What does it mean to be a child of God? Dating all the way back to Noah and Abraham, God created covenants to bind His love and promise to those whom He counts His children. He made a covenant with David which He fulfilled through Jesus, and Jesus made a covenant with us believers by His blood. In this lesson, we will learn what it means to be a child of God, bound by His covenant with us.
In the first lesson (Portrait), we will choose a child of God, someone whose faith we look up to in our life or in the Bible, whose portrait we want to see in black and white charcoal. I did a portrait of my husband, Dennis Allen, a beautiful man of God I admire for many reasons. I also did one of St. Peter as I have always been fascinated by his faith and his letters in the New Testament. Both of these drawings were prayerful to meditations, as your drawing also will be to you.
In the second lesson, we will choose a biblical scene and render it with colored pastel pencils. The scene I did below was Mary sitting at Jesus feet from the gospel of Luke 10:39. I have always wanted to be like Mary in this scene, so this meditation meant a lot to me.
The two lessons are separate classes as listed on the Art Classes page.
