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Away in the Manger

What fun to draw and hear the children behind me guessing which animals I was drawing. Then I surprise them at the end with the animals looking down on the baby Jesus (open to see this image)
Cardinals
Immanuel

Steps to completing this piece: 1. Lettering on white paper 2. Transfer to black paper 3. India ink on black paper 4. Erase white guidelines 5. Spray bleach 6. Ready for highlights 7. Add gold and copper

Spring unlocks the flowers

The lettering on this piece was done in 1985 but had an ink drip at the bottom. Now, 30 years later, with the idea to enter it in a garden themed exhibit, inspiration came to crop out the drip and make a wild garden grow up through the words. Just looking […]
Bashkortostan sketch

Bashkortostan and its people are wonderful
Katy Palmer Student Grid Portrait

My student drew this portrait first freehand and then using a grid. The freehand drawing is well done, but with using the grid you can hardly tell which is her drawing and which is the original she observed to create it! Excellent work, Katy! Click to open and compare all […]

Apples of Gold
Decorated Letter A

Circa 1982
Ezekiel Sermon Sketches

These sketches are drawn in my lap in 30 minutes using travel tools

Away in the Manger