Bible Journaling: Divine Protection (BJ-34)

Posted on 12th May 2025 by Neil

For this month’s Bible journaling illustrations, I have pulled together five verses on the loose theme of ‘divine protection’. This is the penultimate set of verses chosen with the help of ChatGPT, and potentially the penultimate set of verses I shall be illustrating in my current journaling Bible. The good news is, though, that I have two new Bibles in which to work – more on that in future posts.

Once again, I have used my Color Cubes for palette inspiration (even using a random number generator to pick them) and Faber-Castell Polychromos colouring pencils.

Divine Protection themed Bible journaling by Neil Burley: Judges 6:23

Divine Protection themed Bible journaling by Neil Burley: Matthew 28:20

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Bible Journaling: God’s Guidance (BJ-33)

Posted on 14th April 2025 by Neil

As promised, despite no longer holding Bible journaling sessions at The Studio, I have continued to journal in my own Bible. Here are five more verses, this time on the loose theme of ‘God’s Guidance’. Given there are so few pages left in my journaling Bible, I enlisted the help of ChatGPT to choose verses specifically from these gaps. I cut and pasted the results into my notes and somewhat lazily didn’t check that the translation was the same. Happily, the meanings are identical to my NIV even if the exact wording isn’t the same.

Bible journaling illustration on the theme of God's Guidance based on Isaiah 30:21

Bible journaling illustration on the theme of God's Guidance based on Isaiah 24:4

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Bible Journaling: Family (BJ-32)

Posted on 10th March 2025 by Neil

I’ve found five verses that referred to us being God’s children and created templates using my normal combination of inspiration and AI image generation. I’ve not used watercolour pencils for a while, so I decided to get them out for these illustrations. Here are my samples, and below the break you can find the download link for my free PDF template for the ‘family’ themed pieces.

Bible journaling illustration on the theme of 'family' - Deuteronomy 14:1a

Bible journaling illustration on the theme of 'family' - Luke 8:21

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Bible Journaling: Watchful hearts

Posted on 10th February 2025 by Neil

For this month’s Bible journaling theme, I’ve chosen the loose title of ‘watchful hearts’. I’ve tried to collect verses which encourage anticipation of Christ’s return and getting your heart right with God.

Watchful hearts: a Bible journaling illustration for Matthew 24:42

Watchful hearts: a Bible journaling illustration for Matthew 26:39

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Bible Journaling: Revelation (BJ-28)

Posted on 17th June 2024 by Neil

Here are five new illustrations for verses from Revelation. They were the templates/samples for this evening’s Bible Journaling Session at the Studio. You’re welcome to book in for this monthly session, usually held on the second Monday of the month and open to beginners or confident artists. For more details, see my workshops page. As normal, the templates are available as a free download for you to use (but not share!). Scroll down for further information about how I completed each illustration.

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Bible Journaling: Acts (BJ-24)

Posted on 8th August 2023 by Neil

In our Bible journaling session on Monday evening, we’ll be exploring verses from Acts. Free downloadable templates for these illustrations are available from my online shop. As normal, the evening starts at 7:30pm, costs £5 and will feature a new technique of using pastel pencils for colouring. Suitable for beginners, and if you don’t have a Bible to work in you can work on paper and make a bookmark. Book your place now 🙂