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
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.
Drawing the Science of Photosynthesis in Trees on the iPad
In this livestream session I talk about the Two Books that we read to learn about God: the book of nature and the book of scripture. I also work on an illustration for Science and the Church of how photosynthesis works in trees.
Framing Discipleship in Clip Studio Paint on the iPad
What does it mean to frame a subject? Join me as we discuss different frameworks for discussing discipleship and watch as I begin to draw the frames of our conversation in Clip Studio Paint on the iPad.
Visualizing Discipleship: Exploring the Metaphor of Disciple-ship as Being an Apprentice of Jesus
In this session of Art Pastor Live I define the term discipleship and then play with the metaphor by drawing a disciple ship in procreate on my iPad. Enjoy!
Drawing the Why Jesus Images in Photoshop
In this episode of The Art Pastor Live you are invited to watch me create the images in Photoshop for the Why Jesus presentation. We geek out about the theology of discipleship and the process of creating digital paintings
The Universe in Your Backyard
In this session of Art Pastor Live I interview photographer Ethan Thomason and am filled with awe and wonder as we view his gallery of photographs in which he captures the vast universe of the tiniest life forms that grow in our backyard. You don’t want to miss it.
Listen to the Trees | How to Draw a Tree Mandala
In this Livestream Session I do three things: 1. Explore biblical imagery of trees, 2. Show you my gallery of tree drawings and paintings, 3. Draw a Tree Mandala in Procreate on my iPad.