Bluebird: The Real Thing

 The color of that blue sometimes doesn’t seem real. Although this is a colored pencil sketch – as are all my current designs – I’m sure this bluebird would be beautifully captured with the richness of oil pastels. That’s always the trick – how do you begin to get the right representation of the real thing? I can try, and try, and add a mark, layer, smudge, erase,  but that “copy” always appears to be just that. What a creation! What a Creator! What an Artist! I think that has been part of the drive to pick up my pencils. The word “awesome “has become far overused – but AWEsome is the best descriptor I can provide to match the positioning of my being when tracing the details of God’s creation with my eyes  while allowing my hand to attempt to follow. His details, richness… I stand amazed. There is no substitute for the real thing. Blessings. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so humans are without excuse. “– Romans 1:20