This was fun little iPhone painting started at a dinner party with the parents of our daughter’s friend. It was my first time to their home. She had these cool little candles lined on the counter, and their shapes where such a great contrast to the generous sized wine goblet. I just had to draw the scene, while still being polite and engaging in conversation.

With this iPhone painting I am continuing my exploration of the village. Here the yellow man sits in a watchtower in the forefront looking over the ongoings of the structures.

For the last few weeks, I have continued to work on the large ‘wall paper’ painting I began as part of the 08′ Christmas Eve service at Warehouse 242. 

The idea was to inject creative responses into the worship. So, I offered to share and expand my normal practice of drawing on the sunday morning into a more public arena. 

Lately, I have begun my sermon sketches by breaking the page into various panels. On one wall of the sanctuary I formed a “page” from ten large sheets of paper to become an oversized version of my sketchbook.

Before the sermon, I laid in large shapes of acrylic paint to establish the initial composition and connection between the panels. Once the service started, I began to add line work using Sharpie paint pens. I used 3 different sizes to create marks on the paper. I discovered the paint pens while looking for a tool to add lines and edges to my large environmental sculpture – “Landscape of Somber Whimsy“. I was pleased with their mark – especially how I was able to fill in large areas of black with the biggest of the them. So I thought they would be the perfect tool to scale my normal sketch up to wall size.

The process has been more challenging than I expected, mainly due to drawing while parallel to the paper, rather than perpendicular, and the lines made with the paint pens have a different consistency than my normal rollerball pen I use for my black and whites. I do enjoy the challenge of enlarging my normal sketching. I normally paint to music, so it has been great to respond to the incredible sounds of our live bands during worship. I wrap up the work over the new few weeks and will post a final image then. View some images of the progress on facebook.