My current drawing class is made up of individuals with varying degrees of artistic experience and skills. They are all doing a great job and I am encouraged by their progress. Each student is learning to observe the world in a more detailed way which is the gateway to artistic endeavor. In observation we gainContinue reading “Observing Details”
Category Archives: Christian Art
Resurrection Lilies
I started this painting as a sketch last Easter in preparation for painting during the worship service our church had at the local high school. I do a lot of preliminary work the week preceding Easter so that when I come to the big canvas on Easter morning a lot has already been worked out inContinue reading “Resurrection Lilies”
Mixed Flowers on Blue
Finished at last! I started this painting as a demonstration with a painting class that combined art instruction and a Bible study about creativity. I finished it today in my studio. You may think that art and Bible study is an interesting combination, but I cannot paint without constantly being reminded of our Great CreatorContinue reading “Mixed Flowers on Blue”
To Be An Original
Ideas – where do they come from? How does one consistently come up with good creative ideas for one’s artistic endeavors? Norman Rockwell had an interesting pattern of coming up with good ideas. “Getting good ideas is always a problem. It takes a lot of digging…When I get discouraged I stop – go for aContinue reading “To Be An Original”
Beauty in Diversity
Heavy metal, a tender-fleshed tomato, soft folded cloth and a shiny wooden handle – all vastly different textures that put together help to make an image more convincing. As very diverse visual objects work together to achieve a look of realism, so there is great value in very different types of people working together to achieveContinue reading “Beauty in Diversity”
When I In Awesome Wonder…
In my husbands classroom there hung a poster for many years that said, “There are two ways of spreading light… being the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Nature is like a candle. God’s direct handiwork is awe-inspiring and beyond comprehension. The hymn writer penned the famous words, “Oh Lord my God when I inContinue reading “When I In Awesome Wonder…”
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