Curriculum Resources for Missions

While on the mission field, I created tons of illustrations and curriculum resources. When we came back to the states, I continued creating resources, first as part of the Creative Arts team with Team Expansion, then as a volunteer once I became part of the staff of Highland Park Christian Church.

I have been creating illustrations to contribute to a curriculum package for use in missions and ministry. Here are some of that I have done or reformatted this past year.

Matt's Monster Madness 2014

Check out my latest daily monster sketches in the embedded sway below... Swipe up to view more and double-click images to see them larger! Go here if the embedded sway doesn't work https://sway.com/GVFZRK_LyCeVz8B9

Matt's Monster Madness 2012 Day 4: Swirlygig

As I did in 2008 and 2011, I will be posting a monster of the day during the month of October. There will be a new monster every day. Some may be sketched, some done digitally, some in photo editing, some sculpture, etc...


You can also follow me on Instagram to see the monsters that way too! My username is @mcrosser.

Today is the second one and it's called "Swirlygig". It's an ink sketch with a sharpie. Click on the link below to see all the monsters for each year!

Matt's Monster Madness 2012

Matt's Monster Madness 2011

Matt's Monster Madness 2008

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Matt's Monster Madness 2012 Day 2: Scarecrow

As I did in 2008 and 2011, I will be posting a monster of the day during the month of October. There will be a new monster every day. Some may be sketched, some done digitally, some in photo editing, some sculpture, etc...


You can also follow me on Instagram to see the monsters that way too! My username is @mcrosser.

Today is the second one and it's called "Scarecrow". It's an ink sketch. Click on the link below to see all the monsters for each year!

Matt's Monster Madness 2012

Matt's Monster Madness 2011

Matt's Monster Madness 2008

All Monster Posts

Matt's Monster Madness 2012 Day 1: Monster in the Dark

As I did in 2008 and 2011, I will be posting a monster of the day during the month of October. There will be a new monster every day. Some may be sketched, some done digitally, some in photo editing, some sculpture, etc...

You can also follow me on Instagram to see the monsters that way too! My username is @mcrosser.

Today is the first one and it's called "Monster in the Dark". It's a simple line drawing to get things started. Click on the link below to see all the monsters for each year!

Matt's Monster Madness 2012

Matt's Monster Madness 2011

Matt's Monster Madness 2008

All Monster Posts

Beechcraft - Photo/Sketch Comparison

Here's a couple things I did today on an art hunt. First I sketched the front of the Beechcraft building on North Sheridan in Tulsa. Then I took a photo of it.

Black and White Simplified Style

I have been working on a various designs for an evangelistic study since the first of the year. The study was created by a missionary in Peru. here are some of the final black and white images that will serve as the study's illustrations.

VBS Artwork - 2012 A Space Mission

Here is some VBS artwork that I did for a friend a few weeks ago.

Bear in the Woods - Quick Sketch

Here's a quick sketch I did of a nondescript bear in the woods. I used my bamboo graphic tablet and Autodesk's PC Sketchbook Pro.

Three Stooges faces

Here's a quick practice illustration I did of the Three Stooges, one of my favorite comic teams. After watching some of their shorts, I was inspired to do this.

The Crucifixion Sketch

Here's a quick sketch I did today.

Brinkley BW and Color Illustrations

Here's a couple illustrations I made with my new Graphics Tablet. These are a caricature of our little Yorkie Puppy, Brinkley. I did a BW one and a color one.

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Artist Notes - I used a Wacom Bamboo Create Graphics Tablet and drew on my PC in Autodesk's Sketchbook Pro. Then I exported them as PNG files.

New Bamboo Graphic Tablet

Last week, my new Wacom Bamboo Graphic Tablet arrived. This is a tablet that connects to my PC via USB. It comes with a pressure sensitive pen (cordless and with no battery). The end of the pen there is a nib (that can be replaced) and in various software I can draw/paint directly onto my PC. The other end of the pen is a simulated eraser. With that I can flip the pen over and it automatically switches to an eraser and it feels like an eraser as I remove strokes from the screen. There are tons of possibilities and I've already done a couple illustrations for a Bible Study I'm working on for Peru. Here are those images:

Here's a link to the original sketches I did for these horses: http://mattsketchpad.blogspot.com/2012/03/horse-sketches-for-bible-study-project.html

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Artist Notes - I used a Wacom Bamboo Create and CorelDraw X5, then exported the images as PNG's.

Horse Sketches for Bible Study Project Illustration

These are some quick sketches for a Bible Study Project I am working on for Peru.

Face Sketch

This was a quick sketch I did on my Xoom Tablet.

More Curriculum Coloring Pages

Here's more coloring pages that I have done for an upcoming curriculum package. These are from the life of Abraham. The first one is God telling Abraham the promise of descendants. The second is the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah. The third one is Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away.

Birds of a Feather

Birds I sketched.

Curriculum Coloring Pages

Here's a few coloring pages that I have created for an upcoming curriculum project. The first one is of Cain and Abel. The following two are for Noah, his family, the animals and the Ark.