Sunday Sermon Series: Prayer

Hello folks. Here again we have a drawing I did while listening to a sermon at church. The topic was prayer, and here Jesus gives us instructions on how to pray. You can listen to the sermon that I heard here, I recommend it.

First Jesus tells them (after one of his disciples asks Jesus the question how should we pray?) to remember God's position, he's our Father. Praise Him, revere Him.

Then Jesus reminds us to talk with God. Tell Him what is going on, what you are thankful for, what you need, what those around you are going through. Ask for guidance. You have a relationship with your creator, to have a relatioship you have to communicate.

If a friend or family member comes to you and asks a favor you would help. If we the fallen and broken people can do this then how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?

Finally, this point really struck me(verse 13): in this passage Jesus (the Son) is telling us how God (the Father) sends the Holy Spirit to us. As a limited capacity human I may never fully understand the Trinity, but the Bible spells it out, it is something worthy to spend my time dwelling on.

For more on prayer I have to send you to my friend Dennis Fuqua. He knows more about prayer than anyone I know. You should check him out here.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope this post encouraged, or challenged you. May God richly bless you.

Time Lapse “Consoling Slugger”

Time Lapse: Consoling Drawing from ryanloghry on Vimeo.

Hello again. Here is another time lapse video of another drawing I just finished today. As you can see one of the characters is having a rough time of it, and his buddy is consoling him. The title is "Consoling Slugger".

I'm working my way through my book, replacing the rough drawings with these finished drawings, and as long as I am able I will keep producing these time lapse videos to share with you.

This drawing was done using a 7mm mechanical pencil on 80 lbs. paper I cut out of an old Utrecht sketchbook. I won't be colonizing these drawings in photoshop like I usually do, if I get published the book will be in black and white, so there is no need.

I hope you enjoyed this and I thank you for stopping by. I hope you are well, and that God will richly bless you this day.

Drawing time lapse

Hello, it has been quite some time since I have posted her. I spent a couple of years devoting all of my spare time to a freelance job. Now I am working on my book project, which I began about... six or seven years ago? I forget, it has probably been in the works longer than that.

Team Meeting Time Lapse from ryanloghry on Vimeo.

Here is a time lapse video of a drawing I just completed. For now all I have is the still. I’ll have to post to Vimeo and then post the mp4.

The drawing is pencil shading done on 80 lbs. paper cut from a Utrecht sketchbook.

I hope you are well, God bless you. Check back later for the animated time lapse.—Ryan

Sunday Sermon Series July 29, 2018 -- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Good day everyone, I hope you are well. I see that my last entry here was March 5th. The reason for the long delay between posts is that the good Lord has blessed our family once again. On March 6th Benjamin David Loghry was born. We have been extremely busy to say the least and this prevented me from taking the time to create a post.

Today I have an illustration for you from a sermon by Pastor Shaun Hart. Shaun was preaching on Matthew 5:8, which reads: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God."

As you can see I created a loose cartoony sketch based on one comment by Pastor Shaun which you can clearly see quoted in the illustration. As Christians we don't seek holiness to win our salvation. Instead we choose to look to God in what we do and say because we love God.

We sang this hymn often when I was a kid at Trinity Baptist. These words mean a lot to me, more now than they did when I was a child. They are true, and so much more important than all the garbage we spend a lot of time thinking and talking about. And I think they perfectly encapsulate the struggle so many face in life, and the beautiful rescue plan God has put in place for us:

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
written by Helen Howarth Lemmel

O soul are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There's light for a look at the Saviour,
And life more abundant and free:
[Chorus:]
Turn you eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.

I would normally post a link to the audio version of the sermon (so that you might listen to a much better speaker in Shawn), but the file on the church website is not worth listening to as at about 13 minutes in the audio cuts out every couple of seconds (which is annoying), and then cuts out for good(which makes it pointless).

This pencil sketch was done with a Pentel .7mm P207 mechanical pencil in a Pentalic Sketchbook on 70lb paper. It was scanned and then colorized in PhotoShop. I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it encouraged you, made you think, or challenged you. God bless, and have a great day! --Ryan

Sunday Sermon Series - Luke Chapter 12

Good day everyone, I hope you are well. Today I have an illustration for you from a passing comment in a sermon by Pastor Dennis on Luke chapter 12 verse 24: "Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!"

