It is a challenge to try to keep up on a blog with all that I need and want to do with each day. It is except the blog end up being last on the list. The problem lies in when I do make or have time to blog, there is just to much to share! Lucky for us all, I took pictures and pictures are worth a thousand words, right?
So I think that I last shared that I was working on a project that paired with my husbands sermons during Sunday in Advent. I will let you see all those, finished. The pictures I did for worship services, I have been working on for months. I thought it might be fun to share some of the sketches and practices that got me to the finished picture. Also some other paintings that I have done recently, mainly for gifts this Christmas and some projects we have done as a family. It has been a fun and busy few weeks!
I was so anxious with the first picture. I am thankful to the folks up at Faith in Thompson Station that let us visit them on Saturday evenings to get a practice run in!
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| Week 1: Psalm 122 |
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| Week 2: Psalm 72 |
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| Week 3: Psalm 146 |
This was a challenge for me. I worked for hours on just trying to draw a chair! I have my favorite sketch of the chairs that I did further down the page.
I very much enjoyed weeks 3 and 4 because I like the pieces the most and I was finally becoming more comfortable to be doing my art in front of a group of folks. (Thankful that they were all so kind to me!)
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| Week 4: Psalm 96 |
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| The sketch that the throne in week 2 was based off of. |
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practice painting for week 2, before the decision was made to do the
pictures as oil pastels instead of all acrylic paints. And of course
before the throne was added in place of the cross. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Paintings that were given as gifts |
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| This was also given as a gift this year. |
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| We had a blast making gingerbread buildings as a family. This our daughter did, it is a school! |
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| My husband worked on this gingerbread home and made it quite inviting. |
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| I made this to be a church similar to the one my husband is currently serving at. I hope it is not a prophetic gingerbread, since the sides did collapse in! |
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| I just liked this picture of our cat... and yes, we had our windows open this past month! It is a very mild winter here in Tennessee! |
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| We had a great time making jar lanterns! |
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| Christmas Eve Service |
We pray that you all had a blessed Christmas and that you remember to keep "Christ" in Christian all year through!
