Tag: b&w

Chalk Portraits of Jesus

There are 6 original chalk portraits of Jesus at our church sale, the first one is already sold.Jesus Smiling ChaulkportraitJesusJ1515“Missions Boutique”

for the Country Church of the Open Bible

here in Elk WA at The Firehouse on Hwy 2
35007 N. Newport Hwy
Friday: starting at 9am till 7pm

portraitJesusJ1415 portraitJesusJ1315 portraitJesusJ1215I practice with chalk and black paper doing the highlights so I don’t get too used to seeing only the dark shadows which is what I spend the majority of my time illustrating with for books and b&w drawings. Highlights vs Shadows, try it and see how opposite it is for your brain to exercise this way.

Jesus Looks Different

Have you ever noticed that the face of Jesus throughout history has been similar to whatever society the painter lives in? If you think about it, this is only right because we have never really seen His face. There are no portraits painted of Him during all of His travels, there are no photographs taken of Him while He was on this earth. We have no selfies of Jesus. When we draw and paint Jesus, it is from feelings in our heart and soul estimating what we would see in a Man/God coming to save us. We use the male faces in our lives to render this person in our heart.

In Northern Europe, Jesus tends to have a very Caucasian slender face with light hair (straight or a little wavy). Moving South He morphs into curlier darker hair and skin. Going into Paul’s region of travel He becomes more like the people in Turkey or Arabia with a dark slender face and more prominent nose. Jesus is painted as a black man, in the museums of Africa.

The most amazing thing about all the portraits of Jesus is the sense of “awe” that is in rendition. You can tell the artist is trying to relay a very important feeling.

 

Hunting in a Farmers World

John Dini Deer Sktch 1
Hunting in a Farmers World, a book by John Dini is not about hunting for wildlife, instead, it is a business book. You should check it out, especially if you are an entrepreneur. I like the way he tells about how things work in the business world for the different personality types. How these personalities interact in a company. When you think about it, if you know what your intrinsic gifts and skills are, your decisions change as you start out on your new venture.

Pencil Sketching

Here are some of the pencil drawings I did for John Dini. They are prehistoric era pencil sketches of hunting village people and hunting. He isn’t using these drawings in his book. He is going to use them in the slide show presentation that he does on his book tours. I love being able to envision what a book tour would be like through clients like him.

I have not gone out on book tours myself, but when I finish my book on drawing in perspective that may change. Leading a much more reclusive artist existence, I only share my desktop view with you of what I draw for others. Whenever I draw there are many references close at hand to help keep the style consistent throughout the project.