Making art together is the new quality time

You can create art.

Even if you draw a line and a circle on a piece of paper, that's art.

What makes that line and circle even more special is creating those shapes with your child or any loved one right next to you.

That line and circle become a precious memory when it's done with someone you love.

The beauty of making art is making art with someone you love.

I recently bought one of those adult coloring books with flowers.

I bought it to learn how to draw flowers.

So one evening my youngest daughter and I were watercoloring.  I looked over at her watercoloring and thought hey why don't I do the same thing (that she is doing).

She simply made watercolored lines.  I loved it.

My lines ended up more of a blotch.

We let the watercoloring pictures dry overnight.

The next day I used a sharpie and drew a poppy over the dried watercolor blotch that I made.

Turned out to be pretty unique.

I used PicMonkey to add a little more uniqueness to it!

What have you made lately?

Let me know in the comment section below.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 03

Well, here we are at day 3 of the "How to understand Bible Symbols and Imagery"! Yay!

So I will get right to the symbol/imagery for today!

Today is the woman.

Many times when the word woman is used in the Bible it is referring to the church.

Now as I said in yesterday's post, the content for the remainder of this series will require you to dig deep and search the scriptures for yourself.  ...especially if you are new to understanding Bible symbols and imagery.

Even Jesus admonishes all of us to "search the scriptures" and "study".

Another helpful Bible study tip is to use the symbolic meaning for the literal word (when you study the Bible) itself when applicable. Also every time that you study the Bible, begin with prayer.

One of the verses in Revelation is very clear that the dragon is wroth with the woman.

“And the dragon (Satan) was wroth (mad, angry) with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:13

...and there are numerous accounts of persecuted Christians. You can read here, here and here about some of them.

If you want to study the subject further, I would suggest that you have a listen here.

I hope this helps as you study the Word!

Click on the link below for any of the articles in this How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery:
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 01
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 02
How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 03


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How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 02

Yesterday was the first article for this How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery series!

It was really very very simple. 

Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away all of our sins! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Every article that I write after this will require more in depth study.

This series is not for the surface reader of the Bible.

It is for that person who will do as 2 Timothy 2:15 admonishes to Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

What I will be presenting is Biblical and Historical. You can research it anywhere on the internet and read it in any Encyclopedia.

So as the Bible says in Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. ...so let us begin.

The Imagery of Daniel 2 is something that I learned during my early years of life.  And that imagery will be the focus today.

Oh and let me add this: To understand scripture you simply compare scripture with scripture and let the Bible interpret itself. 

Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

I mean think about it for a minute...Who is the Author of the Bible? Yes. And He knows everything from the beginning to the end.  ...so of course He knows what the future will be and what the past was.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And in His GREAT LOVE, He has shared what will be/what has been and what is to come in His Word.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come

So let's see what imagery we see in Daniel and what it means.

This is what Daniel tells the King about his dream:
Daniel 2:31-33
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.

This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

And that's that part of the image. 

Then Daniel goes on to interpret the dream for the King by telling him what the various metals/colors/textures represent.

Daniel 2:36-44 says

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Now to understand what kingdom comes after Babylon, you can find that in Daniel 5

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

25 And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

I hope that you have your Bibles in your hand so that you can continue to study this dream of Nebuchanezzer here.

Remember I just want to share with you how to understand imagery and Bible symbols.  And the first thing to studying any hard subject is comparing scripture with scripture.

I will share another Bible study tip in my next post tomorrow, God willing.

Click on the link below for any of the articles in this How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery:
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 01
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 02
How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 03

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How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 01

Welcome to the "How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery"!

The very first symbol/imagery will be the Lamb.

Yes, the Spotless Lamb of God!
The Lamb represents Jesus!

Click on the link below for any of the articles in this How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery:
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 01
 How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 02
How to Understand Bible Symbols and Imagery 03

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Now if you would like to learn to draw your own lamb, you can follow the simple instructions found here.

And for further Bible Symbols and Imagery you can find more here.
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Cardboard Yarn Wrapped Letters



I saw yarn covered letters on Pinterest. One day I decided to use that idea for my youngest daughter's arts and crafts lesson. 

First I wrote the letters we would use with a black Sharpie.  I love Sharpies! 

Then we started the wrapping process. You may have to use tape on the back just in case the yarn is not tight enough or something.

I thought it was a good project for my daughter because of the complexity of the wrapping.

So the supply list included:
Cardboard
Yarn
Scissors
Tape (if needed)
Black Marker to write letters

Since I crochet and knit, I had the yarn.  Some of my family members do a lot of business online so there were plenty of cardboard boxes on hand.  We had scissors, tape and markers.  I did have to use washi tape though. ...ran out of the other kind.

I added a couple of fabric flowers to a few of the yarn covered letters.  I thought it gave the letters a little pop!

John 20:7 And the napkin, that was about His head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

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this is a repost from here.

3 Very Basics of an Art Supply List for Your Artful Child at Home

First on the list is a box of crayons.

I have given a box of crayons as part of an artful gift.  I pair the crayons with some great coloring books and books and wrap nicely.

I love crayons.  Don't you?'

And owning a box of crayons teaches children so much about decision making and choices.

I mean think about it for a minute...

If your child is coloring an animal, he or she has to decide what color will the animal be. What color will the eyes of this animal be?

Your child has to decide if he or she will add colors and drawings that are not on the picture.  ...like adding clouds to a cloudless picture.

Crayons teach without ever saying a word.

And after all that decision making, your child gets to sit back and enjoy all his or her labor that went into making that picture pretty.

The next art supply for your artful home is Black Sharpies.

Black Sharpie's are the business.  really.


You can take a black sharpie and create your own coloring books for your child.

