Mosaic of Grace

“Mama, did you always want to be an artist?”, Rachel asked me as i finished a sketch i had been working on for the last hour. “Yes, for as long as i can remember, i have wanted to be an artist.”, was my reply.                 “Well, my friends think it is neat that you are an artist.”.                                                                                     “You tell them i am an artist?”                                                                                                                              “Yes, i do and they want to see some of your artwork.”                                                                                       Now i am speechless. It is true, i have always wanted to be an artist but never really considered myself one. The only drawings my children have ever seen are the ones i saved from growing up. Just enough to fill up one photo album. There’s no telling how much more i actually did but threw away because it was not good enough for my “inner critic”. To call myself an artist when others were so much better than i would be a joke. Sometimes i draw things to be used in our homeschooling lessons and the kids go on like i am Picasso. Still i just could not see myself as an artist!                                                                                                             Then i found “The Creative Call” by Janice Elsheimer. This book is set up to used individually or as a Bible study. Since the last couple of weeks have been busy and i just found a new friend and fellow artist who is going to join me in the study after she acquires the book, i have only read a few pages-enough to say i am starting to believe i am an artisit!                                                                                                                     The other neat thing is that the creative talent God gave me is not limited to drawing and painting alone. While i would love to tell everyone more about this book and how God is opening my eyes to the creative work He is working in me, i will have to save it for later. Hey, i am only just beginning to delve in here. I cannot wait to see where God takes me with this creative flow! So i hope you all will bear with me and come back as i share more and more in the coming days,weeks and months.                                                            By the way, that sketch i was working on is an idea i had for a painting i will be doing for my Mother-in-law who is looking for something “different” for her bathroom wall. Here i am sharing it with you. I call it “Sunburst”. The next step is to draw it on a bigger scale and paint it with watercolor.And Rachel, thanks for believing in your Mama! I love you.