A few of us gather at Ginger's home on Wednesdays to pray for needs we hear about during the week. I often write down some of the prayer needs . . . and add a quick sketch while I'm at it. Color was added later at home.
This time I walked instead of driving. The wind finally calmed down and the sun was shining --- nice! Today it is much cooler and rainy.
I decided to use the color swatch card because that's the only metallic gold watercolor I have and the bronze candlesticks had some gold trim.
The bronze color was a bit of a challenge, especially since this Moleskine paper isn't the best for watercolor. First I put down the quinacridone gold, then added burnt umber shadows, and topped it off by dabbing in a bit of the olive green, letting the colors mingle on the paper. Seemed to work.
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This is lovely, and I love the idea of the Wednesday prayer gatherings... what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chel! We used to meet Wednesday mornings years ago, or just over our lunch hour for those who had jobs. With such huge needs in this country, we decided to do it again.
ReplyDeleteI like your pictures ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Antia!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking back through many of your posts with the label "praying," and have really appreciated your thoughts and sketches. I'm planning a "Sketching as Prayer" retreat that I'll be leading, and perusing your sketchbook pages is helpful as I develop my thoughts further. Thanks for sharing these pages and thoughts!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea for a retreat! I’ve often quietly prayed while sketching but haven’t really explored the idea of the actual act of sketching _being_ a prayer. Wish I could attend your retreat!
DeleteI once attended a Messianic congregation in Houston while “granny nannying” for our eldest son. They had an incredible work of art in their office that the artist had painted as an act of worship. It was a slightly abstract watercolor full of light, of people raising arms in worship towards the heavens, where angelic beings joined in. The image has stayed in my mind for years.