Psalm 28:7

Yesterday, I was invited by Karen Letchworth to participate in her blog, Word Art Wednesday, challenge #23.  It is a blog dedicated to spreading the word of our Lord by presenting a piece of scripture per week and challenging readers to respond to it through art.  I often use scripture entries in my art journals, as you may have seen recently in Flowers, Circles and Numbers, so I accepted the challenge.

For this entry, I began by writing the scripture in pencil, erasing and rewriting it until I was pleased with the layout.  Then, I inked it with a Zig Calligraphy, 2.0 mm, pigment ink, water proof marker.  Next, I used Grumbacher watercolors to make random color washes.  The trick is to move quick and not over do it, or you'll end up with a muddy mess.  After blow drying it, I was thrilled to find I had somehow formed a red heart-like shaped area.  I took this happy accident and used Prismacolor watercolor pencils to further shape the heart.  I like to lightly wet the tips of the colors before using them, because you get a much richer color.  I also accentuated the yellow area into a flame and darkened the blue upper left hand corner.  When it was dry, I went over some of the key words with the calligraphy marker and outlined them with a red Sharpie pen.

I love the way this piece came out, and may scan and clean it up to make prints and cards in the future.  I participate in art shows sometimes, and believe this piece would do well.  God willing, I also want to start an Etsy shop this summer where I can sell my goods. What do you think?  Thank you, Karen for the invitation, and blessings to all!

PS - Since the colors also meet The Play Date Cafe PDCC 127 challenge, I'm submitting this piece there as well.  This will be my second entry to them this week.  I guess the colors were still in my brain when I was working on this piece - LOL!