Monday, July 31, 2017

Bible Journaling - Tracing if You Can't Draw

I have hosted a couple of Bible journaling workshops and the first comment I usually get is: "I can't draw." I am here to tell you that you do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling. In addition to other ways I have showed you, such as doodling, stamps, stickers, and using printables; you can also trace onto your pages.

You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

My friend Bethany at Pitter & Glink has created another wonderful devotional, along with downloadable printables, which include some black and white ones, perfect for tracing!


You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

Since the devotional is about worship, I chose to use the microphone as the focal paint of my page. The pages in my Bible are really thin, so you can easily see the picture underneath to trace. I initially traced the design with a pencil, then went back over with one of my fine point pens.

You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

Once the ink has dried, you can easily erase the pencil lines and color your drawing.

You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

I then used gelatos to create the water color look for the background and added lettering, stickers, and the cut outs to complete the page.

You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

You do NOT have to be an artist to be creative in your journaling; try tracing onto your pages!

1 comment:

  1. I feel as if this article needs to be read by everyone who gets depressed when they find themselves in a creative rut. Tracing on to your pages is a great way to combat the creative rut that people sometimes find themselves in and as you have mentioned, "you do not have to be an artist to be creative".

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