Inheritance: May 2015

God's Warth is Coming... Are You Ready?

You had better listen to the words of Jesus, “Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, shall enter, but he that does the will of my father in heaven.” If ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live. If you live after the flesh, you’ll die! The cross does not give us a minor shift or two with regard to a few of our ethical and religious values. The cross radically disrupts the very center and citadel of your life from self to Christ. And if the cross has not done that, YOU’RE NOT A CHRISTIAN! My Friend face it, young rogue, you’re not a Christian until the cross has radically disrupted the very center and citadel of your life! And brought you from a life of commitment to serve self…What are the focal points of the reign of your self? If you’ve gone to the cross in union with Christ, it’s been shattered!"
- Al Martin

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Digital Fine Art

In an effort to be more mobile, I have acquired my first wacom tablet, Corel Painter 2015, and Photoshop CC 2014. The power of these art tools is amazing and I have completed my first digital pencil portrait, hand drawn on the wacom tablet primarily with Photoshop's 4H pencil brush, though a spattering of other brushes got used in a few spots.

I still have a lot to learn as i have only had this set up for a week, but I believe it will open many new doors - one of the biggest being that my canvas is unlimited in size, so I no longer am confined to 9x12 drawings.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Back in the US

Ok, I haven't posted in a while, as you can tell. My last post I was on the way to Malawi, now I'm back in the US on a 8 week refresh. I'll be headed back the end of June.

I don't have time for much of an update right now, so here's a couple pictures I drew while there to fill in the gap till I can actually post something meaningful.

(I apologize for the orange hued pictures below, all of these should be black and white but blogger is color shading them for some reason and I can't get it to go away.)

Food for Thought

"The revelation made of Christ in the blessed Gospel is far more excellent, more glorious, and more filled with the rays of divine wisdom and goodness, than the whole creation and the just comprehension of it, if attainable, can contain or afford. Without the knowledge hereof, the mind of man, however priding itself in other inventions and discoveries, is wrapped up in darkness and confusion."

- John Owen, Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ in His Person, Office, and Grace, in The Works of John Owen, Vol. 1, pg. 275