Dinosaurs and more!

Our small group at Celebration church was not so small tonight!

Scripts & Strokes has grown through the years, and I still love teaching the scripture paintings.

13 years and counting!

I have several that have come year after year as well.

Tonight, we had four guests as well as the regulars.

It's always fun to see people painting and enjoying the group.

Everyone had a great time tonight!

Good lesson, even better fellowship and community.

The younger ones were so well behaved too!

This morning found us loading up the dinosaurs and taking them to the Spanish Fort Library.

The Library is still very excited to have them and I am so happy they are not in a land fill!

The stares we got while going down the road were comical.

The wind was bad though, the dinosaurs kept moving and we had stop to tie 

them down several times while driving.

We also brought a van load of greenery to put around them next summer.

Sarah and I will be busy repairing them, and touching up paint.

Next summer will be epic for them!

Another day, another painting, another adventure!

8 days until set up at the National Shrimp Festival in Gulf shores,Alabama

Such is life here in Fairhope

Dinosaurs and more, Acrylic on canvas, 11 x 14 inches

Day 92 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2025

 

Eyes, bodies, wings, toes and a footprint?

Eyes painted today!

All five dinosaurs have eyes now.

A much quieter day of steady working.

I asked Pastor to not give us help today from the youth.

I knew we just had a few things to do,

Each one of the creatures got some final touches added.

The scope of the work was a lot more than I thought.

We had several toes to paint on each of the creatures.

We also touched up horns and bodies that needed some tweaking.

The biggest project was the Pterodactyl wings.

The kids painted the tablecloths yesterday and we carefully put them together on the armature.

The wings measure about 15 ft total.

The body will hang below.

The whole bird will be in the cafe area.

We also had a request from one of the pastors for a 5'9" Sauropod footprint.

Once the foamboard arrived, we set to work as I knew it would take awhile.

Ella Rose did an excellent job on it, happily painting away!

I love my husband, but I seem to always look drunk in photos he takes.

Ever the comedian, Chris put sunglasses on the long neck while I was working on it.

At least he thought it was funny.

My sense of humor was long gone after a long day.

We spent from 8:30-5:30 at the church today detailing.

This week is over.

The dinosaurs, walls, backdrops, props, are all done!

I am toast tonight.

I'm sure a good nights rest, and I'll be back again tomorrow.

I pray the children are as excited as I am!

Eyes, bodies, wings, toes, and a footprint?

Day 25 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2025

 

I "Arted" more today!

The youth were all working hard today.

We will be ahead of the game by tomorrow evening.

I'm so proud of the kids, taking instruction, following through, and completing tasks.

They are an amazing team to have.

Of course, today we started painting the dinosaurs.

The kids are very excited to work on them.

But before dinosaurs, we worked on more leaves for the jungle atmosphere.

I am buying a container and storing these leaves for future use.

Not going through this again!

We've gone through almost 1400 feet of wire, several rolls of tape, and two large rolls of green papers.

Resorting to standing on a chair to reach the long neck's upper reaches.

The kids are excited to see them come to life under their hands.

By the time we're finished they will have several layers of paint on them.

The belly is worked on while the dinos were on their sides.

Several teams working at once.

Sometimes you have to get under the dinosaur to paint!

I think they're having fun!

Although I know we're all tired of leaves, wires, and paint.

Sets this big are a lot of work.

The stage is 10 separate pieces with a working door on one side of the stage.

Each alcove is 4 pieces X 2, the large alcove under the balcony is 8 pieces.

There are two reserve pieces for whatever we need.

Of course, the set dressing on Sunday will pull it all together.

I painted too.

 Really, I did!

I painted the upper parts of the set, to look like palms are peeking up out from behind the wall.

I set up and painted leaves by the dozen, changing them from flat to fabulous.

I then handed over the leaf painting to another team.

I also directed a lot of kids in their works.

Our total today was 78 more hours.

Go team KOTC!

I went to the hardware store to get more wire tonight as well as more green paint.

We have large palm branches to spray.

Multiple panels with palm branches and plants to paint for backgrounds behind each of the dinosaurs.

Gates looking more like stonework paint.

Greenery to assemble with several hundred leaves.

Really hectic, really head hurting (me trying to paint, while being asked "what's next?"),

 really fun, fun, fun!

I Arted more today!, Paint on multiple canvases, (including dinosaurs)

Day 22 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2025