictures, got inspired and made this digital collage.

 

 

It speaks for itself, I think!

 

Regina

Different country, different colors

 

 

Hi!

 

Only now, after having lived in Spain for a year, I become aware how my life is being influenced by the colors that surround me.

 

I chose the above collage that I made about a year ago. It already shows a change, from the abundant tropical colors of the Caribbean, to the earth tones that are dominating here in our new place of living...... but this collage still has a little turquoise of the sea in it.

 

 

Apart from the flowers and plants that are in full bloom during the hot summer months, the neutrals and quiet colors are more present here. Whereas in the Caribbean one can see people in clothes that are really clashing as far as color is regarded, Spanish people are less abundant in their outfit. Of course there is some, especially in summer, but now it is autumn here and most tourists have gone back to where they live, it is neutral what one sees. Even the Mediterranean Sea seems to change everyday from blue to grey to, sometimes this time of the year, a timid kind of turquoise and all the teal colors in between. I look forward to how my art will develop once I get back to working on that again...!

 

On another note:: renovations are going steady. The terracotta floor will be installed next week, the new windows and kitchen the week thereafter, fingers crossing, since making appointments and a planning does not always seem to work out properly here. We try to be patient, in the end everything will be all right...

 

But the rooms are almost ready, and so is my studio. I also look forward to unpack the many boxes with my materials. In the meantime we enjoy the still lovely weather, even the more autumn like evenings. In a month it will be cold and by then we hope our solar powered under floor heating is up and running.

 

Next time I will show pictures of the floor. Now it is only blank, light grey spaces, so a little contrast will add to it.

 

Thanks for reading, enjoy the weekend!

 

Regina

Renovation

Hi there,

 

Long time no post...

We have been and still are so busy to turn the interior of our home as you can see below

into a more modern and convenient state!

 

 It took us lots of breaking, the floor to begin with, the chimney...removing all the debris and dust,

 

 

  removing all the furniture that was left behind

decide what was to be kept (the leather seat and sofa are being stocked in the garage right now), removing old layers of paint from doors and doorways, ceilings and walls,

 

 

The house has been a holiday retreat for only a few months a year, so it was in serious need for adaptation for our present day lifestyle... new electricity cables, waterpipes and the like

 

 

by now the tubes for the underfloor heating have been laid, the new concrete floor is covering this all. Terracotta tiles have been carefully chosen (difficult!)and are ready to be positioned on the entire upper floor. New aluminium windows and doors will arrive the next week. The walls will be finished in their final colour by then (most walls light and some a darker kind of grey). We are working from early in the morning till the evening and every night I am so happy that another day is over, that we are getting nearer to our goal.

 

From the start I knew this was going to be a tough journey, but like before this seems to be worse than we experienced in earlier renovations. At the same time I know that in a few months the worst will be over and we will enjoy a beautiful and very comfortable house for hopefully years to come!

 

Thanks for your visit, your patience also, for I am sure you understand that at the moment no artwork is being created here. Though I love to paint, it is the more inartistic kind that is being practiced by me at the moment. Please, bear with me...

 

 

Regina