Sunday's Art Reflection - doves

Hello Friends,

I have another art reflection for you today. These are two doves I painted, the first in 2008 (my first year of painting) and the second in 2009.

This first painting (2008) was done in acrylics with some Island dirt thrown in for texture. I was struggling with how to show light and shadow so there are many layers as I worked and re-worked this painting.

The second is a mixed media of Prisma pencils, colour sticks, black pen and (very little) acrylic paint. The orientation seems rather awkward to me and it is rather flat. I remember putting the planting lady in as an after thought. But this is part of my art journey. I want to reflect on my mistakes as well as what I got right.

Thanks for stopping by. I am so glad you did. What do you find to be problem areas in your art? Are you afraid to show anyone your mistakes, past or present? Dear One, mistakes are important parts of your learning process and do not define who you are. According to your Creator you are: 

BEAUTIFUL & LOVED

Blessing hugs,
Teresa

Sunday's Art Reflection - Weird Fish

Hello Friends,

I have another art reflection for you today. This one is an oil pastel from August 2008, seven years ago. That was the year I began doing art.

Thanks for visiting.

Blessing hugs,
Teresa

You are beautiful and you are loved.

Sweet Fragrance

Hello Friends,

My meditation was on 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 this morning. I love how it is worded in the Amplified Bible, a translation I found at Bible Gateway.

2 Corinthians 2:14-16Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,

¹⁵ For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:

¹⁶ To the latter it is an aroma [wafted] from death to death [a fatal odor, the smell of doom]; to the former it is an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? [Who is able for such a ministry? We?]

Water colour pencils and paint

As it states in verse 16 - Who could ever qualify for such a ministry? Certainly not me. Yet, it is what he has ordained. As I take in Christ, I breathe him out and he becomes the fragrance that I carry. I weep as I think of it. Like Mary, I want to take that precious ointment and pour it over Jesus. I want to "exhale onto God" that sweet fragrance of Christ that I have been given.

I loved the Amplified version of verse 15 so much I made it into a word art file so I could share it with you.

Thank you for visiting me today. I hope you have found some inspiration here. I would like to leave you with a message that I know is from the heart of God.

You are beautiful and you are loved.

Blessing hugs,

Teresa