January's Sketchbook

Oh how I love a rooster!!  Isn't he grand?!  I'm so thankful God created them.  And that barn is captivating.

Pinterest is a grand place to find all sorts of ideas and beautiful things... and reference photos!!

Yes, this was my breakfast.  And no, that's not a huge egg... it's a tiny frying pan!

Eww.  Really.  Eww.  I've got a LONG way to go before I will ever count myself as even slightly adept at the human form!!

This was the preliminary sketch for the painting I showed you a while ago.  Oh, how I love peonies!

Who is like the Lord our God, indeed?  He is a constant source of wonder for me.  I frequently find myself crying this very phrase out to Him.  Who is like You, Lord God?!

I'm actually rather pleased that I filled this many pages last month.  I haven't drawn for months, it seems, and this feels good.  February is already half over, but I've got pencil in hand....

If you want to see any of these upclose,  you can click on the picture to enlarge it.

From The Archives

I painted this in 2014, clearly in the fall!  I was loving painting these little canvases, only 8" square (completely different from the 8 FOOT square canvases I do for my church!), and I have a whole collection of them.  This one is hanging on my kitchen wall, and reminds me that God is faithful.

GOD IS FAITHFUL.

This winter will end.

Spring will come.

And in time, fall will again come.

Because God promised.  All the way back in Genesis, after the flood, God said to Himself, "...while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

And since He's faithful over our seasons, I can KNOW that He is also faithful in His care for me.  And His work in sustaining my soul, and preserving me for all eternity.  And my response to that?  GLORY TO MY GOD!