Pigments & Ponderings

Pattern for Avoiding Deception Doctrine & Covenants 52:14-19 I chose this one to accompany this topic because of the dark surrounding the flowers... I call this acrylic "Trusting the Light".  It reminds me of just that... to not fear the evil around us, knowing that Light will always triumph over darkness  And when we focus on the Light and let it shine through us, the world becomes a little brighter, filling with a little more hope!  We can bloom amidst the darkness! I love that the scriptures are full of patterns and recipes for a protected, joyful and abundant life!   Doctrine and Covenants 52 shows us a pattern for avoiding the ever-increasing, cleverly-laid deceptions that are so prevelant in our day.  As I read, I realized I have so many things to repent of and to work on but was grateful to have such a perfect, straight forward "pattern" to follow.  This is what I learned: 14   And again, I will give unto you a pattern in all thing...

Palms & Palms I call this one "The good man" as explained below.                                                             I call this sketch "I have graven thee".   Special thanks to my amazing husband for being the model for this drawing! Being one who continually strives to become more like his Savior, I can't think of anyone I would rather have!                                                               God is a Master Wordsmith! Although these two types of "palms" are very different, they are very much the same!  It was fun to discover this ingenious play on w...

Crown Forging 101 I call this watercolor, "Forging Crowns"  After the experience that I share below, I decided I wanted to paint a crown.  This is the only painting I have done so far that I haven't looked at something else to try to paint.  So this is what I came up with and it means so much to me, for several reasons... first off, because of the whole REASON I even became interested in the topic of "crowns" in the first place, and second,   THAT  reason, that experience, launched a whole new journey for me spiritually.                                                     I feel that the Lord was finally able to get through to me in a way that He could teach me HOW to actually ENJOY learning from the scriptures.  If you have read my 1st post, you'll know what a struggle I used to have in reading/learning.  But now ...