Our good friends, The Goubrans, are taking a month's sabbatical starting this week.
I'm glad I captured them, minus Steven who was in the nursery, while in church last sunday.
Guys, hope you have an enjoyable month off. Relax, learn, and come back to us refreshed!
Last sunday, it was my sister's birthday. We had a surprise party for her.
Lots of people were there, from my parents' church. After a while, I decided to sketch, and I did this one.
The ladies looking at my sisters new-ish apple macbook.
I think I saw them looking at a picture of some guy.
pitt brush pen on moleskine
So, a couple weeks ago, I saw this fruit at the supermarket.
It looked so strange and intriguing, I bought it just so I could make an attempt at drawing it!
That much I accomplished. YOU can see the results.
I did not manage to eat, it, and it is in the fridge, but now I hear that as a tropical fruit, it should not be refrigerated.
I think I'll cut it open tonight and try it.
According to some other people's blogs, it should be a nice green on the inside.
The only problem is, It cost me $3.99
I guess for art's sake, it was worth capturing it!
Colored pencils on sketchbook
I have been working on a bigger scale project, but I've managed to make a few drawings or sketches here and there.
This one was done at some friends' house, when we were over for dinner.
It was really fun trying to capture the reflections on the glass.
Watercolor and pen on watercolor moleskine.
Despite my failures in the november project, I push on ahead, instead of looking back,
The journey to make art, successful and pleasing to God, is interesting. It us also what I seek to do with my life, so I've been trying to make those 2 parts of my life become one. My life is about "Seeking the Muse" not just my art, or my blog.
While seeking, it occurred to me what would be a great project for December. That is, to paint 4 moments from the Christmas story.
Painting from stories in the Bible has always been something I've wanted to do, and this was just an extension of that.
So I've been praying and seeking to figure out what those might be.
My goal is to have 4 paintings by the end of the month.
I'm having to do a bit more research than has been the case of late, so this might be a bit of a challenge at first.
So, below are 2 quick sketches of to help me with placement of ideas for the final paintings...
joseph's dream
the shepherds are terrified
Any comments, thoughts or questions are always appreciated.
Another November is over, and unfortunately, I did not reach my goal, I'm far from 30 faces. I got a few requests I was not able to accommodate. But I have to more on.
This is the last face I finished in November. It's my dad.
I like the drawing on it's own, but I'm not happy with the likeness to my dad. This drawing had so many interruptions, and was done over the course of several days, and I think that is why.
At the end of it all, I got 11 faces done. That's a pretty far cry. I did have some unexpected things happen this month, like the chicken pox, so that accounts for some of my delay.
December holds an entirely different endeavor, and I'll write more about it on the next post.
Thanks for everyone who's been commenting.
For Enoch, Michelle and Raquel, who made faces requests... I haven't forgotten you, and I'm planning on attaching your pieces in January. I need a breather from faces, for right now. Thanks for understanding, and keep on coming by!