I'm an artist who creates Scripture inspired paintings to encourage people and make them smile, not to make light of the heavy parts of life but precisely because life is too dark and discouraging and I want to shine a little light to remind you of the faithfulness of the Lord and the peace He offers.
Growing Takes Time
Dear friend,When I was learning to drive, I was really frustrated with my Dad. He just made driving look so easy! He seems to be able to drive in reverse like Tow Mater, is somehow calm and has quick reflexes even amid crazy big city traffic, and even driving in different countries on other sides of the road doesn’t phase him. And yet if I said something about it he’d tell me “Well I’ve been driving for a few years.” Now I realize what he was saying was that I didn’t see him when he was learning to drive and trying to figure out how it all works. He was saying that he had practice, experience, and he wasn’t new to it like I was. A bit like comparing my learner’s permit self to his years of driving experience was like comparing apples to oranges. And how does this connect to painting you ask? Great question. I realized that when I look at my art, I see the hours of practice, the time spent erasing or throwing away failed attempts, and all the hard work that went into the skill that I have today. I can see the beginner-not-knowing-what-I’m-doing-Isabel stage and I can see the practicing-and-improving-Isabel stage I’m in now, and I wonder if the professional-artist-gallery-quality-Isabel stage is in my future. But I realized not everyone can see that. So I wanted to encourage you that practice makes better. I see how far I have to go to reach the quality of art I want to create. But I want you to see where I started. Because if you practice the skills you want to build, you’ll improve too. We all start with a learners permit and no experience. But if we work at it, we’ll find we’ve grown and improved. So, all this to say, don’t assume that where someone is today is where they started. Don’t assume where you are today is the farthest you can reach. Happy Friday! ~Isabel GraceP.S. The print club is open for new members until the 20th! I'd absolutely love for you to join us. If you want to read about what this club is you can check it out HERE. Also you can spy on the original paintings and prints I have available HERE too. |
Isabel Grace Studio
I'm an artist who creates Scripture inspired paintings to encourage people and make them smile, not to make light of the heavy parts of life but precisely because life is too dark and discouraging and I want to shine a little light to remind you of the faithfulness of the Lord and the peace He offers.
Dear friend, Happy Friday! I've been waiting for a few weeks to tell you about the things I have in this newsletter, so I am SO excited to finally show you! First off, the most exciting thing is that I have sold quite a few original paintings this month, and I'm so thankful to each of my collectors who decided to bring my art into their homes! I can't wait to see what it looks like in your spaces. "Beholding" is going to be a limited edition print soon!! Because of these originals have sold,...
Dear friend, When I was a child, I had the best teacher ever. My mother. One of the things that she did was allow us to explore in our free time some of the educational things. For example, sometimes we got to play with the blocks we used for visualizing math problems outside of school time. Sometimes we got to read an extra chapter of our historically educational chapter book that was teaching us about famous Christian heroes through the years outside of school time. And we even got to play...
Dear friend, In 2018 my whole life seemed to flip upside down. After living my whole life from 4 years old and up in Africa, our family was moving back to the USA. It seemed like a process for us to admit that's the direction the Lord was moving us. But then it finally happened. I remember a lot of it that I don't love to remember. So many good byes. So many tears. So many times I looked outside and my whole chest felt a pang of realizing I'd never see this town, this country, probably not...