Melancholic, Drippy days

Watercolor, 11x14 in, Acrylic on Canvas, Julie Drew

I woke this morning thinking and singing this song, Your Faithfulness, by Brian Doerkson. I don’t know what this day will bringWill it be disappointing, filled with longed for things?I don’t know what tomorrow holdsStill I know I can trust Your faithfulness I don’t know if these clouds mean rainIf they do, will they pour…

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Steadfast Love Never Ceasing

Julie Drew

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases,his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness.             Lamentations 3:22-23 One summer I was at the beach in Oregon, just watching those crashing waves come in and pour over the sand and rock. I had been…

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Beauty of the Coast Art Show

I invite you to the breathtaking beauty of the coast with its awe inspiring coast with its cliffs and expanses of ocean from the mists to the sunshine. I enjoy painting the details of the animal life and the wonder of the tide pools. I worked mostly in watercolor, but for some of the paintings I used…

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Watercolor painting process of Wonders of the Sea

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The Process of a Painting I wanted to share with you the process of the painting. I have added some details below. I  wrote in a previous blog the beginning thoughts on why I painted this. If you missed it, you can read those here in this article Wonders of the Sea. The Possibilites: On…

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Wonders of the Sea

Wonders of the Sea… Have you ever really looked at a shell? They contain God’s amazing creativity and ingenuity. The shell grows with the creature inside of it. Even the tiniest ones are miniatures of the large ones. I started collecting shells as a little girl in landlocked St. Louis, Missouri. My parents had taken…

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Harbor on Croatia’s Coast

In 2013, my husband and I traveled to Croatia for a week. I have not painted as much of the harbors and Croatian coast as I have of the waterflal parks there. We took a day and drove the length of the coast all the way from where we were staying in the little village…

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