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iPainting Was Not Supposed To Race
I wrote about it yesterday in the sketch, but Rich Strike was not supposed to race on Saturday. A last minute removal of another horse gave him an opportunity to run. He seized that moment, and ran into the history books as the second biggest long shot in that race’s history. Don’t allow others expectations to dictate your pace, go for the goal!
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Sketch Rich Strike Ky Derby 2022
Proverbs 21:31 (ESV)31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD. This verse was a perfect illustration of what happened this year at the Kentucky Derby leading up to the race. The sketch I did above was of the 2022 Kentucky Derby winning horse Rich Strike. The horse was not supposed to run in the race. At the last minute, there was a last minute scratch of another horse. The owner was shocked at the last minute call, and even more shocked when the 80 to 1 shot won the derby. It was the second biggest long shot in the race’s…
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Eleven Minutes
Isaiah 11:11-12 (KJV)11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, …12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Eleven minutes after David Ben-Gurion declared independence, President Harry Truman recognized the nation of Israel. As a student of history, and a Christian, this was a fascinating moment. The people of Abraham had once again taken root downward in the land Jacob raised Joseph in. Today they have…
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Art Unboxed – Going Through Your Sketchbook
In today’s art unboxed, could we talk about going through your sketchbook? It incorporates two skills that are very important to an artist. Ask a hundred artists, and these two things will keep coming up. One isn’t surprising, that is to practice your drawing. Even if not a great draftsman, any improvement in drawing will help your painting. This is true from tracing onto your canvas using a projector, to sketching a portrait in pencil. The other thing artists will tell you, and there’s an argument as to which is more important, is to learn to see. If you’re an artist you understand this immediately, if you’re just starting out…
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Habakkuk 3:17-19 (KJV)17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. I’ve loved these verses for years, but recently I’ve seen something…
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How To Write A Book – 7 Steps To Completing Your Story
That title comes with a big promise, and rather than fill this with abstract notions, I want to provide you with seven concrete steps to writing your book. The first step is easy but vital. You have to want to write a book more than the obstacles that stand in your way, because there will be a number of them. The second step is to start with an idea, and it doesn’t have to be a great one. It just has to be an idea that you are passionate about. Most rough drafts aren’t great, they become great in rewriting and editing. The idea also doesn’t have to be completely…
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Take Notes
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Grateful
I am a blessed man, I’m having dinner with my beautiful wife and our precious son. It hits me all over again throughout each day how blessed that I’ve been. I’m sure every husband and father feels this way, but it still amazes me. I know where I was, and where God has brought me from. I know who He’s placed in our lives, and how God has kept us through so many trials. There’s nothing more special on a Friday evening than to see what The Lord has made possible! I am a living proof that with God All Things Are Possible!
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Watercolor Batman March 1939
On March 30, 1939 the world was introduced to the Caped Crusader. The first comic had a cover date of May, but it first came out on this date over eight decades ago this day.
