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Thursday October 29, Friday October 30, 2009 A message and a new video
Basically the last two days have been spent on sermon prep and creating the above video. This is my own take on a video I saw on YouTube that will be used as part of a church presentation. I'll be at my district Jr. High retreat Friday and Saturday then off to see Michael W. Smith Saturday Night. Sunday is Friends and Family day at church. Sounds like a great weekend.

Tuesday October 27 and Wednesday October 28, 2009
Planning, Praying, Plotting and Scheming
My main creative project for Tuesday was a planning session where four of us worked out what we would do for the Christmas celebration at Mt Wilson Church of the Brethren. I will be painting along with a dancer and a solo dancer and a dance team. It was a wonderful night of creative collaboration. When I got home from the meeting I sketched out a future issue of the NewCreaturez.com mini comic based on John 3:16. I finished it Wednesday morning and also created a powerpoint background for an upcoming collection, which I am collaborating on with the internet's favorite pastor Bishop James I Feel God Brown. To hear James' internet ministry how-to show, click here.

Friday October 23, through Monday October 26, 2009 Lots O' Stuff
I'm booked to do arts ministry at two churches on back to back days the first week in December so I've been busily planning those days. It started off Thursday evening with the start of a video based on Van Gogh's Starry Night. I am making some speed painting videos of quick interpretations of classic paintings as part of the presentation. It's not finished, but I am hopeful I'd like to do at least six but we'll see. One of the presentations I will be doing is a cartooning presentation/workshop on angels. I created the above character for the drawing teaching portion of the day. I will not be using this one but it was my main Friday project so I am posting it here. Saturday was devoted to sermon prep for my message entitled Fearless: God's Ticked Off at Me from my series based on Max Lucado's book Fearless. Sunday was International Artist Day and also my Birthday, How cool is that? I christened my new sketch book with a few sketches and wrote a puppet skit for church (The puppet skit is usually the last thing to get written because I try to make it fit with the message.) Monday morning I took the sketches inked them and made them into a Tshirt design and a new New Creaturez booklet which will be posted Thursday at NewCreaturez.com.