As you can see, I kept myself busy!
It was a challenge and a pleasure, as I stretched myself artistically, tackling my dreaded art foe, COLOR. I tried my hand at watercolors for the first time in years with Boba Fett and the “Revenge of the Jedi” movie poster. Color Yoda and Darth Maul were done in charcoal and dry pastels mixed. The Black and White pieces are Ink and brush or Dip Pen. The last two are pencil sketches I did in my car!
The encouraging parts were the comments and the kids. Everyone seemed genuinely impressed with the level of the art, which I still can’t believe. An Artist never sees his own work as others do. We only see the mistakes. My friend Rob May who was my “black and White Art” teacher at Harford Community College, and who encouraged me to start teaching as well was there being my number one cheerleader. He kept stating what he always says about my art, that he loves my “style.” Unfortunately, I cannot see my “style”! I just draw stuff pitifully and give up eventually! If I have a style, it’s a mystery to me!
But the people, especially the kids were amazing.
As I sketched away they would stand beside me or behind, and the appreciation they showed was amazing.
More than once I was asked if I would be at the Baltimore Comic-Con in September. I am encouraged to look into it, but the cost may be prohibitive. Pray with me about this. If it’s possible to go, I just might make contacts that could lead to future work. If I could support my family partly with my art, and take some burden off my church, I believe I would have the freedom of scheduling, and the energy that comes from working two jobs that I dearly love: Being a Pastor and being an Artist!
Once again, Than you Xpanding Universe for giving me this opportunity and for believing in me.
If You’ve never been there, I highly recommend you drop by, they are in the Mars Shopping Center in Aberdeen, on the side near the Car Rental store. Click on their Logo above to go to their Facebook page for hours, contact info and the rest.
Soon I’ll post about the Drawing Superheroes Comic Book Class I’ll be teaching on Thursday nights at Xpanding Universe starting September 25!
Gotta go now, Church starts in two hours! Are you going to church this Sunday Morning? if not, come on over to First Baptist, I promise, most of us don’t bite! www.firstbaptist-church.org is our website, and you can watch the service live online starting at 10:30 every Sunday morning.
God Bless, an update on “Profit and Loss” is also coming soon!
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