Illustration Friday-Maria-Scattered

Hello World! I was going through my kids old drawings that I have meant to scan and put on here and I found this cute/quick sketch Maria did of a bunch of squirrels running around a tree. I went onto Illustration Friday and saw that the word was "Scattered" and thought that this would work really well.

Scattered Squirrels

Maria-6-Pen

 

"But you just said they're mine."

God Bless You,

Maria

Jeremiah 31:10 ESV

“Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and 

declare it inthe coastlands far away; say, 

‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and 

will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’"

Illustration Friday-Maria-Hibernate

It's funny how art happens. I tell my daughter the word for this week and she kind of shrugs it off. Then out of nowhere she hands me a drawing that I don't think lives up to her potential. I scan it, and open it in Photoshop to darken it a bit so it stands out, and I think it looks amazing now because it now has a textured look in the background (I'm known to like rough pencil sketches more than finished projects). It's weird how you can change your mind about something when you look at it in a different light.

Hibernate

Maria-6-Colored Pencil

I really like how she signed her name inside of that rock. Fun!

May God Bless You,

Dad

Psalm 4:8

"I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;

For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety."

Illustration Friday-Maria-Imperfect

Welcome back!!! Maria threw down for this one :) As I've said before, she loves dogs, so she based her drawing around one again.

Maria-6-Colored Pencil

Imperfect

It's a three-legged dog, but check out that smile :)

He knows he's not like the rest of his friends, and while that may

not make him perfect, he doesn't really seem to let it get to him.

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless You!!!

Maria

Romans 10: 9-10

"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord 

and believe inyour heart that God raised him from the dead, you 

will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified,

and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."

Illustration Friday-Maria-Gesture

Maria-6-Digital

Gesture

 

Welcome to our Art Blog. Maria was really happy with her drawing for Illustration Friday's word, gesture. She loves dogs and was happy to incorporate one into her piece. She named him Digger, and Digger is gesturing to the bird that he will bite it if it comes any closer. Check out them teeth!!!

Here is a picture of her with her huge stuffed dog. She uses her as a pillow.

God Bless You All,

Love Maria :)

Proverbs 12:10 NIV

 

"A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, 

but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."

Illustration Friday-Maria-Stay

Maria-6-Digital

Stay

This was a bit of a stickler for Maria to come up with an idea for this weeks word. She knew what it meant, but her mind just couldn't put a visual to it. I usually don't like to help them come up with an idea so they can learn to draw from their own creativity, but she was stumped. I finally gave in and reminded her of how she had to stay in a room for most of the day when we went together on a Missions Trip to Bad Berneck, Germany for 3 weeks ago to help with some construction. She wasn't allowed in the construction area so she had to keep herself busy with drawing, and coloring, and taking pictures.

 

 She was well rewarded for her patience :)

 And it really wasn't that uncomfortable of a room ;)

 All and all, we had a blast helping a local church with renovations (www.eurochrist.com), Maria got to learn patience, watch a lot of cartoons, visit some really cool places, and enjoy a 10 day Daddy/Daughter date.

Score!!!

God Bless You,

Maria

Psalm 37:9

"For the evildoers shall be cut off,
   but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land."

Absolute Laziness!!!

My children have been lazy for the past couple of weeks and haven't been churning out anything. With that being said, I do have a ton of older pictures to upload, but I have been to lazy to scan them and post them as well. We have achieved absolute laziness!!!

We haven't really had much time to encourage them to draw anything new with the other tasks life brings our way (babysitting for friends, birthday parties, math, reading, etc.). We have been spending a lot of time recently getting ready for Maria and I's mission trip to Germany. I hope she takes the time to be inspired while we are there. Until then, I would like to continue to post here with something and all I have on my computer at work is a piece I did a while ago that includes Maria when she was 2 (her modeling is artistic, right?) Anyways...

Maria-6-Model

"Princess Butterfly and 

the Traveling Turtle"

Wanted to make it look like it was found in the bottom of a circus trunk 

(whatever that means). Needs more destruction in my opinion. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out her cuteness!!!

God Bless

Mark 16:15

"And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."