a sprinkle of faith

Tag: Art

  • Optimism

    I thought I’d piggyback on my previous post (Naivety) so that I could bring some positivity back to the game. When I talked about naivety, I wasn’t expressing my beliefs (I don’t walk around angry) – I was simply pondering the word, it’s meaning, and what the word means to me. That being said, it…

  • Muse in the Mirror

    After scrapping another episode of barbershop tales… I did a little imagery tonight and came up with the word Muse for the letter “M.” I’ve never really put much thought into the word, so I looked it up to see what the Internet had to say. Below are some of the definitions that I found:…

  • Kaleidoscope Dreams

    I thought that the letter “K” deserved a visual illustration rather than a story. Whenever I’m in the midst of feeling like things aren’t coming together perfectly, I step back and try to do something colorful. It’s a form of venting for me. At first, when considering the Alphabet Game, I wanted to use the…

  • Embracing It

    I’m super excited for the “E” word – Embrace – because I thought about it a lot today and I’m totally ready to embrace it. Ha! Of course, my first ideas were of a romantic couple in each other’s arms, or two friends, or even a mother and a child. Then my thoughts went to…

  • The “A” Word

    Well, here we go… it’s time for Alphabet Game 2023! (“Oh God,” the crowd groans. “Not another alphabet game”). This time I’m going to make it easy. I’m going to think of a word for each letter, and then I’ll use that word to inspire my post – and the post can be anything. It…

  • Brown-eyed Girl

    The latest female illustration… I started this brown-eyed girl a month or so ago and then I got sidetracked. I found it yesterday and noticed that her face was flat and pale, so today I worked on some shadows and highlights and then oil paint effects for some texture and softness.