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.

MMF! Piano Primer Book | iPad App

I've been working to design and launch my first iPad app recently. It was a pretty big project, as I was the writer, illustrator and marketing team for the whole project.

Here's a link if you want to find out a little more about it on the Apple App Store:
MMF! Piano Primer Book | iPad App

Here are a few of the illustrations from the app. I sketched them in pencil first, and then turned them into digital images in Adobe Illustrator.

Smile Monster | Paper Bag Puppet with Free Template

I've been designing paper bag puppets for my elementary art site, MakingArtFun.com. I love designing  fun and wacky projects.

If you're up for a little wacky fun for you and your kids, you can get the free template and instructions at the link below:

Smile Monster | Paper Bag Puppet

Here's the original sketch...

Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Craft Project for Kids

I put together this dog paper bag puppet for my art site, MakingArtFun.com today. It was a fun drawing/design project, and I enjoyed the opportunity to do some paper art.

If you want to try making the puppet with your kids, here's the link to the free template.

Dog Paper Bag Puppet | Template

Flash Frog | Free Music Flash Cards

I put together a new set of flashcards for my music site, MakingMusicFun.net this week. It was fun to jump in, and really see how far I could push myself to create a set of flashcards with some strong graphic appeal.

Below is the pencil sketch I started with for the frog, and a couple of the images from the flashcard set. If you are interested in printing a set for your kids, here's the link:

Get Flash Frog | Free Music Flash Cards

Belle with Flowers | Watercolor

I love the Disney fine art of Michelle St. Laurent. This morning I tried my hand at a watercolor of Belle, and used her toothbrush splatter technique to add spontinaity to the painting.

Composing with Kids | Free Piano eBook

My Composing with Kids eBook was a little lighter project that the piano primer. With this one the only significant illustrating was the cover. If your interested in checking out the rest of the book, or sharing it with your piano teacher, I've included the link below.

Composing with Kids | Free eBook

All-in-One Piano Primer | Free eBook

I've been working on a piano primer for awhile now, that includes a printable version on my site MakingMusicFun.net, and a simple app for the iPad. It was one of the biggest projects I've ever taken on, because I was writing the music, formatting the book, and creating all the illustrations.

The effort sure has paid off, and the primer is now one of the most popular resources on the site.

I've included a few of the illustrations below, with a link to the the book if you would like to print a copy, or just check out the rest of the illustrations.

MMF! All-in-One Piano Primer | Free eBook

Nuts for Jesus | Free Printable Coloring Page

I drew these two guys at the suggestion of a friend for a Bible Quiz Team t-shirt. I thought it would make a fun coloring page, so recreated it in Illustrator and added it to my collection of Free Bible Coloring pages on MakingArtFun.com.  The original sketch is included below. I hope it provides a few moments of fun the your kids!

Get Nuts for Jesus | Free Coloring Page

Girl with Roses | Sketchbook Watercolor

I enjoy drawing cartoon/animated characters in pencil, and watercolor painting, so I wondered about combining the two. This is the result of my little experiment. Maybe a series of Disney princess drawings next to a bouquet of watercolor flowers would be fun?