Gentleness

By Hazel Holland

I painted this watercolor without any picture in front of me, and I just let the colors run where they wanted to.  Only recently have I begun doing this kind of painting, so it is still very new to me.  But it is so rewarding and so much fun, because I never know where it will lead, and what the picture will look like when I'm finished.

Most people don't know the struggle I often go through when I pick up the brush to paint... Most of the time I have no idea how to do what I feel called to to.  So I'm very dependent upon the Spirit to guide me as I paint, and in my choice of subject matter. 

That's why I pray as I paint.  I follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as I sense that perhaps God has something to say to someone through my paintings.  All I know is that I want the world to know how high and how low, how deep and how wide is the love of God for even the vilest of sinners.  And if I can convey something about His love and goodness towards us in my paintings then that is what I want to do.♥

See link: Be Harmless As Doves