Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Free Template

I created a few craft projects for my art site, MakingArtFun.com, awhile back and decided to add them to my blog.

I found paper bag puppets an interesting challenge. How could I make them a bit more interesting than the typical paper bag puppet? With my dog paper bag puppet I continued to draw beyond the edges of the bag. I also made use of the bottom folded part of the bag to get his head to tip back and mouth open.

I've included a link below if you'd like to make this paper bag puppet.

Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Free Template

Vacation Bible School Illustrations

My church (Calvary Community Church in Phoenix, AZ) likes to go big when planning for their week long vacation Bible school. I've helped for two years now, creating signs and illustrations for the walls of the children's building. Below are a few of my contributions.

I created a time machine to transport the kids back 4000 years to the time of Joseph. 

 

I created several large illustrations of Joseph in different situations. This illustration of Joseph at Potiphar's House is about 5ft tall, and was created with a chisel point black marker and Prismacolor Art Stix.

Cat, cats, cats. Cats were everywhere. I got a little obsessed, and created more than twenty cats to dress up our "trip" to Bible times Egypt.

 Joseph, unfortunately, spent some time locked in the palace prison. We decided it would be fun to include the Pirates of the Caribbean dog holding the keys to his prison cell.

White Boxer Dog | Sketchbook

I tried a new product today and loved it - Art Graf Black Carbon.

I did a little sketching to start, and then dove in. The black carbon can be used wet or dry. The very bold darks that I achieved came though dipping the carbon in water.