Month: June 2006
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The Importance of Art
It all started when I married an artist. My family wasn’t particularly devoted to the arts, although my dad is an incredible craftsman, and in the last twenty years has become a stained glass artist in his own right. So, when I looked outside I used to see a blue sky, brown earth and green…
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Sketch Book drawings
These three pictures were drawn by Timothy in his sketch book. Each week, the students are assigned a subject matter to draw in their sketchbooks. The subjects for these drawings were faces and a full body shot.
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Christian Symbols Sculpture
The assignment was to create sculptures that continued with the Christian symbols and Kingdom values theme. This is a sculpture by Megan, of a phoenix crying as it is about to burst into flames. This sculpture was made by Brittany. It depicts a Ram stepping on and crushing a serpent. This sculpture was made by…
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Wheel and Dragon
This picture by Brittany is an old stone wheel at Batsto Village in southern New Jersey. This is a paper sculpture by Megan Kobus.
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Envelopes
Patrick’s envelope is a pen rendering of aliens battling robots. On the back side there is a little battle action when you lift the flap. Megan’s is a dark, lush swamp scene. Brittany’s is a stylized wave with a boat sailing on the back. Timothy’s displays a battle scarred castle dungeon with a gold hoarding…
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Christian Symbols
The assignment was to create pictures that had Christian themes and symbols present in them. Here are a few. By Patrick Harding By Brittany Kobus By Timothy Krell By Megan Kobus
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Wrong Doesn’t Equal Bad
The first mistake I made was to ask the girl behind the counter, “May I have a little more hot water?” I don’t know why I said, “little more.” I guess I was subconsciously trying to not be a bother. Well, she took me literally and gave me about an eighth of a cup of…
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Study
As I mentioned in a past post, we’ve been reading Richard Foster’s book, Celebration of Discipline. This is a Christian classic. We’re reading through it together in our Sunday service. We’ll often go through a book together on Sundays. We take turns reading and stop to discuss the material. It really helps to do it…
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Liturgy
We’ve been incorporating liturgy in our services these last few months. Only a few of us grew up in churches that used liturgy, so this is something new for us. Reading David Fitch’s book, The Great Giveaway, kind of pushed us over the edge to explore liturgy. We’ve been thinking about it for years, feeling…