From the “Practice What You Preach” file. Many of you have heard may talk about doing something creative everyday to keep your skills sharp.
Here is an example of how that practice helps me as well.
Recently, I noticed one of my daughters in a relaxed stance while watching TV. The profile caught my artistic eye. After shouting “Don’t move!” I hurried to grab my sketch pad and casually went to work. Here’s what I came up with. I plan to eventually convert this into a completed digital painting, but even if not, it was …

This is another example of how you can strive to create something everyday.
You’d think that I would have started doing this a long time ago. As I travel, I now take my sketchbook with me all the time to not only capture an illustrated thought but to excercise my gift in order to keep my skill sharp.
The video below is an example of such:

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Our “By Design” Sketchbook and Visual Journal has served as a great way for artists to create while reading relevant scriptures on the sketchbook pages. Preview it here>>
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