Sunday at First Baptist

Our church, like many others have turned to Youtube to have our services online.  I always do little sketches as I take notes during the sermon.  My sketches (what I sketch) have been changing with the times.......

     To view last week's service, or "attend" this coming Sunday,

please click this link:  First Baptist Church Grand Prairie, TX  

* I need to apologize to our pastor, Dr. Bill Skaar.  As this 

drawing was very small, I did not even get close to 

making this look like him.  : )

USK/DFW Sketch-In

This past Saturday, the DFW chapter of Urban Sketchers wasn't able to meet because of   the Shelter in Place order.  So, our group leaders came up with an idea to post a new challenge on our facebook page every hour, starting at 10:00 am and ending at 6:00 pm.  We then posted our drawings in the comments section below each challenge.  I followed along as long as I could, but doing a whole sketch every hour for 9 hours was way more than my hand could handle.  : )   I completely finished the first two challenges, and got another three sketched out in pencil.  Since Saturday, I have finished the other three. 

Our winner was Nguyen Khang, who finished all 9 challenges with his beautiful sketches.  The Grand Prize is a 6 roll package of toilet paper to be delivered to Khang at the next gathering after all this craziness is over.  And of course, he also received this beautiful golden virtual trophy, designed by Robyn Jorde......

This was so much fun and we have had many laughs!  We are all eager to do this again.  Although maybe at an easier pace! 



 The following are my finished sketches from the challenges....

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It's a good thing that Dalynn, the holder of Grand Prize, lives 50+ miles outside of the Metroplex in an unknown location.  If Khang had received his prize, we may all be knocking on his door.....to borrow a roll of toilet paper.  HaHa!

Wings like Eagles

The last time I went to visit my Dad,  I sat and sketched the wheelchair he had recently been using, while he was sleeping.  He passed away later that night.  After his Memorial service, I jotted down the verse we used,  Isaiah 40:31, but I didn't know how, or if, or when I would ever finish that page or the one facing it.  The night before last,  I was going through my sketchbook wanting to finish anything left undone before starting a new book, when I came to that page from two years ago.  It suddenly seemed right to paint an eagle across both pages.   

Christmas Shoes

          Wayne bought me the cutest shoes for Christmas and they just begged to be sketched!

Drum Roll.....

Here it is....the last in the series.....

Boot #12

Day 8 Boot Challenge

Here is my sketch of Day 8 of the 12 Days of Boots Giveaway at PioneerWoman.com.

And here it is.....

# 7 in my own challenge to sketch all 12 pairs of boots given away by the Pioneer Woman this year....

On to # 8!

Twelve Days of Boots

Ree Drummond,  the Pioneer Woman,  has a giveaway just before Christmas every year where she gives away a pair of boots every day for 12 days.  I love cowboy boots,  and I love to draw them even more.  During the past few years I have picked out a few boots to draw but this year I challenged myself to draw all 12.  We'll see how it goes.