A Home-made Greeting Card

I finished this greeting card this morning, and it will shortly be in the mail.  It's a nice thing to be able to make my own cards....except that it takes far longer than running to the store!  No matter.  It's a good and beautiful thing to pray for the recipient while I draw.  It feeds me, maybe transforms me, and makes me slow down considerably.  Even the small moments like drawing a card, are moments when God is ACTIVE.  And I am thankful for that!

From My Sketchbook

Is this an hibiscus?  You know, one of those bulbs that you can buy at Christmas time from Home Depot.  It grows this long green stalk, and then BANG!  BANG!  BANG!  BANG!  Out pop 4 or 5 beautiful red blooms. Magnificent.

I had this all drawn out in ink, ready to be "decorated" with doodles...but no!  I couldn't ignore all that fabulous red!  So I pulled out my colored pencils and pretended to be in 1st grade again.  Color inside the lines, class!

ADDITION:  I've been informed that this is an AMARYLIS!  I have no idea what an hibiscus looks like!

The Lord Bless You

These are "sketches" I did awhile back for a prospective client.  They wanted scripture, and a beach theme.  These verses are from Numbers 6 in the Old Testament, and have always been favorites of mine.  They're a paraphrased version, which ended up being necessary to make the words fit on the canvases.  I left out the phrase, 'The Lord lift up His countenance on you.'

The job never came to fruition, but I have delightful sketches in my portfolio, so I'm happy.  I love the feet on the frog!