Here’s a bit of my design process for creating the artwork for Lamentations 3:25. The verse itself was part of my ongoing #LetterforHisGlory challenge on Instagram. I wanted to pair it with a wreath of some sort (part of a personal challenge to try creating different styles of digital wreaths). As always, I start by focusing on the words of the verse, then I ask myself a few questions about… Read More »The Lord is Good (Lamentations 3:25)
I’ve been taking a hard look at what I’m doing with my art, and what I want to be doing with it. I know my mission/purpose — that has never changed — but how do I measure whether I’m fulfilling that? How do I measure success if it’s not a monetary or sales-based goal? We have this pervasive idea in our culture that, if you’re good at something, you ought… Read More »How Do You Measure Success?
I never realized I was creative until I hit my late twenties, when someone suggested I scrapbook our wedding photos. I think I laughed at them (oops). But the idea took root—and while I never finished more than ten pages of that wedding album, I ventured into card-making, finding joy in cutting and gluing paper together in an artistic fashion. My cards were far from professional, but as my first… Read More »You Are Called to Be Creative