Art is my passion. This month I've had the chance to do a good bit of art, and I've tried to get myself in the discipline of drawing or painting at some point during each day. Here's a look at some of the art that I've been up to this month, and the stories behind the pictures!
This is a graphite pencil drawing of a still from the movie The Lord of the Rings. The man is the character, Aragorn, who is the rightful King of Gondor. This is the moment where he choses to walk in his identity as King as he takes the sword of his ancestor. This particular scene in the movie always sticks out to me, and speaks to the moments on the race that I have been presented with my royal identity as the daughter of King, and choses to step out into that.
This is one of the precious kids that we met in the Philippines. I wrote a blog about him, you check out that blog here and read all about him here and how he captured my heart while we were in Malaybalay, Philippines.
This graphite pencil drawing is still in process, and is also one of the little girls from the Philippines.
In process
Painting of the "Valley of Dry Bones" inspired by Ezekiel 37:1-14. Planning on doing possibly two more paintings depicting the rest of the prophesy of this passage.
Painting of a girl in the wind with a dandelion. There were lots of dandelions here in the fields, and they had a gorgeous silhouette against the evening sky!
This is a painting inspired by one of the train rides back from Arad. We were on a very crowded train, stuck in the middle door part instead of seats. There was a man, maybe late 40s, sitting, chugging through a green bottle of beer. He finished the entire bottle within the 45 minute train ride back to Lipova. His eyes were so empty. As he stood up getting ready to depart, I could see the empty green bottle shining through his grocery bag, a sad reminder of the emptiness I saw in his eyes. So I decided I wanted to paint the picture to remember the moment.
This is a painting from my dreams, actually. While here, I had a dream one night that I did two paintings, each with a tree, and a waterfall that was actually fire. In my dream, I was actually going to jail for the paintings and trying to explain to the warden what they were, and how I was innocent. I wanted to get the painting on paper to get it out of my mind, so this was one of those.
This color pencil drawing was done during one of our corporate worship nights, and God was telling me that I was a beautiful gift to Him.
Sketching out some dandelions.
Fire has been a theme in my art this month, apparently. This was an image that stuck in my mind from when we first arrived in Romania and had a bonfire. The sparks looked magical as they danced against a black night sky.
