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moly_x_portrait entry

glaucia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:41:24 +0000

I finally finished one of my entries…

(grahite pencil, aprox. 8″x11″ on moleskine sketchbook)

This is for a international moleskine exchange, where each of us draws a self-portrait, then sends it to the next person, and they draw themselves and the person whose book they have.

Inspired by Sara’s picture in the woods, I drew her, and myself as a lurking tree. It was fun.

I confirmed my love of working in pencils.

edm challenge #5: draw your bed

glaucia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:49:38 +0000

It would be nice if my bed looked like this…

But my bed looks like this…

more often than not.

Oh well. It makes for a more interesting drawing.

church membership

glaucia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:34:02 +0000

Deciding to move from New York was a no-brainer.
As a matter of fact, it had been around 3 years of prayer, hoping for a chance to get out of New York.
You might think that is crazy, since most people are trying to get to NYC, instead of getting out.
Well, the thing is, when you have small kids and the playground is over a mile’s walk away and has scarey people hanging out, or when your car gets stolen from a residential neighborhood, or when rent is high, and you don’t get to change the color of the room, or use the backyard, or have room to store the summer’s clothes, or when taking the kids to school takes over 1.5 hours, you start to think there’s got to be a better way.
Having my own house started to sound really nice, and then it started sounding like a necessity, and then it became so far out of reach that I didn’t even want to think about it anymore.
That’s when Fabio found some job openings that really looked like a possibility.
Then the dream of the move became real again.
The process was over 6 months long, and I had a lot of excitement.
The one thing I couldn’t bring myself to think about was leaving our church. Graffiti.
I didn’t want to spend any time thinking about not having Graffiti. Even on the last day at Graffiti, I couldn’t bring myself to shed a tear. That would mean we were really leaving it behind.Even if we made frequent trips, we would eventually have to find a new church.
I knew that would be hard. I knew we would never find another Graffiti. But I also knew that God would go before us, and we would find a church that is right for us.
I expected the search to be harder, but we only visited some 5 churches before being recommended First Baptist Church of Perkasie by a friend, and once we visited, we’ve been going ever since.
Some days, I’ve shed a tear on my way to FBC, because it wasn’t Graffiti. Now it was time to cry. Somedays, I’ve cried just because I miss all our church family.
After about 5 months or so of attending FBC, we finally had a chance to attend FBC 101. It’s the class where the pastor teaches a bit about church doctrine, and overall church precepts that they follow here. It was pretty much what we expected, and now we know we are ready to join. We have to give our names to the pastors, and then we will be asked to give a brief testimony of how we came to know the Lord to the congregation. That will seal our deal, and we will then be members. It’s difficult to officially move membership away from Graffiti, but we know that this is the right step in being active in this local church. This is where we can now pour our resources, our gifts and our service. May God be glorified, and please keep us in your prayers as we look for opportunities to serve in ways that best use our gifts in this church.
Below is a pen sketch I did while attending FBC 101.

my favorite subject

glaucia — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:24 +0000

When in doubt, I love to sketch my husband.
I don’t tire of looking at him, and his goatee and hair changes always make for interesting drawings.
This sketch is the only decent thing I managed to draw on saturday, the first sketchcrawl date of 2009.

edm challenge #4

glaucia — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:51:20 +0000

Draw a mug or cup
Here’s my drawing.
It’s nice to do a small journal next to the drawing. It adds interest to the page and makes it a more memorable event.

ballpoint on large moleskine

sketchbook exchange

glaucia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:18:15 +0000

I’m in a sketchbook exchange; specifically, the Moleskine X Portrait Party 3.

What that means is, that I got myself a moleskine sketchbook(this is what I use for sketchbooks most of the time) and I drew a sign in page…

Then I drew a self-portrait…

Now, it’s been sent on to a guy in Newark; This guy, Danny, will draw himself and then me. He will then send my moleskine to someone else, who will draw themselves, and then me, and so on. I should get one from a girl in Israel. I will draw her and my self, and send it on. I can’t wait.

If you want to see some of the other artwork, check it out here…

If someone is interested, we could do our own moleskine exchange…let me know…

30 places – a hotel room

glaucia — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:03:11 +0000

Making quick sketches seems to be no problem. I am able to sketch just about anywhere, and make quick work of it, if I choose.

Yesterday, we went and met my parents in Stroudsburg for a late lunch, while they were on a weekend getaway from New York City. Afterwards, we went and hung out in their hotel room. The kids played a few games with grandma, Fabio talked about computer hard drives with Raquel, my dad was working on his sermon, and I drew the hotel room.

pen drawing on moleskine

It’s fun to have these journal-like slices of life.

How are you keeping a record of your life? Whether great or small, fun or difficult, each moment is valuable, and worth remembering.