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How to Draw Saint Bernadette Step-by-Step Catholic Art Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to draw Saint Bernadette step-by-step. We use simple lines and shapes and you can color her with your favorite art supplies.

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Paper
Pencil
Something to color with!

I use:
Micron Pens
Arteza Alcohol Markers
Prismacolor Premier Alcohol Markers

A great washable marker alternative:
Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Fine Tip

My Cat Pencil Pouch

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Word of the Year and Saint Name bracelets

For the last few years, instead of picking a New Year’s resolution, I have liked picking a “word of the year” instead. The idea is to pick a word for a year and see how God is speaking to you through that word.

In the past, some words I have picked have included “be” and “discover.” For 2022 my word of the year was “teach,” which ended up playing out with me teaching Catholic inspired art tutorials on YouTube.

There are different ways to discern your word of the year, but my go to method has been picking a word at random using Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year generator. To me, it takes the guess work out of deciding my word or at least gives me a place to start and further discern my word in prayer.

I thought with 2023 right around the corner, it would be fun to do a Word of the Year inspired craft tutorial. I used Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year and Saint’s Name generator to randomly select a word and a Saint and I used a bead kit I found at TJ Maxx to create a matching word beaded bracelet.

Supplies needed:

Holiday DIY Bead Kit (I found mine at TJ Maxx) https://jewelrymadebyme.com/ (Here’s a similar type of option on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3hMu3Nz)

Elastic Stretch Cord (mine was part of my kit)

Scissors

Masking Tape

Super Glue https://amzn.to/3HXxXxY OR https://amzn.to/3WhLDrD

Toothpick

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How to Make Your Own Saint Medals

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.

Shrinky Dink Saint Medal Template

Supplies needed:

Shrinky Dinks Frosted Ruff ‘n Ready https://amzn.to/3Ur0BeA

Paper (Free Saint Medal template at amyheyse.com)

Pencil

Scissors

Hole Punch

String or jump ring and chain

Colored pencils https://amzn.to/3dzVyYH

Prismacolor Pencils https://www.dickblick.com/products/prismacolor-premier-colored-pencils/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=20508-1209

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