Bestowing The Brush Bestowing The Brush

Sing with me: O Come All Ye Faithful, The Glance by George Herbert, Liturgy for Seasons of Illness, A kind review and thank you, Drawing board question, Tea recommendations, Color Connections full video course update, A.D.E. At Home Conference is on February 3rd- I’m doing a tutorial on the color PINK, Affirmations for you going forward with a creative endeavor, It’s a lie to believe that you’re not creative, Go play!



Music Bed Licenses for this episode:

Homecoming- Judah Earl

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) by Jesse Brown

Good Days by KENA

Christmas Style by Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
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Extra vocals by: Dallas Nachtigall



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EVERY MOMENT HOLY, VOL. 1 by Douglas Kaine McElvey
Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite

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Happy Drawing!

Today's topics:


When your Mind’s Eye is Blind
When You’re Totally Distracted
When The Glory Is Too Much
What To Expect This Year from BTB
The Lamp Post submissions to Adele:

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Mentioned this episode:

Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport

Article 1: The art of Aphantasia: how ‘mind blind’ artists create without being able to visualise

Article 2: When The Mind's Eye Is Blind

Article 3: The First Artwork Made in Space



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Music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Need some serious encouragement today? Listen to this conversation I had with with Clara Lieu. She is the founder of Art Prof, which is a free online resource for learning visual arts! She was an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she taught in the departments of Foundation Studies, Printmaking, Painting, and Illustration. She’s done many other things in the “art world,” but now she and her team create a huge online library of instructional materials for anyone who wants to learn how to draw, paint, illustrate, sculpt, and more!

We touch on some really helpful points, like:


Being intellectually diverse
Giving yourself “little sandboxes” to play in
Scoffers and snobs
Being willing to learn, over and over again
You don’t have to have it all figured out
The importance of getting good feedback early in your process
Failure is critical–bad drawings are REQUIRED
“Imposter Syndrome” and other unhelpful mindsets

Clara’s thoughts on these matters are so heartening. You’ll keep coming back to this episode when you are feeling down about your art practice or skills.

Art Prof’s Curricula & Resources

Artists mentioned:

Stephen Hillenburg - Spongebob illustrator

Robert Lang - Turned from science to origami

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Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Adele is a 13-year-old Charlotte Mason style student from Alton Bay, NH. She's created a new publication called The Lamp Post. I had the privilege of subscribing to the very first issue and was so surprised, entertained, and positively stirred by the articles and calls for entries! It’s such a rich and diverse collaboration paper, and I think you and your family will really enjoy this debut issue. But, mostly you'll enjoy all the other issues that you can help create!

Send your entry here: the.lamp.post.newspaper@gmail.com

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Podcast mood music:

Dansu - "All You Got" - Courtesy MusicBed

This week’s episode is kinda personal. I took questions from you on Instagram a couple of weeks ago asking what you’d like for me to discuss with my dear husband on air. I thought Caleb (Nachtigall) would make a perfect guest, because he was homeschooled K-12! If there was ever a person who embodied education being “an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life,” it’s him.

This episode covers more intimate topics (that I have honestly had a hard time publishing):


How we met
Our testimonies of faith in Christ
We beatbox duet for 8 seconds--so you have to stick around until the end
His beard care routine

Hopefully, you enjoy our banter and our answers to the frequently asked “personal” questions in the wrap-up to this series. Find Caleb @kingsfelldice, or at kingsfell.com.

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Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed