Through One's Eyes

[William1]

wow it is so colourful
impressive

[Faith-and-Hope]

Ha ... ^^^^ .... found the pink .....

Will try again tomorrow methinks ..... 

Thanks @William1 ..... glad you like it .....

@PeppiPatty ..... love your elephants ..... just keep working with it.  More black around the second elephant’s legs maybe ?

I reckon if it’s not turning out the way you want, you might as well keep messing it up and learn from it .... but sometimes something magic happens and it turns itself around.

[PeppiPatty]

@Faith-and-Hope

WOW I just saw your elephant 

You are ........ in very big letters.....

amazing

lots of exclamation marks.

YOu are so so talented. 

[PeppiPatty]

BOTH elephants. 

WOW

talent talent talent talent galore.

[Faith-and-Hope]

Lol .... it’s the same one @PeppiPatty .... but thank you 😊 

Its funny how we are so critical of our own work, isn’t it ?  I love your elephants.  They have so much character ..... and we both started painting elephants at the same time ... 😏

I like the one I found and posted yesterday much more than mine, but I don’t think I have tried painting elephants before, so it takes a bit of sketching to “find” them.

I gonna go to bed I think.  Starting to sag.

@William1 ..... Everything Cats ...... Night Shift .....

[PeppiPatty]

@Former-Member I love your drawings. 

wowowowow...........

beautiful. 

5-60 exclamation marks.

[Former-Member]

its amazing @Faith-and-Hope beautiful

[Maggie]

@Faith-and-Hope WOW beautiful.

[Former-Member]

AN ART LESSON
(Christian Devotional 1Jn2:3)

When I'm at my art easel, secondhand information won't do. If I'm working on a painting of daisies, I must have a vase of fresh daisies to study. There's no way that a photograph can convey the dark tones of real shadows, or the thin transparency of a petal. Recently I finished an art project that included drawings of thirty-eight pairs of hands. I hired a model who could stand next to my easel and pose his hands this way and that. The result? The sketchings of hands look...real.

When I fail to study the real thing, my paintings show it. They lack life if I've only worked from photographs or other people's ideas. And what is true for the artist, is true for the Christian. So many believers settle for secondhand information as they seek to know the Lord better. Some only get to know the Lord through other people. They feel energy from a friend's testimony and then attempt to transfer another's experience into their life. It won't work.

If a painting is to shine with life, it must represent the real thing. If a Christian is to shine with the light of Jesus, it will mean taking time to get close to the real thing or, in this case, the real Person. The closer we draw to Him, the more our life will look, feel, and be...real.

Obedience, according to 1 John 2:3, is the key to knowing God. When we read the Word, the Spirit speaks to our heart, prompting us to obey. It's the real and only way to know God.

Son of God, I desire to know You. I want to study Your life through Your Word and listen to Your voice when I pray. Forgive me when I copy information in a second hand way from someone else's experiences. My life will only be changed as I trust and obey You.

Blessings,
Joni Eareckson Tada.

[PeppiPatty]

dear @Former-Member

thankyou for your message. 

Interesting. 

I like what you write. Very much. I don't know if @Faith-and-Hope will agree or not......I find that I can't do the model thing too much these days......I like spending time alone when I work. 

I can most probably definately draw with @Faith-and-Hope though because we are like a little like "comerades in arms..." and our drawings are  different. 

Also, though your message ring so true for me......how bout working with a photograph.....with a live model and dialoguing while drawing ? 

xx