You can use a black Sharpie to write out sentences, words or pictures.

Every artful home should have a few Black Sharpie's.

And lastly, a ream of white paper .

If you have a printer at home, printing paper can be used for creating art as well as creating reading books.


This is a very basic beginning to building a Home art supply arsenal.

What other art supplies do you keep on hand?

But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. -Isaiah 64:8

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. -Psalm 3:3

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Jesus, the sweetest Name I know

I heard an old old story.

It was about how a Saviour came from glory.

The story was about how He gave His life on calvary to save a wretch like me.

I heard about His groaning...of His precious blood atoning.

Then I repented of my sins and got baptised...

And I won the victory.

O victory in Jesus,

My Savior, forever.

He sought me and bought me

With His redeeming blood;

He loved me ere I knew Him,

And all my love is due Him,

He plunged me to victory,

Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about His healing...and then I experienced it in my own life.  Yes, Jesus healed me!

I heard of His cleansing power revealing.

I heard about how He made the lame to walk again

And caused the blind to see..

And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,

Come and heal my broken spirit,"

And somehow Jesus came and brought

To me the victory.

I heard about a mansion

He has built for me in glory.

And I heard about the streets of gold

Beyond the crystal sea;

About the angels singing,

And the old redemption story,

And some sweet day I'll sing up there

The song of victory.

O victory in Jesus,

My Savior, forever.

He sought me and bought me

With His redeeming blood;

He loved me ere I knew Him,

And all my love is due Him,

He plunged me to victory,

Beneath the cleansing flood.


...this is my story.


But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15:57

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Rest...

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. -Isaiah 41:10 

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -Deuteronomy 31:6 

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. -Luke 12:7

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -Luke 12:32 

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Mercy and Truth

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
-Psalm 25:10

Just kinda doodled out this verse when I saw it in the Bible.

Remember in this post, I said that when drawing out a Bible verse, start with what you can see first. The fist thing I saw was a path.

I really didn't know this verse until yesterday.

I am glad to have discovered it because it helps to make plain certain choices and situations in my own life.  You know how sometimes you want to know if the Lord is leading.  Well, this verse kinda helps me to see how He would lead.


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I really Like Sharpies

I really like Sharpies!

 ...what else can I say?

 Oh, yes, I really like Sharpie's!

Do you use Sharpie's?  Let me know in the comment section!

You can find other ways that I have used Sharpies here.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.  -James 4:8

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Coloring Challenge 03

A few years ago, I bought a book on "How to draw Sharks".

I bought it from Barnes and Noble.  It was on clearance.  I actually bought three "How to Draw" books.

While my daughter finished up her writing assignment for today, I followed the directions on how to draw a shark.

Since the pastels were still out, I used those to color in an ocean scene.

Do you have any "How to Draw Something" books?  I would love to know!
Let me know in the comment section.

Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Coloring Challenge 02

So here we are at Day 2 of the Coloring Everyday Challenge that I entered.

I wanted to teach my daughter to draw the hummingbird  but she had other drawing ideas.
So I let her create her own little masterpiece and I drew the hummingbird.

I drew two of them so that she could color one.  When she does color it, I will post it here.

UPDATE: She colored her hummingbird this morning with the soft pastels! I love it!

I used Soft Pastels to color this picture.

One of the things that I learned today about using Soft Pastels is to leave out the soft pastels that you use in your artwork.  You can either stick them up a little in their place in the box or leave them out on paper as I did in the photo.

Doing this helps you to remember the colors that you have already used in your artwork.

Soft pastels look so much alike in the box.  It may be hard trying to distinguish whats what while using them.

The second coloring tip is use the lightest color first then outline with the darker color (in the same color family).

If you look at the purple flower, you can see the darker purple outline highlighting the lighter purple. Then you just kinda blend the two colors using the lighter one as the blending tool.

Do you use Soft Pastels?
Let me know in the comment section below.

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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You can find the Coloring Challenge on Instagram at #thedailymarker30day here.
You can find the "How to draw a Hummingbird" video here.

Flashcard Replacement

While my daughter reviewed her number flashcards, I discovered that one of the flash cards was missing.

Since starting this art blog, I have accumulated quite a few art supplies.  So I decided to use the back of one of the large index cards that I had and create the flashcard replacement.

I simply outlined one of the flashcards with a pen.

I cut it out.

Then I used a Black Sharpie to write the number.  I used a turquoise pen and a colored pencil to color in the botton part of the card.

I used a pink sharpie to create the circular line at the bottom of the flashcard.

And voila! I then had a flashcard replacement.

Do you use flashcards?  Have you ever made a flashcard replacement?

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -2 Timothy 2:15

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The God of Peace

I made this scripture art to go above my daughter's bed. I used copic markers as well as colored pencils and a Sharpie.

Awhile back, I would read Psalm 71 to my daughter before going to bed. Every. single. night.  I read the entire chapter.

I believe God's Word and His power healed what was troubling her.

Life can be pretty troubling at times...even for children.

Now, she recites this verse before going to sleep.  I want her to put her trust in the Lord and know for a surety that He will not allow her to be put to confusion ...about anything.

God is the God of Peace.

And I want my child to know Him as such and see how He works.

God is love.  All day. Every day.

I know He is interested in our being whole.  I thank Him for His healing power.

What was troubling her a couple of years ago no longer bothers her anymore!! I Praise the Lord for that.

God is everything.

Do you have verses that you teach your children?  I would love to know.  Let me know in the comment section below!


1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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How to draw a leaf for coloring

A really easy way to draw a leaf is to outline the leaf. 

Simply flatten out the leaf and trace around it. 

Draw in the veins. 

 And there you have a  leaf for coloring.

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