a little pinspiration: doodle & paint ...

 

i was looking through pinterest

the other day &

i came across

"31 days of scripture art journaling"

on the blog art by erin leigh.
{www.artbyerinleigh.blogspot.com}

she's done an entire series

on how to doodle scripture

& make it into beautiful artwork..

like, so cute you wanna frame it

& stare at it for a couple of hours cute!!!

 

here are a few of her pieces ...

  

{before paint}

 

{after a little watercolor magic}

 art by erin leigh

art by erin leigh

seriously .... how cute are they?!?!
so .... I tried my hand at it!

step one ...
choose a verse (by far the easiest part of this project)
i decided on matthew 5:7
"happy are the kind ... for they shall be shown mercy."
(you know I love a scripture about kindness)

step two ...
doodle away (yikes)
no lie, i was nervous ...
but i just went for it.

step three ...
fill in with watercolors (triples yikes!)
ok ... here's where i tweaked this project a little bit.
i didn't have watercolor paint, so i used
my watercolor pencils.
(i actually sighed a sigh of relief when i
realized i didn't have paint)

step four ...
either sit back & gaze lovingly at my creation
or snarl my lip & wonder what was i thinking
(it could always go either way, you know).

so, here it is ....



 

i'd still like to overcome my

irrational fear of watercolor paint

& see how it would go.

to be continued ....