Identity: in Christ

After the introductory talk, In Christ is the first of six talks on Identity.

As before, I answered some of the questions in my notebook.

In my art journal I wanted to do something about being wrapped in a cloak as though wrapped around by Christ.  But I couldn't think how to do that and I don't draw people in my art journals!

It came to me that I could use the same sack images from the Crisis page but have them black - filled with the rubbish from my old life and put them at the foot of the cross.  I drew this out in pencil on the next page in the journal.

I coloured in with water soluble coloured pencils and went over the colouring with a water brush.  I used a silver pen to write the words on the sacks.  I wrote the word forgiven with a black pen and drew round the letters with the silver pen.  As I was using the silver pen I realised I was wrapping the word. So without thinking about it I had managed to wrap Jesus round my life after all.

I drew the dashed line in turquoise aound the page.  Here are the two pages togther.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

12 months of photos

Every month on 12 Months in View we take a photograph of the same place, preferably at the same day and time.

I take photos of my back garden from my bedroom window.  Here's the view this month.

So now we have 12 photos.  How will you display yours?  You could print them all out and stick them in your journal.  You could make a mini book with them like one of those flicker books.  Or you could blog them!

In the UK we haven't seen a real difference between the seasons like we usually do.  In the last 12 months we have had a phenomenal amount of rain and unseasonably high temperatures in the Autumn and Winter.  So sadly the photos don't show the stunning difference we normally have through the seasons which I was hoping to show when I first thought up this challenge.

Here is my year:

Maybe you could choose another place to photograph and take one a month for the next 12 months.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Identity: Crisis

Today is the first of a series of posts based on Identity: A Study of Ephesians.  The subject today is Identity: Crisis and in the teaching Rob talked about Saul hiding because he didn't see himself in the way that God saw him.

In my notebook I answered some of the questions.  I used the initial that is available on the Identity blog as a heading.  I used washi tape and doodles to decorate the page and wrote in different coloured pens. This isn't my usual handwriting - although similar. I tried to write fluidly using the whole space between the lines.  This way I didn't get into the whole 'I can't do this because I hate my handwriting' thing!

I printed out the prophetic word that was given to me and stuck it in my notebook.

I printed out the relevant scripture that ad been mentioned to me.  I left a blank page so that I can come back to this topic if I wish.

I showed how I made this journal here.   I went through it and worked out where I would make a journal page for each session of the study and put post-it notes.

 I printed out a large version of the downloadable letters so that I could use the sacks.  These represent the supplies that Saul was hiding behind.

I traced over the sacks and transferred them to my journal page.

I coloured them in with water soluble crayons.

And went over the crayon with a wet brush.  The colour underneath was slightly reactivated and blended with the wet crayon.

The main point for me from this session was that I should stop hiding and so I took the words that had been spoken over me.  I drew them in pencil and then went over them with a black pen.

I used the original inks that I had put on the papers but with a brush this time to colour the letters and the arrows.  I added a Teal ink as well.  I decorated with pens in white, black and silver.  I added a small amount of journaling.

If this has whetted your appetite to join in then do!  Go to the Identity blog to find out more and sign up for emails and the Facebook group.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice