Visual resources for your quiet time.

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  • The Guide to Visual Prayers Part 2

    The Guide to Visual Prayers Part 2

    In this post we continue our study on visual prayer and we are going to learn how to do the the Stained Glass Prayer Card. The Stained Glass Card Stained Glass has been a big part of the visual history of the church. The churches began using stained glass around 950 in Europe. Many of…

  • The Guide to Visual Prayers Part 1

    The Guide to Visual Prayers Part 1

    In this post, we are going to learn about Visual Prayer and how doodling your prayers can be an effective and fun method for consistent and meaningful quite times. I had great plans for August to get back to school and really hone in on our sketchnoting skills, but as I was working on that,…

  • Sketchnote Summer Camp Wrap up

    Sketchnote Summer Camp Wrap up

    In this post we will learn how to bind our Sketchnote Summer Camp Activity Book and I did a flip through of my summer camp activity book. There are videos for each activity. Flip through I did a quick flip through of my Sketchntoe Summer Camp Activity Book. It’s not too late do your own…

  • Sketchnote Summer Camp – Sermon Sketchnote Practice

    Sketchnote Summer Camp – Sermon Sketchnote Practice

    In this  post I am going to take you step by step in how to prepare your page to do a sermon sketchnote. We are going to do a sketchnote on a short sermon by Francis Chan.  The Process I started by writing the title at the top right and then under the Bonus Challenge…

  • Sketchnote Summer Camp – Let’s make a Treehouse

    Sketchnote Summer Camp – Let’s make a Treehouse

    We are going to sketchnote a treehouse. We all need our quiet spaces and making a treehouse seemed to be a good way to represent a quiet place. My Inspriation My inspiration for this post comes from Lorraine’s grandson. He sketched this treehouse earlier this summer and it seemed that we all need a treehouse…

  • Sketchote Summer Camp: A Day at the Beach

    Sketchote Summer Camp: A Day at the Beach

    In this post we will complete Ps 139:18 and draw some wave doodles and seashells as part of our Sketchnote Summer Camp. No part of Summer camp would be complete with a trip to the beach whether the beach is on the lake or the ocean. In any event, most likely there is sand involved.…

  • Sketchnote Summer Camp Recipe Challenge

    Sketchnote Summer Camp Recipe Challenge

    In this post we will learn how to choose a recipe to sketchnote and how to sketchnote a recipe. Recipes naturally lend themselves to sketchnoting. The recipes generally contain ingredients, tools and appliances that can be sketchnoted.   Sketchnoting a recipe can really bless someone or preserve a cherished family recipe.  Another way to use them…

  • How to Draw Fireworks

    How to Draw Fireworks

    In this post we will learn how to sketchnote or draw simple fireworks using a few basic shapes. Get a paper and pencil and get ready to doodle with us! Video on how to draw fireworks Basic shapes for drawing fireworks Here’s a quick post on how to draw fireworks. as the next challenge in…

  • July Sketchnote Summer Camp

    July Sketchnote Summer Camp

    Just a quick post to introduce the July activities for Sketchnote Summer camp. July Sketchnote Summer Camp Printable available The July Summer camp printable is now available on the Member’s Page. You can access the printable by signing up for the newsletter (to the right). The link to the Member’s page is always in the…

  • Sketchnote Summer Camp Challenges #3 and #4

    Sketchnote Summer Camp Challenges #3 and #4

    In this edition of the Sketchnote Summer Camp we are going to do challenges #3, 4 and 5 from the June printable. Let’s have some fun!Quic Quick Draw Challenge Are you enjoying Sketchnote Summer Camp?  I am loving all the challenges. In this post we will look at challenges 3, 4, and 5.  Challenge 3…

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