Lesson for October 28 - Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28

This is a scripture that is sometimes very difficult to understand or even to read.  But what God is telling us is that everything that we experience in this life is not unnoticed by Him.  And through God's  love and grace we are strengthened and gifted with unspeakable peace in all circumstances.  Will we be spared pain, heartache, disappointment, illness because we love the Lord?  Probably not, but anything that life brings our way will be cushioned with  God's love for us and the knowledge that He is in control and is with us as we pass through our darkest hours.   This life is temporary. God is preparing us for eternal life with Him, a perfect existence without the pain and worry of this life.

For the artwork this week, I designed something very easy to reproduce with mostly lettering that can easily be traced and colored. This Wednesday is "Trunk or Treat," and I am supposed to face paint so I may be a few minutes late to class. So if you show up before me, it will be simple to grab one of the patterns and get started.  I also encouraged everyone to use this week to complete any unfinished pages from previous weeks.

If you are interested in designing your own visuals, here are some ideas I had:
puzzle pieces
Celtic knots
braids
gears

You creative people in the class always inspire me.  Can't wait to see what you come up with. Remember if you are reading this blog, please leave a comment.

Here is the image for this week.  I outlined with a Micron Pigma pen 01 and then colored with Prismacolor Premier pencils. Easy Peasy!

Here is the black and white pattern:

Next week we are going to paint.  If you have watercolors or watercolor pencils, please bring them. If not I have paint you can use.  You will need a paintbrush. The Aqua Brushes are nice.  Here is a link to a set of 3 on Amazon.  But they are available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.  You do not need a set of three. One is enough.

http://www.amazon.com/Pentel-Aquash-Water-Assorted-FRHBFMBP3/dp/B00AX31TZO

In the Beginning

Wednesday, October 21
This is our entry for this week.  

It was inspired by a zentangle I saw online.  The zentangle method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. It is a very relaxing and meditative way to draw because of the repetitive nature.  

I am providing a sketch for you to copy or just to inspire you.  I did not have a scripture in mind when I first started this design in my sketchbook. I used a circle template with lots of different sizes of circles.  If you don't own one of these, look around your house for small rolls of tape, tops for jars and bottles, etc, to use instead. I used a ruler to draw the straight lines and tried to vary the space between them.

As I continued to draw I began to see planets, the separation of land and water, the miracle of the creation story in Genesis 1.  So I grabbed my journaling Bible and found a beautifully blank page at the beginning of Genesis. I  deliberately made some radiating lines from the center to resemble the cross. In these passages God says, "Let us make man in our own image." Christ was with God in the beginning.  The cross and God's plan for our salvation was planned before the beginning of the world.  So as I drew, I made radiating lines emerge from the central circle to form  a loose cross shape. I filled in may of the areas with small circles and inked around them with black.  They reminded me of bubbles or maybe even stars as God separated the water from the dry land and the heavens from the earth.   I added the water and a little color at the end.

If you don't have a blank page or enough room in your margin for the entire design, you could do one of two things:
1.  Create a slice of the design in your narrow margin.

2.  Do this on vellum and use it as an overlay. Tape it on with that invisible tape by 3M.

This week

If you are reading this post, please leave a comment.  I haven't been able to see who is following tis blog like I can on other blogs.

The lesson  this week is on 1John 4:17-21.  If you have access to the Message, read it in that version.  The text we will be adding to our artwork is "Love is the Key to being Fearless" and "the one who loves God should love his brother also."  I would love to see what images you create.  Here is the one I will have available in class. I was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.  I can't give the name of the person who created the original because it was not on the post.

Here is another sample of what my students are doing.  Becky took the planned pattern and added to it and gave it her own take on 2Timothy 3:16.

My Students Rock!

I have students of all ages in my Bible Journaling class.  The youngest is 10 and she has been working on her journaling at home.  Here is some of her work.  She calls the class her Bible art class. I like that!

And here is one that was done in class this week by a good friend who says she is not an artist:

I am having fun with this class. Some are doing the design just as I present it, and others are tweaking it to make it their own design.  I will post more of the classes work in the future.

Hosea 14:9 The Ways of the Lord are Right

 


I did two designs for this scripture.   I have two men in the class, so I needed to do one that was less feminine.  I copied the flowers design from something I saw on Pinterest.  I did not get the information of the artist or the blog.  I don't usually do this, so my apologies to all.  I hope and pray I am not offending anyone. The one on the right is my own artwork.


The flower design is Micron pen and colored pencil.

The sign post is watercolor.  I bought this set in New York last weekend at the Metropolitan Museum, but I know that Michaels has them also.  (I just wanted something from the Met????)  I have seen these all over the Internet on Bible Journaling posts.  However, I wouldn't really call these watercolor.   They are not like true artists' watercolors. They are really tempera cakes.  The paint will move and release if you touch them with a wet brush. When I was painting the sky around the sign posts, the black paint kept bleeding into the blue, even though it was dry.  If I had realized that I would have painted the sky first.  I did the letters on the signposts with white colored pencil after the paint was dry.  I did like the paint and will use them again.

Here is the paint set that I used with a water brush:

The link for all of the pattern variations are in the link below.  Please let me know if you can't access them.

Patterns for The Ways of the Lord

Psalm 16:3 Commit Your Work to the Lord

This is the lesson for Wednesday, Sept. 30.  So sorry to be posting this late.  I had an extremely busy week. I drew this pattern to fit my Bible with objects that represent me.   I suggest that you change it to make it represent your own work. Several in the class added personal items to the table and even redrew the entire room to represent the place where they work.  I will try to take some pictures to add to the blog.
If you do not have the bottom margin you will probably have to stack the words to fit under the edge of the table.  Or you could put it in the margin of the other page if your next page is on the right.  If you do not have enough space at the bottom of the table, crop the top of the easel and move the entire design up to make room.
We used a 01 Micron pen to outline and added colored pencils.

This is link to the hand drawn pattern:
Commit to the Lord Pattern