Happy Halloween! In today’s tutorial, you will learn how to fold a simple origami skull memento mori for All Souls’ Day. Memento mori is Latin for “Remember you will die.” It’s meant to be a visual reminder of our mortality and isn’t meant to be a morbid thing. The skull can be simple black and white, or you can decorate it for Dia de los Muertos.
Suggested Supplies:
Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers https://amzn.to/3R5lsRI
Paper
Scissors (if needed)
Glue Stick
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Today, I walk you through how to make your own saint medals out of Shrinky Dinks. Shrinky Dinks are a fun shrinkable plastic. I’m including a saint medal template that you can use to plan out your design. It’s best to draw your design on regular paper first and then trace it onto your Shrinky Dink paper.
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In today’s video, I walk you through how to draw and paint a simple monstrance. I use gold watercolor paint on black paper, but you could also use gold acrylics, gold sharpies, crayons, pastels, etc.
Trekell Synthetic Watercolor Paintbrush Set https://amzn.to/3TKBYsV
Water
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Today I’m walking you through step-by-step how to draw and paint the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph. You can follow along with me on my YouTube channel to create your own Chaste Heart.
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Today I’m walking you through step-by-step how to draw and paint the Immaculate Heart of Mary. You can follow along with me on my YouTube channel to create your own Immaculate Heart.
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Today I’m walking you through step-by-step how to draw and paint the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You can follow along with me on my YouTube channel to create your own Sacred Heart.
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Happy May! The month of May is often the time families honor Mary with flowers, so I thought it would be fun to offer a video tutorial of how to draw Mary with a flower wreath crown. All you need are a pencil, paper, and something to color with. I used colored pencils, but you can use any media you desire! The nice thing about this project is you can change up the colors however you would like. Perfect for budding artists and the young at heart.
I did this project with my 4 year old and 7 year old. My oldest, Holly, gave Mary a flowing veil and depicted her surrounded by angels. My youngest drew her twice.
If you have children who are too young to draw along but like to color, I have a copy of the line art listed below that you’re free to print and use for personal use.
Feel free to tag me on Facebook or Instagram and use #artwithamyheyse so I can see your finished Marian masterpieces! You can find a few more drawing tutorials on my YouTube channel. I also have a St. Lucy painting tutorial available in my Etsy shop.
Growing up, “illustrating a children’s book” was on my dream list (probably right under “workin a Disney”). I loved the work of illustrators like Jan Brett, Chris Van Allsburg, Mercer Meyer, and more. I used to write and illustrate my own stories. In fall of 2020, I got asked by Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) to create the cover illustration for a new Catholic kids magazine called OSV Kids. The January cover was to depict a family inviting home a new baby, so I had my daughters model for photos with an American Girl doll wrapped up in a blanket.
I created the cover illustration with the help of my new iPad Pro and the app Procreate. It was a dream come true. Seeing my daughters holding a copy of the physical magazine bearing their image was definitely one of the coolest experiences I’ve had as an artist.
It was such a positive and rewarding experience, so I was extra excited when I was asked to create another illustration for the centerfold of the June 2021 issue (I’ll try to share that one later when it comes out) as well as the artwork for a new book on the Jesse Tree by Colleen Pressprich (which will also be published by Our Sunday Visitor).
The cover illustration started off as a line drawing that I shaded using dark brown tones. I tried to create all of the tonal values with this brown shade to make an “under painting.” On a separate layer, I added the colors for the girls on top. You can see what the different stages looked like in the above photo (cover image copyright Our Sunday Visitor).
I had been listening to a podcast last spring about Eucharistic miracles. In the interview, they talked about the scientific testing that has been used on Eucharistic hosts. Under a microscope, the host looks like the heart of someone who has died from severe trauma.
The Holy Family aren’t bland, emotionless statues. My purpose with this series is to highlight that they were people who experienced severe trauma and were emotional beings.
Prints and stickers of each heart can be found on my Etsy page.
