Real Art. Real Time. Real Connection.
An 8-Week Summer Series of Contemplative Art & Scripture
In an age of Artificial Intelligence generating endless content, let this be a refreshing connection to a real person, creating real art, in real time, and contemplating a real God.
Every Thursday at 4:00pm Central Time
Choose Your Platform to Watch Live
Grab your supplies! If you are with me live, you can leave comments on either platform to interact and chat during the session. (Can’t make it live? No worries. Each session will be archived here to view in your own time and space.)
What to Expect Each Week:
Every Thursday at 4:00 PM (Central Time), we’re slowing down to connect with scripture through creativity:
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The Deep Dive: We’ll start with a live visual study of a scripture passage.
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The Creation: Watch (and create!) in real-time as I craft a piece of contemplative art based on the text.
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The Community: Chat with me and other viewers live in the comments.
Want Personal Feedback & Community?
If you would like to share your art with me, get personal interaction, and dive deeper, I invite you to join The Art Pastor’s Network.
Members of the network get:
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Personal interaction and feedback on your artwork.
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Connection with a vibrant community of like-minded creatives.
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Participation in our weekly Zoom Text Studies.
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FREE access to download all Art Pastor resources!
Past Episodes
Painting Hope for Advent 1 – Livestream Recording
On Friday, November 29, 2024 I spent an hour on my Art Pastor Live stream and drew this image. It is a contemplative art piece that explores the themes of one of the texts for the first Sunday of Advent.
Contemplative Sketching of Tree in Procreate
Join me as I practice contemplative sketching while meditating on this amazing oak tree that stands right outside my office on the campus of Luther Seminary.
Sketching Faces as Spiritual Practice | Livestream Recording
Join me live as I sketch in Procreate on my iPad. I think we could all use a calming session of drawing together.
Inking and Painting in Clip Studio Paint | Livestream Recording
Join me in the studio as I work on a project in Clip Studio Paint in real time.
Drawing Jeremiah in Clip Studio Paint
In this livestream I ink and paint a panel in the Jeremiah study using Clip Studio Paint.
Drawing Faces in Procreate
Chill with me as I draw two faces in procreate during this week’s Art Pastor Live session.
Putting Jeremiah 29:11 in Context Using Clip Studio Paint
In this session of Art Pastor Live I invite you to walk with me as I work on an illustrated Bible study that helps to put Jeremiah 29:11 in context. I am using Clip Studio Paint to draw this study in a comic book format. This session will be equal parts Bible nerd and Comic Artist nerd fun!
Drawing Thumbnails in Procreate for an Oil Painting
This week I am working on thumbnails for an oil painting project. A family commissioned me to do a painting to honor the memory of their son who was killed in a motorcycle accident. I am so honored that the family gave me permission to share the journey of creating this painting.
Using Toon Boom Storyboard Pro to Visually Think through Why There are So Many Worship Styles
This week I share the work I’ve been doing around the subject of worship. Two things converge for me this week: First, I am the new Dean of the Chapel at Luther Seminary and it is my responsibility to cultivate, steward, and shepherd the worship and spiritual life of our Seminary. Second, I am writing a course called Loving God with our Spirit for Faith+Lead Academy in which I talk about the spiritual practice of worship.
I spent all day on Friday visually thinking through the question, “Why are there so many worship styles, and how do I choose one that’s right for me?” I find that Toon Boom Storyboard Pro is an excellent tool to create multi-dimensional mind maps. If you’ve read my book The Visual Preacher then you know that I love creating mind maps to visually explore a sermon, or any presentation. This livestream is an example of that.
I hope you find this session interesting and helpful. I get rambling a bit, and definitely run out of time to go deeply into all the ideas I drew about.