#413 Home Sweet Home

While the girl in my drawing is technically not a fairy she is none the less because she is a friend. The drawing is a 9×12 done on white paper using soft pastel,color pencils, and black pen. Home they say is where you hang your hat. I think home is where you feel loved. A house is just a house unless it is filled with warmth and love. In the same light home does not have to be the place where we hang our hat or sleep. Home can at a friends or church. Growing up I felt like I was home when I visited certain friends or relatives. Someday I will be in an ultimate home with Jesus and others who have gone before me. Oh what a glorious day that will be.

#408 Spring Has Sprung

I know it has been spring for several days now but it hasn’t really felt like spring. However the temps are going up so now I feel it is time to declare, Spring has sprung. The painting was done using pen, pastels, and some highlights in acrylic.

#405 Let’s Dance


Let’s Dance is my tribute drawing to one of my favorite umbrella toting nannies, Mary Poppins. Mary does everything with an attitude of yes It can be done you just have to have the right attitude. God calls us to a life of service. We must serve with a can do attitude because we no, “in all things God works to the good,” for those who put their faith and attitude in Him.

#403 Sitting On The Porch


This is actually a redo of a picture, which according to the date, I did in January 2017. I took the original and colorized it using soft pastels and Prismacolor colored pencils. I have loved getting back to my roots of using pastels. I hope to regain the mastery of them I once had.

#402 Cat on a Pole


While not my best piece of art there was something about the picture that I had to try and do my version. The piece was created on a piece of tan cardstock using soft pastels. I hope you enjoy it.

#401 A Vase of Flowers

I forgot how much color you can get out soft pastels. This new painting Vase of Flowers has the rich colors I was looking for but still is not completely what I was looking to achieve. Art I have discovered is releasing and creating. The more you don’t try the more the more the mind opens up and creates. The life of a Christian is similar. The more we try to please God under our own power the more in constricts what God has in mind. We need to in simple terms and I don’t like to use this phrase…”Let go and let God.” That means to stop trying to please God and live life for God.

#400 A Bottle of Wine

The first miracle in the Bible attributed to Jesus is the turning of water into wine. if you remember Jesus told Mary it was not yet His time to show people His true nature that of being the Son of God. Still Jesus being the good son he was listened to His mother and turned the water into not just wine but the best wine the guest had ever tasted. The fruit of the vine from Jesus is sweet. The sweetest thing we will ever taste this side of Heaven. I’m not talking about wine you drink. I am talking about a life lived for a greater purpose than self satisfaction. A life lived loving and helping others. So taste the sweet wine, bow the knee, accept the invitation of Jesus ans start living a more purposeful and free life.