How to Introduce Visual Arts to Church

This was an excellent idea that a group in California implemented to introduce Visual Art as a ministry to their church.

It’s called The Cross Collaboration, and more than thirty people from Coast Hills Community Church made their own unique designs of the Cross for a Good Friday Service. Made of all sizes and materials, each cross tells the beauty and brokeness of Christ’s Cross from a unique and personal perspective. See it for yourself:

Share your thoughts and feedback. Do you have a Visual Arts ministry in your church?

 

Check Out Video Demo Using Stock Photo in Art

Check out the newest video demo post, KreativeKingdom.org, where I use a stock photo to capture the natural expression of the character in this digital illustration. Take a look then share your feedback. All constructive criticism is welcomed:

 

How To Get More Art and Design Customers

Whether you’re an illustrator, comics creator, graphic designer, freelancer or painter; getting more customers and building (or even starting) your art business can be a challenge.

Big business makes it a common practice to guide their profitability based on steps taken from a written plan, but neither artists nor other entrepreneurs have a written roadmap to guide their success.

I’ve linked to a resource I use with my small business clients that you can print to help you get started in selling more and going to the next level with your Art or Design. Go here>>

 

5 Mistakes Many Artists Make

Whether you are a Graphic Artist for a company, a freelance illustrator on your own or a portrait artist working fulltime or on the side, you may have been (or still could be) guilty of one of these mistakes that many artists make:

1. Having no clear direction for yourself as an artist.

No matter what talents a person has, you must have some type of plan or goals for the use of that talent. The more talented and skilled you are, the more evident it is that your talent has a purpose. Many artists never take the time out to set a plan for themselves as artists. Could be taking a class to improve your skills, or getting X amount of paid projects per month. The point is, set a plan and then work that plan.

Quick and easy solution:

 

Step-by-Step Video Sketch: Daily Creative Exercise

You may have read or heard me talk about doing something creative everyday in order to maintain that creative “edge”. This is an example of doing just that. Out of all of the creative exercises that I can find to sharpen my artistic abilities, there’s nothing better than old fashioned sketching!

I recorded this quick sketch so that you can join me from start to finish!