Paint & Fellowship

Earlier this year, I was given the opportunity to lead an art event at my church’s “staycation.” For the second year in a row, Capital City Church hosted a weekend-long event where we focused on fellowship with fun activities such as a pancake breakfast and a scavenger hunt. My pastor and I thought it would be super fun to do a “paint & sip” style activity and called it “Paint & Fellowship.” I brought an original piece of art and, step by step, led everyone in making their own.

Color and composition thumbnails

We wanted to make something very Minnesota and landed on a loon, the beloved state bird.

The process started by hashing out some thumbnails and landing on a color palette.

I needed to keep it simple enough for a group to do in about an hour, so I stuck to flat colors and a slightly more geometric style.

The finished design I brought in as an example

When the time came, I opened by reading A Liturgy for Beginning an Artistic Work to prepare our hearts to worship our Creator in this act of recreation.

Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, and they did such a great job!

I’ve never led something like this, but had such a blast that we’re talking about doing it again sometime!