29.7.10

Before the Mass

In olden times, very ornate and beautiful vestments were worn by Priests and Deacons for liturgical celebriations. In my opinion, most modern vestment styles are drab and have a lack of the sense of  the 'Sacredness' for the Mass. Here is a sketch I did thinking on these things.


7 comments:

Ben Hatke said...

I really like your sketches. Could you maybe tell what kind of pen and ink and paper you use for these?

J.R.Howley said...

Ben- Thanks for the good words. This sketch was done in a 'Molskine' journal. the paper has a nice Brown cast to it, a very smooth finish but fairly delicate. The ink is Walnut Ink
made by Tom Norton designs. I bought it on Amazon. It is a water based Ink and you can thin it to create washes. The pen is a crow quill type pen (Turkery feather). The nib I used on this sketch is more for writing. I have a finer nib for sketching but dang if I didn't loos it. Normally I use an Italian Sepia Ink made by Runinato. It is really nice ink for sketching, doesn't soak into the paper as much. Also, I more often than not use a higher rag content of paper from other journals I have(different manufacturer) The Moleskine journal however, has a nice brownish cast to the paper so I am liking it more and more. So, that's it in a nut shell, Ben. By the way, I really admire your style of drawing and am constantly checking out your Blog to see what your up to. Zita looks like a hit to me.

Theodore said...

nice sketches, what is even nicer is that the olden times are back thanks to orders like the Fraternity of St. Peter and the Institute of Christ the King and Pope Benedict's summorum pontificum. In our parish we are treated to the visual richness of the Extraordinary form of the mass every day.

J.R.Howley said...

Ben- A clarification. The Italian Ink is made by 'Rubinato', not Runinato. It s a little hard to find in Sepia (most online stores advertize it as 'brown' Ink. Usually it comes in a writing set with pen.

Ben Hatke said...

Thanks for all that! I've been hearing a lot about these moleskin books, but that in and, particularly the pen you are using is something that I have GOT to try.

Ad thanks for the kind words about my blog.

J.R.Howley said...

Theodore, thanks for going out of your way to comment on my sketch. Few if any parishes in my area have the extraordinary form of the Mass. When I was a kid in the 1950's I served many of them and still know all the latin responses. In fact, I find myself saying even now, each time the entrance procession starts, the " Introibo ad altare Dei" prayer and the severs response to it," Ad Deum, qui...etc.

Thom said...

Like Ted, I'm privileged to see vestments just like these every day. We have the Institute of Christ the King.