While Dennis talked about not worrying, I sketched this raven. He's not worrying. He has plenty to eat, and fine clothes too.

I didn't get to spend a lot of time on this piece, we have been quite busy around the Loghry household the last week. We are preparing for the arrival of the latest Loghry baby. A joyous and exciting time to be sure.

I'm happy with how he turned out, except for his shadow, that doesn't look correct to me. Also I really wanted ravens to have a bright yellow band in their eyes, but they really don't. For a quick piece, it is good enough though. He has character, I like him, and the slobby way he is chomping his seeds.

This pencil sketch was done with a Pentel .7mm P207 mechanical pencil in a Pentalic Sketchbook on 70lb paper. It was scanned and then colorized in PhotoShop. I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it encouraged you, made you think, or challenged you. God bless, and have a great day! --Ryan

Ordinary Day

I was stuck on the phone earlier this week with Centurylink, a telecommunications company that routinely disrupts our family life out here on the edge of the wilderness. They are a frustrating company to deal with at best.

As I spoke with their representatives, waited on hold, explained again, waited on hold held again, waited, explained, etc. etc. I doodled the happy/adorable (hopefully I pulled that off) hearts and clouds and rainbow you see here, as a way to keep myself from falling into the sin of anger.

Don't get me wrong. Jesus is much more than a smiley face I focus on in frustrating times. God is there in good times, terrible times, and all of the run of the mill, mundane times I face from day to day. Allistair Begg said in a sermon (The Mystery of History at Truth for Life) on the book of Ruth, that God is still at work in the ordinary things of life. The series of sermons he did on the book of Ruth (God of the Ordinary) are excellent by the way, you should give all nine of them a listen.

And that put me in mind of something we discussed in Sunday School recently about keeping our focus on God. Not as a lucky charm, or mental diversion. I keep my focus on God because that is how I should live every minute of my life, because Jesus is the example of how I am to live(Ephesians 5:1). Because if I am doing that then I will remember that the person on the other end of the line is a person that Jesus loves just as much as He loves me. And I can remember that even if it takes them 25 minutes just to pull up my account, that I should treat them just the same as I would like to be treated, kindly. With respect. Love one another baby.

So as I waded through the customer service call I doodled and thought about that sermon, and the lesson from Sunday School, and about Jesus, I rested in the truth that Jesus walks with me through every kind of day. I kept my temper. I spoke pleasantly (but sternly) with the Centurylink representatives. I didn't do it through gritted teeth, I did it sincerely. Not through my power, but through His.

As a bonus I now have this little animation to share with you. May it bring a smile to your face. More importantly may the words I have written here encourage and or challenge you. God bless, and have a great day! --Ryan

Where your feet are

Good morning everyone! Today I have a sketch that I did last month in Sunday School. We are studying Nehemiah and the point came up that we should be about the work that God has given us to do.

Just the other day I was talking with a friend and he said that while he didn't have time for much besides work and sleep, he chose to be there for his family with the remainder of his time each day because that was his mission field. That made me think of Pastor Mike's often used phrase "Your mission field is where your feet are. Around the world, or across the street. Well, for some of us it isn't even across the street. It's right inside our homes, teaching and preaching love one another to the little people in our lives.

As I stated in my last post, I don't have much time these days for side projects of my own. I am kept busy each day with teaching, parenting, housekeeping, sleeping, and yes work. That's why there was no post in the month of October here. I'm not lamenting that fact, just stating it. I know what God has given me to do, and I work at it each day. I am content in that.

In this drawing we see Jack (standing), Stella (fittingly sucking her thumb), and Roy (seated) in a wheel barrow. That is cartoon me puffing along as I haul them about. They are my work, and my love. Angela is not in this drawing, she deserves her own drawing. Or perhaps a book of drawings.

This pencil sketch was done with a Pentel .7mm P207 mechanical pencil in a Pentalic Sketchbook on 70lb paper. It was scanned and then colorized in PhotoShop. I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it encouraged you, made you think, or challenged you. God bless, and have a great day! --Ryan